DAKOTA WOMAN PREPARING AN ANIMAL HIDE:
DAKOTA WOMAN PREPARING AN ANIMAL HIDE:
The hide would be rubbed by hand to assist softening. It would be then used to make pouches, moccasins, robes, etc, etc. The buffalo provided everything for the people; shields, robes, tipi covering, rugs, food, the bladder kept water. Everything was used; nothing was wasted. Even the dung was used for fuel. Without extermination of the buffalo, resistance could have continued for another 50 years. Why only 50? More advanced weapons came along after that.
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