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Buffalo heartbeats across the plains : the last great hunts and saving the buffalo /

Over 30 million buffalo grazed the rich grasslands of the great plains and prairies of North America. Then, nearly 140 years ago -- from 1880 to 1883 -- they made their last stand in the region between Hettinger, North Dakota, and Lemmon, Bison, and Buffalo, South Dakota. This companion to Dakota Bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berg, Francie M.
Corporate Author: Dakota Buttes Visitors Council
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hettinger, ND : Dakota Buttes Visitors Council, [2018]
Subjects:
American bison > North Dakota.
American bison > South Dakota.
American bison > Great Plains > History.
American bison > North America > History.
American bison hunting > History.
Indians of North America > Hunting > Great Plains.
Bison farming.
Great Plains.
American bison.
American bison hunting.
Indians of North America > Hunting.
North America.
North Dakota.
South Dakota.
Illustrated works.
History.
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Summary:Over 30 million buffalo grazed the rich grasslands of the great plains and prairies of North America. Then, nearly 140 years ago -- from 1880 to 1883 -- they made their last stand in the region between Hettinger, North Dakota, and Lemmon, Bison, and Buffalo, South Dakota. This companion to Dakota Buttes Visitors Council's self-guided tour book, Buffalo Trails in the Dakota Buttes, gives a boarder, in-depth report of ancient hunting methods, the buffalo's origin and behavior, maternal dominance, the tenderness of 'noble fathers' who saved newborn calves from wolves, and a herd bull's challenge to a fiery Mexican fighting bull. The pages come alive with a wealth of material on the relationship between Native Americans and buffalo, along with the latest advice from buffalo ranchers on low-stress handling.
Physical Description:254 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-242) and index.
ISBN:9780918532862
0918532868