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    Hunting is a part of my life. My husband loves the sport. He uses a long bow much like the Native Americans did long ago. I was interested in looking at the American buffalo to learn more about the history behind this majestic beast. I discovered that there were many perspectives that can be studied for students to get a clear case of hunting be allowed or not. In the album I created students will study each source to determine the perspective. Then each perspective will need to come up with arguments for the perspective they wish to defend.

    How did the buffalo provide for the perspective?

    Is the perspective needed?

    How did the buffalo impact the perspective?

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    Hunting the buffaloe / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No. 94 Walnut St.
    [Native American on horseback hunting a buffalo]
    [Indians hunting bison on horses covered with bisonskins]
    The far west - shooting buffalo on the line of the Kansas-Pacific Railroad / Bghs.
    Slaughtered for the Hide
    The Livingston enterprise. [volume], September 25, 1886, Image 4
    Evening star. [volume], March 05, 1887, Page 3, Image 3
    Smithsonian Resource
    Map illustrating the extermination of the American bison
    'Return of the American Bison'
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    Very interesting, Cheryl. It reminds me of an art installation I saw by Dana Claxton at the Hearts of our People exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art https://mackenzie.art/dana-claxton-buffalo-bone-china/ " In the performance Dana smashes pieces of china and later makes four bundles and places them in a sanctified circle while an experimental video of buffalo plays. Feeling the loss of the buffalo, the backbone of Plains spirituality and sustenance, the artist uses a rubber mallet to destroy plates and bowls. The breaking of the china refers to the use of buffalo bones in the making of bone china during the period of exploitation and decimation of the buffalo" Honestly, it was one of the most heartbreaking art installations I have seen, and I didn't even get to experience the performance. 

    This is a powerful story of how art can express tragic events. Thank you for sharing this,   Cate Cooney . I was unaware of this exhibit and hope it appears in other arts or historical institutions in this country. I wonder if the performance is preserved and visible anywhere online. 

    This is such an interesting album, so well curated. Thank you,   Cheryl Best , for putting this together with your insights. I appreciate the many sources you have tapped to assemble these images and articles.. 

    Thanks for pulling together this album   Cheryl Best . It reminded me of a post in the STEM group a few years back when the Bison was designated as the National Mammal: https://tpsteachersnetwork.org/stem/thinking-about-a-blog-post-on-the-north-american-bison?cid=13609.  Also got me thinking about a record album I used to play in class - Buffy Sainte-Marie's “It’s My Way” album which is part of the Library of Congress National Recording Registry (1964)

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