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9 unusual facts about american bison


Alfred Szklarski

The books described hunting bisons, the beliefs, intertribal conflicts and the later native Americans' first contact with the white people as well as their fights.

American buffalo

American buffalo is the colloquial name for the American bison.

Battle of Pease River

The site was long a favorite of the Comanche, providing both cover from the fierce blue northers that hit the plains, and ample forage for their ponies, with easy buffalo hunting from the nearby herds.

Blue walleye

The loss of the blue walleye is, arguably, an extinction event on par with the loss of the passenger pigeon and the near-extirpation of the American bison.

False Face Society

Before the introduction of horses by the Europeans, corn husks and buffalo hair were used.

Looting of Battleford

The loss of the buffalo and the inadequate rations provided by the Indian agents kept the bands in a continual state of near-starvation.

National Bison Range herd

The National Bison Range herd of American bison at the National Bison Range Wildlife Refuge in Flathead Valley of the U.S. state of Montana is home to about 350-500 of these animals.

Steven Rinella

In 2005, Steven Rinella won a lottery permit to hunt for a wild buffalo, or American bison, in the Alaskan wilderness.

The Plainsman

Yellow Hand states that the Indians are fighting because the white man has starting settling land promised to the Indian and is killing off the buffalo.


.44 Russian

The Duke was also feted with a US Government-paid buffalo hunting trip with Buffalo Bill Cody and US Generals Philip Sheridan and George Armstrong Custer, where he was impressed with Cody's adeptness with firearms.

Adel Mountains Volcanic Field

Although not permanently inhabited by Native Americans, several tribes camped in the Adel Mountains Volcanic Field on their way to and from bison hunting rounds on the nearby plains (such as the pishkun, or buffalo jump, at nearby Ulm—the largest in the world).

Antelope Island

By the 1890s the American Bison was extinct over most of its former range and was becoming quite rare.

Chauncey Ellwood House

The folklore of the Potawatomi tribe, which inhabited the area, held that the natural pond in the backyard was once a watering hole for native buffalo before the herds moved further west.

Chugwater, Wyoming

Some historians hold that the name "Chugwater" is derived from a Mandan account of a bison hunt.

Cow dung

A buffalo chip, also called a meadow muffin, is the name for a large, flat, dried piece of dung deposited by the American Bison.

Eden point

They were first discovered in situ at an ancient buffalo kill site near Eden, Wyoming by Harold J. Cook in 1941.

Hutchinson County Historical Museum

The battle ended with a 7/8 of a mile shot fired by buffalo hunter Billy Dixon.

John Mix Stanley

Probably written in the winter of 1868–1869, these include his preface, as well as pages describing three plates: a Plains Indian encampment, Chinook burial ground, and a buffalo hunt.

Katy Prairie Conservancy

The Texas coastal prairie/marsh ecosystem originally supported large populations of alligators, bullfrogs, white-tailed deer, American bison, Pronghorn, American Black Bear, Eastern wild turkey, red wolf, Eastern Gray Squirrel, fox squirrel, and muskrat.

North-West Rebellion

Angered by what seemed to be unfair treaties and the withholding of vital provisions by the Canadian government,and also by the dwindling buffalo population, their main source of food, Big Bear and his Cree decided to rebel after the successful Métis victory at Duck Lake.

Paleontology in Kansas

They attributed the fossils to the great buffalo who lived long ago when the Happy Hunting Ground was on earth, before the Great Spirit "removed it beyond the clouds" to punish people for immoral behavior.

Pembina County, North Dakota

They also used the ox-carts to transport food and shelter during extended buffalo hunts.

Pembina, North Dakota

Started by the French as a fur trading post for commerce with the American Indians, it was also tied to trade for American Bison.

Riding Mountain National Park

The park is home to wolves, moose, elk, black bears, hundreds of bird species, countless insects and a captive bison herd.

Waldemar Grzimek

During his adolescent years he produced sculptures of an American Bison, an African rhinoceros, busts of his parents heads, and a pet Skye Terrier.

Wichita people

In the winter, they followed American Bison in a seasonal hunt and left their villages behind.

Woburn Safari Park

The 11th Duke of Bedford had been president of the Zoological Society of London and had introduced various species such as American Bison, Deer, Antelope, Lion and Tiger to the park.


see also

7mm Weatherby Magnum

The 7mm Weatherby Magnum is useful for all American plains game including the great Bears and the American Bison.

Joseph-Émile Brunet

He was also granted commission for two large bronze doors depicting animals native to Canada: “The Young Bear” and Cubs,” “Canadian Moose”, “Otters”, “Elk with wolves”, “Polar Bear”, “Beavers”, American Bison”, “Deer” and a “Great white Whale”.