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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
12. Back in the day, a man could shoot a buffalo and feed his tribe.
Sun Jan 25, 2015, 12:21 AM
Jan 2015

After the white man came, though, not so much.



Burton Historical Collection/Detroit Public Library Pile of American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer, circa 1870.

http://www.cowboysindians.com/Cowboys-Indians/October-2009/Bison-bones-From-bloodlust-to-nourishment-for-a-growing-countrys-land/

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