Buffalo heartbeats across the plains : the last great hunts and saving the buffalo / Francie M. Berg.
| Author/creator |
Berg, Francie M. author. |
| Other author/creator | Dakota Buttes Visitors Council. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Hettinger, ND : Dakota Buttes Visitors Council, [2018] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2018 |
| Description | 254 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
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| Contents | Part I: The last great hunts. The great Hiddenwood hunt -- Beautiful spot: Hiddenwood Cliff -- Winter hunt in Slim Buttes -- Sitting Bull hunt -- The final buffalo hunts -- Scattered survivors -- Theodore Roosevelt on 1883 hunt -- Part II: Tradition and lore. The magnificent buffalo -- Plains buffalo versus wood buffalo -- Noble fathers -- Buffalo lore -- Way of the hunt -- Traditional uses of buffalo -- Running the buffalo -- Part III: Coming home. Saving the buffalo -- Mexican bullfight -- Buffalo ranching across America -- Low stress buffalo handling -- Homecoming on Tribal Lands -- Restoring the buffalo -- Herds in public places -- White Cloud dynasty -- Buffalo timeline. |
| Abstract | 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 broader, 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-242) and index. |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| ISBN | 9780918532862 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0918532868 (hardcover) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 978 B4526B | ✔ Available | Place Hold |