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    Buffalo songs‚ dances‚ and feast commonly accompany the Sun Dance. You can see from the symbolic influences of the buffalo in the Sun Dance how important the animal was to Plains Indians’ day-to-day life. It was the buffalo that symbolized life for it was the buffalo that gave them quality of life. Plains Indians relied on buffalo for their food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ and most all utensils from fly swatters to children’s

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    time it was buffalo hunting. Gathering all the courage‚ he was able to kill a buffalo which

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    people were a nomadic group that followed buffalo herds. These people were very dependant on the hunting of the buffalo’s. They used buffalos for many things. They would use their meat for food; use their hides for tipis‚ clothing‚ and bedding; use their bones for knives‚ awls‚ scrapers‚ and other weapons and tools; and use their horns for bowls and spoons. They had to change their lifestyle when the white settlers came. They settlers hunted the buffalo close to extinction which made the Blackfeet

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    discussed are “Buffalo Bill’s‚” “in Just-“ and “o sweet spontaneous”. To start with‚ “Buffalo Bill’s” is talking about Buffalo Bill and how he died. Cummings explains that he dies in the first two lines‚ “Buffalo Bill’s/defunct” (lines 1-2). Something that is “defunct” is dead. Buffalo Bill fought in the American Civil War and he had his show about the Wild West. In his show‚ he and his costars rode horses and shot clay pigeons.

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    Earp and his distinctive manner to hunting buffalo in order to gain financial success. The purpose of this paper is to compare his strategy and improvement of a hunting approach that was being used by the old timers. Next‚ we will discuss key elements of business success form an operations perspective and relate these ideas to Wyatt Earp’s approach. Finally‚ we will address whether or not the buffalo hunters were irresponsible in killing off the great buffalo herds as they did. We may be left to wonder

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    gunfighter and Marshal‚ he was a successful and innovative buffalo hunter. Although his methods were unconventional compared to his counter-parts‚ he employed strategic‚ efficient‚ and well planned processes when hunting buffalo. His methodology was not only well defined it yielded more net revenue than any other method used by other hunters. At the age of 20 Wyatt Earp was considered to be “the best in the west” when referred to as a buffalo hunter. His unique approach was quite different than the

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    Collaborative The west side of Buffalo‚ NY has had a bad reputation for a long time now‚ but it hasn’t always been that way. Many years ago the area known as the west side was a popular and extravagant place to live. Through years of economic hardships however‚ the west side took a wrong turn somewhere. It is now viewed by many people as “a lost cause.” The crime rates have skyrocketed and the standard of living has plummeted. Gangs are a huge issue in the west side of Buffalo because the gang members

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    recently built and lacks proper fortifications to defend themselves against any type of attack. They also have a stagecoach route that runs near my village bringing people who are either moving to the settlement or those who are only coming out to hunt buffalo. To attempt an ambush on those hunting would require many resources and result in a larger number of my brothers dying. The plan that would have the greatest success would be to attack the stagecoach before it nears my village. This will need to be

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    on be known as the Plains Wars. Ultimately‚ the Plains Indians were defeated‚ due to the federal government’s willingness to deploy military force‚ the settlement of Indian lands by homesteaders and railroads‚ and especially the destruction of the buffalo upon which the Indian way of life depended. With the influx of miners into traditional tribal lands during the Gold Rush‚ many came and took land wherever they pleased. In order to avoid conflict‚ the federal government and five tribes signed the

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    living by foraging necessities directly from nature. It was an egalitarian system‚ where everyone had equal access to everything they needed. The Cheyenne tribe were considered equestrian foragers‚ concentrating on hunting large animals‚ primarily buffalo (O’Neil). They lived in the Great Plains in what is now South Dakota‚ Wyoming‚ Nebraska‚ Colorado‚ and Kansas (Englar 6). Today‚ the Cheyenne are split into two groups. The Northern Cheyenne live in Montana and the Southern Cheyenne live in Oklahoma

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