The SO CALLED American Buffalo was NOT Made in The United States of the Americas and is NOT a buffalo.

 Who is going to bag who? It's a good thing that bison don't eat meat.

The animals, shown here are NOT buffalo

The "authntically aboriginal" Sioux headdress was 

invented by Buffalo Bill.

A lot of FUN but nothing was real; or claimed to be so.

"The buffalo was the "walking commissary” of the American plains indian cultures from before European settlement began in 1607 until the last Sioux buffalo hunt in 1883."

Whoa, there are a few things wrong here. They are very minor, quite minor, well, at least so insignificant no one would normally notice; but, never the less wrong.

1.  The indigenous North American lived and survived (northern regions of Canada for example), in environments other than the plains of North America.

2.  A spear being about the only exception, indigenous North American cultures did not have weapons powerful enough to kill a prairie bison never mind a woods bison, (the larger of the two subspecies but originally found mostly in Canada. Woods bison migrated east and west rather than north and south like the smaller plains bison.) which is why when they did by happenstance succeed in killing one, the hide was used for armour-awkward and extremely heavy, the bison hides were at that time of very little other use-a bear skin was just as warm and much easier and SAFER to obtain.

3.  Small animals such as beaver and muskrat and Nature’s vegetable garden were much more of a commissary than the bison.

4.  While ELK-what we in North America now call MOOSE-did and do exist; as do wapiti (what we in North America like to call elk); antelope, wild buffalo  and wild “Indian cultures “did not, do not , and never did, exist in North America. (notably: it is estimated by Stats Canada that the last “full blooded Aboriginal” died over a hundred years ago-in other words, while there still exists people with some indigenous native heritage it is just possible that BISON managed to outlive (debateable as it has been found that all bison in the United States of the Americas are, in fact, mongrel hybrids, part cattle, part bison) all original, indigenous North American cultures are now EXTINCT.

A huge pile of buffalo bones left at an archaeological dig site, on the Crow Reservation, in the path of proposed expansion of a coal mine. 

5.  After they obtained the ability to actually kill bison, and, after a market developed for the meat and hides; the indigenous North  Americans SLAUGHTERED just as man- possibly more- bison than Europeans

6.  1607 until 1883, less than 300 (276) years, is this really how long North American indigenous native cultures were able to prosper?

July 16, 1806, “Everywhere I look I see a beautiful shade of green, spotted with thousands of buffaloes. The wolves have decreased in number. We managed to kill a buffalo and took the REAR AND TONGUE for ample amounts of meat. Once we came to the rose river, I decided to camp. We saw a bleeding buffalo , this buffalo led us to believe that indians were near, possible the blackfoots. We want to avoid any contact with these indians, they may try to capture our horses. This a dangerous job! The blackfoots an THE MINNETARES OF FORT (INDIAN TRIBES) are vicious and wild, we must AVOID them at all costs.”-Source, Journal of the Louis and Clark Expedition 1803-1806.

July 18, 19, 1806 “More huge herds of buffalo for the last twelve miles. Wolves, antelopes, and horses were also spotted. Traveled five miles to Maria's river, got there around 6 p.m. amped on the west side after killing some buffalo. It has become extremely cold, rainy and windy. The weather is terrible! To add to the unpleasantness, a couple a wolves paid us a visit today, I managed to shoot one.” Source, Journal of the Louis and Clark Expedition 1803-1806.

·        Wolves are very shy creatures; there have been NO confirmed cases of a wolf pack EVER attacking humans anywhere and again, wild buffalo have never existed in North America.

·        Neither did or do antelope, and “wild” horses did not exist in North America, at that time.

·        Then, existing, North American indigenous native cultures would have NO or at least very, very, few horses. 

July 18,19, 1806. These accounts of encounters with buffalo were recorded during the return trip by Meriwether Lewis during their travels between the Rocky Mountain Front, the Great Falls and down river forty miles to the confluence of Maria's river with the Missouri, in of July 1806.

Not,"Made In America:The Bison of the Americas (Bison bison), is a bovine mammal that is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America, and one of the largest wild cattle in the world. With their huge bulk, wood bison, which are the largest subspecies in North America, are only surpassed in size by the massive Asian gaur. Bison are NOT  BUFFALO and they are NOT necessarily, COWS.

Asian Gaur

Please NOTE: None of the animals shown here are COWS
These BULLS average well over over 2000 lbs in weight

 The image shown, directly above has been released by the ORIGINAL copyright owner into

 public domain

and by the wild water buffalo, both of which are found mainly in India.

Massive Herds:  Bison once inhabited the Great Plains of the United States and Canada in massive herds, ranging from the Great Slave Lake in Canada's far north to Mexico in the south, and from eastern Oregon almost to the Atlantic Ocean, taking its subspecies into account. Its two subspecies are the Plains Bison (Bison bison bison), distinguished by its smaller size and more rounded hump, and the Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae), distinguished by its larger size and taller square hump.

The Bison is also commonly known as the American buffalo"

Actually, like MAN, the American bison is a relative newcomer to North America; the bison originated in Eurasia and migrated (about the same time as aboriginal man) over the Bering Strait, only about 10,000 years ago. The North American Bison, was and is, technically a dwarf form of bison.

Bison and Buffalo belong to the order Artiodactyla (Even-toed hoofed animals: includes pigs, sheep, goats, cattle, deer); Neither were “Made in America”.

Family: Bovidae (Cattle, water buffalo, bison, antelopes, goats, sheep and more)

Genus: Bison

Species: Bison priscus (extinct Steppe Bison)

Species: Bison latifrons (extinct Long-horned Bison): The largest and heaviest bison species ever to occur in North America. Much like the Spanish long horn cattle that were once imported into the state of Texas and elsewhere in the United States of the Americas; the long horns  of this bison jutted outward and curved gently upward. Unlike the modern day North American Bison, they were NOT built for  agility, extended running, or any  quick movement, which was undoubtedly a contributing factor to their becoming extinct.

Bison antiquus: Were intermediate in size between B. latifrons and living bison. They also had straighter, shorter horns , more like modern day short horn beef cattle, than B. latifrons. Although not so much so as any modern bison; they were somewhat  agile, and long-running

Species: Bison bison American Bison

Subspecies: Bison bison bison (American Plains Bison)

Subspecies: Bison bison athabascae (the mostly Canadian, Wood Bison; SOME people claim gave name to Wood “Buffalo”Park)

Species:  Bison bonasus (European Bison)

Subspecies: Bison bonasus bonasus (Lowland Bison

 Subspecies: Bison bonasus caucasicus (extinct in 1925)

 Subspecies: Bison bonasus hungarorum (extinct Hungarian Bison).

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