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Freedman, Russell,

Buffalo hunt / - First edition. - 1988 - 52 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 26 cm.

Includes index.

Gift from the great spirit -- Buffalo magic -- Hunt -- From the brains to the tail -- With the buffalo gone -- About the illustrations -- Index.

Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten. More than 30 paintings and drawings by artist-adventurers who traveled West in the 1800s illustrate Freedman's vivid account of the Great Plains Indians' buffalo hunts.

Interest age level: Ages 9-11.

ISBN: 0823407020 (lib. bdg.) 9780823407026 (lib. bdg.) 9780823411597 (pbk.) 0823411591 (pbk.)

LCCN: 87035303

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indians of North America--Great Plains--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Hunting--Great Plains--Juvenile literature.
American bison--Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America--Great Plains.
Indians of North America--Hunting--Great Plains.
Bison.
American bison.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America--Hunting.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Plains.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: E78.G73 / F73 1988

Dewey Class. No.: 978/.00497