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It was the lack of buffalo that killed off the Plains Indian culture in the 20th century’. In some respects this traditional historical statement is true; however, I believe that many views which revisionist historians
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Lifestyle Essay 'It was the lack of buffalo that killed off the Plains Indian culture in the 20th century'. In some respects this traditional historical statement is true; however, I believe that many views which revisionist historians believe also contributed greatly to the disappearance of the Plains Indian culture in the 20th century. The traditional historian's view that the lack of buffalo did contribute severely to the Plains Indian culture is true, because their lives revolved around and depended on the buffalo. As source 2 shows the Indians used the buffalo for everything from tools and food storage to shoes and actual food, but then the white settlers came and because of conflict between the two races, the white settlers killed the buffalo so the Indians would starve and have no tools or weapons, or even energy and eventually starve to death or get killed in conflict. In the 1880's...
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