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The buffalo was the main food source and was used for other needs by the plains tribes. Before the Europeans came to colonize North America there were 30 million buffalo, but by 1860's there were only about 15,000 left. This was on purpose because the government made an overt effort to kill as many buffalo that they could so it would eliminate the main food source for the tribes.
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Which two animals were essential for the nomadic lifestyle of the Plains Indians?
Haha buffalo! :D
Are the Plains Indians nomadic or sedentary?
nomadic or sedentary is plains indians
What is the plains Indians habitat?
in the great plains
Who introduced horses to plains Indians?
It was not introduced, for the Plains Indians stole the horses from the spanish.
What were the great plains Indians foods?
Buffalo meat was the Great Plains Indians food.
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