Despite being pushed to the brink of extinction, the American buffalo is fundamental to the fabric of America, but it's not actually a buffalo.

It is images such as George Catlin’s “Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances ... Catlin wrote that he wanted to show individual Native American men riding their horses “at full speed ...

Native Americans Saw Buffalo as More Than Just Food The relationship between some Native American tribes and the American buffalo was a sacred one. Not only did it provide the former with food ...