The Buffalo And the Indians: A Shared Destiny

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Clarion Books, 2006 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 85 pages

Countless herds of majestic buffalo once roamed across the plains and prairies of North America. For at least 10,000 years, the native people hunted the buffalo and depended upon its meat and hide for their survival. But to the Indians, the buffalo was also considered sacred. They saw this abundant, powerful animal as another tribe, one that was closely related to them, and they treated it with great respect and admiration.

Here, an award-winning nonfiction team traces the history of this relationship, from its beginnings in prehistory to the present. Deftly weaving social history and science, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent discusses how European settlers slaughtered the buffalo almost to extinction, breaking the back of Indian cultures. And she shows how today, as Indians are reviving their cultures, they are also restoring buffalo herds to the land. Featuring William Munoz’s stunning full-color photographs, supplemented with paintings by well-known artists, this book is an inspiring tale of a successful conservation effort. Author’s note, suggestions for further reading, index.

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I really like the Buffalo and the Indians because you get to learn how they did things. I love how the pictures are paintings and photographs. The one thing that I thought was so interesting was they ...

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User Review  - Melanie - Goodreads

An amazing book on a 5th-8th level. Wonderful photography and historical images accompany well-written text regarding the history of the mighty buffalo. Discusses in detail the buffalo hunting ...

About the author

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent holds a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the recipient of the Washington Post-- Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work, which includes more than 130 books for children and young adults on subjects ranging from biodiversity to the spirit bear. She lives with her husband in Missoula, Montana. You can learn more about her on her web site: www.dorothyhinshawpatent.com .

William Muñoz has an avid interest in ecology and the environment and has taken the photographs for a number of books written by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Buffalo And the Indians: A Shared Destiny
• Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
• Photographs by: William Muñoz
• Illustrated by: William Muñoz
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Clarion Books, 2006
• ISBN: 0618485708, 9780618485703
• Length: 85 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Mammals; Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / Native American