Honouring the Buffalo

Through the Creator, Buffalo gave themselves as a gift for the sustenance and survival of the Plains Cree people.  This largest land animal in North America once thundered across the Great Plains  in numbers of 30 to 50 million. They provided shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting gear, ceremonial objects, and many other necessities for those who lived on the Plains.

But by 1889, just over a thousand buffalo remained, and the lives of the Plains Cree people changed. Buffalo is honoured to this day, a reminder of life in harmony that was once lived.

This is the story of how Buffalo came to share themselves so freely for the survival of the Plains Peoples. 

Honouring the Buffalo: A Plains Cree Legend is a useful educational tool for social studies/treaty and language arts/literacy curriculum teaching.