Sacred Beings
Buffalo and Deer - Sustainers of Life

Hunting Methods

Buffalo Hunting Techniques
by Nicolas Point, S.J., c. 1840
De Smetiana Collection, Midwest Jesuit Archives, St. Louis, Missouri, IX-C9-97
Gun case
Dakota/Lakota, c. 1880
Skin, porcupine quills, horsehair
CMC V-E-295
Gun case
Absalooka, turn of the century
CMC V-L-29

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