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Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore Cheyenne Indian lore: How the buffalo hunt began

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Many legends abound in the Cheyenne culture, and since much like the ancient Greeks, this tribe like all the other tribes who walked the American continent, the Cheyenne placed great need in the Buffalo for it provided their continued survival by allowing the Cheyenne people fashion clothes, shelter, food, and tools. In return for these greatly needed items, the Buffalo was revered by the Cheyenne. So much in fact that many legends concerning the Buffalo's origins have come to us from the past. One such legend is that of the buffalo hunt. In the beginning the buffalo were meat ea...

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