bison

Presents paintings and tribal song-poems that express the buffalo's essential and sacred role in the lives of Plains Native Americans, and discusses the buffalo's dramatic decline in number during the nineteenth century.

A retelling of the Seneca legend in which the buffalo receives its hump from the Great Spirit.

Teased by the other buffaloes because his hair is black instead of brown, Bill Buffalo finally learns to accept himself for what he really is.

Discusses the history of the American bison, commonly called the buffalo, its physical characteristics and habits, and efforts to preserve the species.

Simple text and full-color photographs provide a brief introduction to American bison.

Fifteen-year-old Amanda's refined life in early twentieth-century San Francisco is disrupted when she grudgingly accompanies her mother to the Oklahoma Territory on a crusade to save the buffalo.

Introduces the American bison and discusses its importance in the history of Native Americans and of the United States.

A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

Fifteen-year-old Amanda's refined life in early twentieth-century San Francisco is disrupted when she grudgingly accompanies her mother to the Oklahoma Territory on a crusade to save the buffalo.

The members of a Native American tribe fight among themselves when they become frustrated and hungry due to the lack of buffalo in the springtime. The sacred woman of the white buffalo provides them with enough buffalo for their survival and a peace pipe when they agree to work together.