bison

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bison

In the buffalo pasture

2010
Uses colorful illustrations and easy text to describe the life cycle of an American bison for young readers.

Buffalo

with selections from Native American song-poems
2006
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.

The great buffalo race

how the buffalo got its hump: a Seneca tale
1994
A retelling of the Seneca legend in which the buffalo receives its hump from the Great Spirit.

Bill Buffalo

1998
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.

Bison

2005
Discusses the history of the American bison, commonly called the buffalo, its physical characteristics and habits, and efforts to preserve the species.

American bison

2012
Simple text and full-color photographs provide a brief introduction to American bison.

The bison & the Great Plains

1994
Discusses the bison and its relationship to the Great Plains ecosystem.

Where the buffaloes begin

1981
After hearing the legend retold by the tribe's oldest member, Little Wolf hopes to someday witness the beginning of the buffaloes at the sacred lake.

Thunder on the plains

the story of the American buffalo
2001
A brief introduction to the history of the American buffalo and how it was almost hunted into extinction.

Buffalo gal

1992
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.

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