Bison Roundup Video

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Bison Roundup
Newton's Apple
Twin Cities Public Television

For thousands of years, bison (the North American buffalo) traveled widely over the western plains of North America, grazing on prairie grasses and finding drinking water with their acute sense of smell. These enormous animals can stand as tall as six feet and weigh up to 2,200 pounds. Plains Indians hunted bison, using almost every part of the animal in some way. They ate the meat, fashioned weapons from bones, ground hoofs into glue, and made hides into ropes, blankets, clothing, and shelters.

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