Little Bison Basin Prehistory

When the Sioux migrated to the Great Plains area, they most certainly came across the the Badlands in their discovery. The name “Badlands” is derived from the Lakota phrase makȟóšiča, meaning Land of Bad Spirits.  Today, some Lakota believe that the Badlands are a place to be avoided because it is where bad spirits exist. This paper will discuss the geographic location,  geological formation, Lakota legends,  reasons the site is visited, time or seasons to visit and Lakota stargazing associated with the site. When applicable, Lakota words will be provided.

Summary and Critique of Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America

The near-extinction of the American Bison was the result of the following: the loss of habitat due to the expanding livelihoods of ranchers and farmers, government policy aimed to destroy the food source of the native Indians, and most importantly, the senseless slaughter of the species by the market hunters due to the high demand for bison hides

Restoration of the Bison is something that has been going on for the past two decades. As a matter of fact, several Native American tribes have come together to form the Inter Tribal Bison Cooperative (ITBC) which has been set out to bring bison back onto the American plains in the midwest. Bison have an intimate relationship in the traditions and rituals of Native Americans. The importance of bison within the culture has made bringing back the bison an important issue in the preservation of wildlife. However, some of the arguments made by the ITBC show that the bison's economic value should be the main factor why they should be brought back. Yet others involved in this cause suggest that buffalo restoration

The areas along the river are mainly forested; much of the area is a flat, gently rolling plain. The upland prairies were created during an intensive warming period several thousand years after the melting of the glaciers. The Illinois River Valley in the Starved Rock area is a major

The present configuration of the Great Lakes basin is the result of the movement of massive glaciers through the mid-continent, a process that began about one million years ago. . . . Studies in the Lake Superior region indicate that a river system and valleys formed by water erosion existed before the Ice Age. The Glaciers undoubtedly scoured these valleys, widening and deepening the and radically changing the drainage of the area (Encyclopedia Britannica )

Joy describes Lascaux as a beautiful, prehistoric cave located in Sarlat, France that became closed to the public due to high carbon dioxide, mold, human footprint, and contamination levels. Due to the diminishing natural integrity of the cave and the art on its walls, the cave has since been sealed off. It is estimated that the cave was painted 17,000 years ago, when the world was at about the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the coldest it has been for the past 70,000 years. Some of the paintings show some of the extinct animals, bison, horses, ibexes, no fish, wolves, raptors, or mammoths. This didn’t mean those animals didn’t exist in this area though, why did the humans at this time select these animals? There were generations of humans living in these

3. Question : If you were traveling from west to east across the Great Plains in the United States what would be the correct sequence of grassland types that you would encounter?

The Great Plains is a grassland that went through the western central area of the United States.

This early in the football season, it's still difficult to get a clear idea about the strength of any given team. Most of major conference teams have been playing against lesser competition, making it precarious to pinpoint exactly where the team sits as far as talent is concerned. It's kind of like doing a 5 Dimes review without ever visiting the website.

This is the history of a beautiful region that takes place back in 1850’s when the Sioux and Winnebago tribes lived in these lands. These tribes spread around the Midwest mostly for their food, which include buffaloes (wild Bison), deer, antelope, and wild turkey and hens, wild fruits cherries, berries, and plums and wild vegetables potatoes, spinach, and prairie turnips. These tribes lived in peace and harmony until Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson arrived in the area in 1851. Joseph Hewitt and James Dickirson settlement soon became an amicable town. Hewitt traded goods with the indian tribes and Dickirson had rich soil for farming.

When analyzing the West region of Canada two groups emerge one being the Prairies of

[pic]we also noticed the different types of tools used to hunt from the lowest level to the most current level and retouched flakes prevailed during all periods we have determined by our excavations. This was a favorite weapon to hunt and perhaps used to hunt larger preys found in the area. The use of end scraper also prevailed for many years and it was probably used to tear up the skin to cover themselves in the cold winter time. Other tools were also found, but a significant lower number.

SouthWest Alberta is part of a gorgeous landscape of grassy plains and rocky cliffside. The east is covered in high grass and prairies, while the west is a mixture of cacti, sage and short grasses. The plains people experience extreme weather - cold, frigid winters and scorching summers. Across the landscape are large herds of buffalo, bears, deer, antelope and coyotes.

As settlers began to enter Iowa they would encounter woodland areas in the extreme southeastern corner of the state, and then move on the grasslands that covered most of the state. Iowa served as a transition zone from the wooded East Coast to the Great Plains of the west. In Central Iowa the grass the prairie grass would measure from