Which animal was central to the plains Indians way of life but was hunted almost to extinction by white settlers

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Which animal was central to the plains Indians way of life but was hunted almost to extinction by white settlers

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Jamison Ruiz · Answer 1

The American bison was central to the Plains Indians' way of life but was hunted almost to extinction by white settlers.

Nicolas Bryan · Answer 2

Buffalo. Indians hunted buffalo and used every part of their body, as to not waste anything. The white settlers did not do this, and wasted a lot of buffalo. They killed thousands of them and eventually caused the buffalo to be endangered.