Native American Assinboine Magic Pile, Bison Hunt
Assinboine magic pile. The Assinboine believed these piles helped attract the buffalo. Bison hunting was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians. Religion also played a big role in Native American bison hunting. Plains Indians generally believed that successful hunts required certain rituals. To Plains Indians, the buffalo was one of the most sacred animal, and they felt obligated to treat them with verbal respect. When they were about to kill a buffalo, they would offer it a prayer. Failures in the hunt would often be attributed to poorly performed rituals. Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique du Nord, exécuté pendant les années 1832-34. Karl Bodmer (February 11, 1809 - October 30, 1893) was a Swiss printmaker, lithographer, painter, illustrator and hunter. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his Missouri River expedition. Bodmer was hired as an artist to record images of cities, rivers, towns and peoples they saw along the way, including the many tribes of Native Americans along the Missouri River and in that region.
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