Panoramic illustration showing Mandan tribal dances, one of which is the bison or buffalo dance, in which some dancers wear real or imitation buffalo heads. Adapted from illustrations by the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, who would have observed the Mandans at

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Panoramic illustration showing Mandan tribal dances, one of which is the bison or buffalo dance, in which some dancers wear real or imitation buffalo heads. Adapted from illustrations by the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, who would have observed the Mandans at a village near Bismarck, North Dakota, in the 1830s.

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Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
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