[DOC] [TLE] Plains Indians - Wikipedia [PAR] Plains Indians, Interior Plains Indians or Indigenous people of the Great Plains 
and Canadian ..... Although people of the Plains hunted other animals, such as 
elk or antelope, buffalo was the primary ... The main hunting seasons were fall, 
summer, and spring. ... The herds formed the basis of the economies of the Plains 
tribes. [DOC] [TLE] The Columbian Exchange - North Carolina Digital History - Learn NC [PAR] Meanwhile, in Asia and Africa, the domestication of herd animals brought ... 
Oranges, now a staple of the Florida economy, didn't grow in the Americas ... The 
main ones, aside from llamas and alpacas, were dogs, turkeys, and guinea pigs 
... The introduction of horses made hunting buffalo much easier for the Plains 
Indians. [DOC] [TLE] Pemmican: A Plains Indians Staple Food that Prevented Protein ... [PAR] Jun 17, 2016 ... For their Plains Indians counterparts, the physiological protein ceiling ... With a 
high animal based diet, one of the inherent problems that these .... Intersection of 
economics, history, and human biology: Secular .... Key Topics. [DOC] [TLE] Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | NATIVE AMERICANS [PAR] The Plains Indian has been one of the most important and pervasive icons in 
American culture. ... and animal hides) and cultural products (songs and dances) 
traded hands. ... as a key way that Plains peoples adapted to and shaped their 
environment, ... Horses and firearms were the most important European trade 
items. [DOC] [TLE] Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | AGRICULTURE [PAR] Agriculture has long been the life force of the Great Plains economy. ... Tobacco, 
central to ritual life in many tribes, was a highly valued crop and trade item as 
well. ... Corn became the staple crop of European Americans who learned how to 
... Wheat was not grown for consumption by farm animals, but rather as a cash 
crop... [DOC] [TLE] Plains Indian | people | Britannica.com [PAR] Plains Indian, member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting the 
Great .... via trade with the Spanish and the expansion of herds of escaped 
animals. .... Horses became so valuable that horse stealing became a major 
reason for... [DOC] [TLE] Indigenous People: Plains - The Canadian Encyclopedia [PAR] top; Land and Resources; Major Language Groups and Peoples; Historical .... 
The animals spread north through intertribal trade and raiding, reaching the ... 
Nuts, roots, berries, squash, and corn were especially prevalent staples of the 
Plains diet. .... Organizations like the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (1972
), the... [DOC] [TLE] Mariners Weather Log Vol. 52, No. 3, December 2008 [PAR] Dec 10, 2008 ... The global exchange of cultures, plants, animals, and, disease. ... Native 
Americans in the lowland regions remained faithful to their longtime staple, corn, 
... Sugar cane, a major source of sweet-tasting sucrose, has been cultivated in ... 
and rum to Africa, was long an economic staple of the English colonies. [DOC] [TLE] Native American Cultures - Native American History - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out more about the history of Native American Cultures, including videos, ... 
the Northeast, the Southeast, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin, 
California, ... Its inhabitants were members of two main groups: Iroquoian 
speakers (these .... The region's inhabitants quickly integrated the animals into 
their economy,... [DOC] [TLE] Native Peoples of North America - Archaic Period: Spreading Out ... [PAR] Feb 18, 2000 ... ... prairies, river floodplains, deserts, deciduous and evergreen forests changed 
markedly, ... Since archaic cultures evolved from Paleo-Indian ones it is often ... 
shellfish, along with a wide variety of plants, became the staple foods. ... A diffuse 
economy - a shift from a reliance on a few key plant and animal... [DOC] [TLE] American Subarctic peoples | Britannica.com [PAR] Native American peoples whose traditional area of residence is the subarctic ... 
The traditional diet included game animals such as moose, caribou, bison (in the 
... groups of Ojibwa who, after the beginning of the

Question: Animal that was the main staple of the Plains Indians economy
Answer: buffalo