Most of the Dakota Indians' tools came from the body parts of buffalo. For example, the bones were used to make tools such as shovels, knives, arrowheads, war clubs, scrapers, sleds, paintbrushes, and fleshing tools. The horns were used for things like arrow points, spoons, ladles, fire carrier, and cups. The tendons were used for sowing and bow strings. They used buffalo hair as rope. They used the buffalo's stomach as a water container and cooking vessels. This shows the Dakota Indians were very conservative because they used all the body parts of the buffalo.
By: Louie Dolan
