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Assiniboine hunting buffalo

About this painting

Paul Kane, Assiniboine Hunting Buffalo, ca. 1851-1856. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Date created
1851–1856
License
This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.

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  • Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 5.1)

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Painting of two American Indians hunting a buffalo on horseback.

Sizes available: 640×399 | 300×187

Paul Kane’s circa 1851-1856 painting depicts two Plains Indians on horseback hunting a buffalo. The introduction of horses by Spanish settlers changed the way Plains Indians hunted, allowing them to overtake buffalo by speed.