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[[File:Karl Bodmer Travels in America (51).jpg|thumb|right|350px|"Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge in Mih-Tutta-Hankush": [[aquatint]] by [[Karl Bodmer]] from the book ''Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834'']] |
[[File:Karl Bodmer Travels in America (51).jpg|thumb|right|350px|"Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge in Mih-Tutta-Hankush": [[aquatint]] by [[Karl Bodmer]] from the book ''Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834'']] |
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[[File:The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17537641734).jpg|thumb|1893 photo of a Buffalo Dance at [[San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico]] in 1893 by [[Edwin Deming]]]] |
[[File:The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17537641734).jpg|thumb|1893 photo of a Buffalo Dance at [[San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico]] in 1893 by [[Edwin Deming]]]] |
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The '''Buffalo Dance''', or '''Bison Dance''', is an annual dance [[festival]] of many North American [[Plains Indians]], including the [[Mandan]], [[Sioux]], [[Cheyenne]], [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]], and [[Omaha (tribe)|Omaha]], among others. The festival traditionally coincided with the return of the [[American bison|buffalo]] herds, and included a feast and a dance with a number of men wearing buffalo and other [[animal skin]]s.<ref>Spence, p. 134.</ref> |
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As the buffalo, or [[American bison|bison]], was so central to society, it was important to assure the return of the herd and an abundance of food and resources.<ref name=wissler>Wissler, p. 530.</ref> |
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A short, 16-second, black-and-white silent 1894 film ''[[Buffalo Dance (film)|Buffalo Dance]]'' shows people performing the dance. It is notable for being one of the earliest films made featuring Native Americans. |
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The Buffalo Dance can also refer to section of larger ceremonies and dances, such as the [[Sun Dance]].<ref>Walker, p. 114.</ref> In some societies it was also a dance more associated with curing the ill, calling on the spirit of the buffalo.<ref name=wissler/> |
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- Laubin, Reginald and Gladys. Indian Dances of North America: Their Importance to Indian Life. University of Oklahoma Press, 1977.
- Spence, Lewis. Myths of the North American Indians. Gramercy Books, 1994. New York. ISBN 0-517-10158-0.
- Stands In Timber, John and Liberty, Margot. Cheyenne Memories University of Nebraska Press, 1972. ISBN 0-8032-5751-1
- Walker, J. R. "The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala Division of the Teton Dakota". Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 16, Part 2. American Museum of Natural History, 1916. New York.
- Wissler, Clark. "Societies of the Plains Indians". Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 11. American Museum of Natural History, 1916. New York.