Great heads of cattle replaced the Buffalo on the
Great heads of cattle replaced the Buffalo on the grasslands of South Dakota in the 1880s. Gen. Nelson Miles futilely advocated the formerly nomadic Lakotas be given herds to manage as pastoralists. Instead the Indian Agencies promoted Europe-American style farming (BSLOC_2017_18_59)
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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