answers: Plains Indians
context: the Nuptadi Mandan village was set ablaze around 1785, "the Old Woman Who Never Dies bundle-owner was killed defending his lodge and his bundles which were burned." This was a vital bundle to the corn growing Mandans, since it ensured rain and promised good crops. The turtle drums used in the Okipa ceremony (Sun Dance) were only saved because they suddenly produced water. During a large-scale attack on a Pawnee hunting camp in 1830, the Cheyennes lost their most sacred tribal bundle, the Mahuts. It contains four arrows with influence upon wars and bison hunts. The Cheyennes left the battlefield </s> Bison hunting Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of North America, prior to the animal's near-extinction in the late nineteenth century. Even a number of Indians west of the continental divide crossed the Rocky Mountains in traditional tribal hunts on the Northern Great Plains. The species' dramatic decline was the result of habitat loss due to the expansion of ranching and farming in western North America, industrial-scale hunting practiced </s> rabbits and squirrels were also used as food. Historically, the Havasupai hunted in large groups, and the distribution of game amongst the hunters was generally fair. In the twentieth century, however, due to overhunting and neighboring development, the populations of large game animals such as sheep became sparse. As a result, the Havasupai were forced to alter their hunting habits to adjust to the expansionists, which in turn made tribesmen less likely to share with others. The gathering of wild plants and seeds were typically done by Havasupai women. Two primary methods were used: 1) Knocking seeds from plants directly,
question: which tribes relied on hunting buffalo for survival