i was born and raised on the reservation. Don't let the romance get the best of you. We are all just people in a natural environment. With bows, arrows and spears it is likely they did well in the summer and suffered like hell in the winter. The rest of the time they fought over hunting grounds. Read a tough trip through paradise by andrew garcia. Buffalo die by the thousands with anthrax- ask Ted Turner. They managed buffalo this way in the early years of the park and at the Buffalo Range at Moise, Montana. Don't let emotion get in the way of wise managment.