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They provided shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting gear, ceremonial objects and many other necessities for those who lived on the Plains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut by 1889, just over a thousand buffalo remained, and the lives of the Plains Cree people changed. The buffalo is honoured to this day, a reminder of life in harmony with nature as it was once lived. This is the story of how the buffalo came to share themselves so freely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudith Silverthorne is a multiple-international award winning Canadian writer and television documentary producer. She is the author of numerous middle grade and Young Adult novels, an all ages picture book, and adult non-fiction books, and a new series of mystery books for adults. Some of her books have been translated into Japanese, Cree, French, and German. She has also written several documentary scripts for television, hundreds of articles and columns for newspapers and magazines. 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