Moving Robe Woman’s life was shaped by the bison — the animal that the Lakota called tatanka and that was the foundation of Plains culture in every dimension: economic, spiritual, social, practical.

The bison provided everything.

Meat for food.

Hides for tipi covers and robes and clothing.

Bones for tools.

Sinew for bowstrings and thread.

Stomach and bladder for water containers.

Dung for fuel on the treeless Plains.