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In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
  History of Pro Football in Buffalo
The Buffalo All-Americans and the Chicago Staleys both finished the season with 9-1 records (ties were ignored).
Buffalo's mistake was scheduling the rematch with Chicago the day after playing the Akron Pros (the 1920 AFPA Champions), while Chicago had a week off before the game.
Buffalo was also marred during the season, with a controversy.
www.billsbackers.com /article1921.htm   (610 words)

  
 The Buffalo Harvest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Some scholars argue that extermination of the buffalo was an official policy of the US government in order to achieve extermination of the Native Americans, particularly those living in the Western Plains.
The North American Plains Indians were essentially big-game hunters, the buffalo being a primary source of food and material which was used for clothing, shelter, tools and religious icons.
The buffalo herd has been called the natural commissariat of the Plains Indians, and it has become reduced it roams about the region it inhabits in search of food followed by the Indians who cannot be subsisted without it.
www.american.edu /TED/ice/buffalo.htm   (3024 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Native Americans would wait many days for the buffalo to be on the prairies where the V was so they could chase the buffalo off the cliff.
The Native Americans would leave the heart where the buffalo was killed so that it would renew the buffalo herd for many years to come.
The tribal Native Americans are like the Native Americans you read about with the war parties and the battles with the white men.
cyberkids.ccsd.k12.wy.us /sunflower/toddna.html   (2123 words)

  
 Bison history
When Coyote was left to sleep in the buffalo corral, he barked and nipped at the heels of the buffalo, causing a stampede.
The buffalo chose their swiftest cow for the race and as the participants set off, it seemed clear that the buffalo would win.
Buffalo hunting came to be associated with the danger and adventure of the Wild West.
vtvt.essortment.com /bisonhistory_rmjg.htm   (1278 words)

  
 Update from the Field 2/10/05
Buffalo calves and yearlings - ages 4 to 24 months - will be subjected to injections of RB51, a brucellosis vaccine that was designed for use in livestock, and is not 100% effective on either cattle or wild buffalo.
The DOL claims that vaccinating wild buffalo (with an ineffective vaccine, mind you) will help "reduce the prevalence of brucellosis within the bison herd and to reduce the risk of transmission of brucellosis from bison to cattle." To date there has never been a documented case of a wild buffalo transmitting brucellosis to cattle.
It is a sad day for all Americans when there are only 4000 of the worlds pure genetic free roaming buffalo and they are treated as a pariah that have to be removed or exterminated for the protection of cattle that populate the entire planet.
www.tinyurl.com /5kanj   (1337 words)

  
 HickokSports.com - History - Buffalo All-Americans 1920-23; Buffalo Bisons 1924-25, 1929; Buffalo Rangers 1926-27
Although the All-Americans evidently didn't formally join the American Professional Football Association when it was organized in 1920, they're generally shown as the third-place team in league standings from that year.
Buffalo insisted that the defeat had been a post-season game, while the Staleys pointed out that no official end date for the season had been set, therefore the second game should determine the championship.
Now known as the Rangers, Buffalo got back to the.500 mark in 1926, but had another losing season in 1927 after the name was changed back to the Bisons.
www.hickoksports.com /history/buffaloallams.shtml   (526 words)

  
 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
The immensity of the show and the exaggerated dramas of life on the frontier entrenched the images of the wild west in the minds of Americans and the rest of the world during the show's existence.
The story of Buffalo Bill is a factual tale of our cultural history and a fictional story of the west which continues to color our perceptions of the west and the people who inhabit it.
Buffalo Bill and the Wild West (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981),an exhibition catalog produced by The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of Art at the Carnegie Institute, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center for an exhibit which ran from November 21, 1981-April 4, 1982 in Brooklyn and Pittsburgh.
xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/HNS/BuffaloBill/home.html   (1007 words)

  
 iGourmet.com - Encyclopedia of Cheese
Feta is a true eating cheese, although most Americans think of it as a salad topping.
It hails from the Lombardy region and is served with fresh fruit or sweetened with sugar and used as a pastry ingredient, such as for Tiramisu.
Mozzarella di Bufala: "Buffalo" Mozzarella is made in the South of Italy from a mixture of water buffalo and cow's milk.
www.igourmet.com /st_encyclopedia.asp   (3506 words)

  
 Survey Shows Americans Oppose Yellowstone Buffalo Slaughter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Yellowstone herd is the last remaining continuously wild, genetically pure herd of buffalo in the United States.
Buffalo supporters will gather at the Montana State Capitol in Helena on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 to mourn the buffalo killed this year and speak out to stop the ongoing slaughter.
This event is being organized by the Buffalo Field Campaign, the only group working in the field 365 days a year to protect America's last wild buffalo.
www.forwolves.org /ralph/bison/national_survey_results-bison.htm   (510 words)

  
 Ahrendak's Buffalo Range
Buffalo, or bison, serve as "sacrifice" critters, meant to be honored, with their essence absorbed.
Buffaloes, in population, decreased, but the "spirit" of Buffalo could not be taken.
Buffaloes still exist, and are beginning to flourish again, under restricted circumstances, but at least they are not exterminated, and their mystical importance is still recognized.
www.wizardrealm.com /Galadriel/ahrendak.html   (597 words)

  
 Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
The '22 professional football season would be as disappointing for Buffalo fans as the baseball season had been because the All-Americans finished in ninth place with a 5-4-1 record.
Buffalo again finished ninth in the NFL that '23 season with a 5-4-3 record as Urban caught six passes for 44 yards, rushed once for five yards and returned one punt for 20 yards.
Buffalo had a few more brushes with two-sport stars both in the old days and in the modern era viith the NFL Bills.
www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=2sport   (2902 words)

  
 History of Pro Football in Buffalo
Later to join the new league were the Buffalo All-Americans, the Detroit Heralds, the Chicago Tigers, and the Columbus Panhandles.
In 1925, the team changed its name to the Buffalo Bisons and finished with a dismal 1-6-2 record and were in 15th place.
Buffalo played it's last season in the National Football League in 1929 until rejoining the NFL in the in 1970 when the American Football League merged with the NFL.
www.billsbackers.com /BEGINNINGS.htm   (739 words)

  
 Lesson Plan - The Plains Native Americans and the Buffalo
Social Studies Relevance: Buffalo Woman is an excellent story that explains to students the culture of the Native Americans living in the Great Plains region.
Buffalo Woman also describes the cooperating relationship that the Native Americans had towards all living creatures, particularly the buffalo.
If a buffalo skin is not available, show the students a buffalo skin drawing that is similar to the one that the students will be making.
teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/Mabey.html   (1742 words)

  
 Irish-Americans in Buffalo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Buffalo moved from the Flats to the Old First Ward, where they would be concentrated until spreading into South Buffalo around 1900.
Known as the builder of South Buffalo, William H. Fitzpatrick resided on a farm at Seneca and Bailey.
Despite the tension and the disruption to lake commerce, the strike was a relatively peaceful victory for the strikers (only one man was killed) and led to reforms in the saloon-boss system of labor, much to the benefit of the scoopers, longshoremen and other freight handlers.
ah.bfn.org /h/irish   (2691 words)

  
 UNC professor explores how Buffalo Bill shaped americans’ views of the country
She also played beneath the bronze buffalo in Chicago's Garfield Park, admired museum wildlife dioramas and later, as part of the nation's burgeoning car culture, toured the Badlands, the Rockies, Yellowstone and the Great Salt Lake with her vacationing family.
Buffalo Bill, the longhaired sharpshooter and impresario who died the year her father was born, "still rode through my grade-school curriculum on a spotless white horse surrounded by an unmistakable aura of heroism."
He held the respect of Native Americans, founded the town of Cody, Wyo. and established a worldwide conception of what the American West was like that's lasted more than a century.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2000-07/UoNC-Upeh-2707100.php   (786 words)

  
 Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
The 1940 squad that gathered Sept. 6 in Buffalo was officially welcomed by band and drill units of the Buffalo Drum Corps and paraded to City Hall, where at a noontime ceremony, Mayor Tom Holling gave coach Seick a football.
Buffalo had an offensive line that averaged just 216 pounds and a quickly assembled backfield that played injured much of the season.
Buffalo closed out the scoring in the fourth quarter when Szur passed to Gottlieb for 16 yards and Gottlieb lateralled to Gilbert for another 14 yards and a touchdown.
www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=5-buff   (3048 words)

  
 Buffalo
The buffalo were an important resource on the Great Plains of the American West.
Native American (Mandan) painted bison hide shows: scenes of hunters with rifles, shields, or bows and arrows, some wear feather headdresses; one on horseback.
Not an albino, she is considered to be the first white buffalo calf born since 1933.
www.cyberbee.com /manifest_destiny/buffalo.html   (522 words)

  
 Buffalo Bill and Native Americans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Buffalo Bill hoped to make his shows as true to the "real" wild West as possible, and this meant that the importance of Native Americans had to be included.
In return, the Native American actors were asked to follow three guidelines: to perform in all shows, to abide by all rules and regulations, and to remain sober while on tour.
With all Native American tribes under the official supervision of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs, Cody's use of Sioux actors had to be formally approved by the government.
dave.burrell.net /cody.html   (2698 words)

  
 White Buffalo!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
White Buffalo Calf Woman beckoned the lustful warrior to her, and as he approached a cloud of dust arose around them causing them to be hidden from view.
Before leaving, she told them that within her were the four ages, and that she would look back upon the People in each age, returning at the end of the fourth age, to restore harmony and spirituality to a troubled land.
The birth of a white buffalo is a rare occurance indeed.
www.sacredwhitebuffalo.org /legend/legend.html   (1448 words)

  
 D3football.com: Mansfield 20, Buffalo State 19
BUFFALO — Division II Mansfield held on to prevail at Buffalo State by a 20-19 score as the Bengals missed a 21-yard field goal as time expired to fall to 0-2 on the season.
Buffalo State answered the Mansfield score on its next possession with a similar drive of 65 yards on four plays, including a 38-yard run by Joyner and a 20-yard touchdown strike from Mariano Granata to Marc Hoppy.
After Tom Jakubaszek recovered a Buffalo State fumble on the next play, the Bengals were forced to call on Cox to try a 21-yard field goal.
www.d3football.com /story.php?story=91   (393 words)

  
 African-American History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He lived in a bark-covered cabin at the mouth of Little Buffalo Creek, and he kept a barroom and served as an interpreter with the native Americans.
Edward Nash, came to Buffalo in 1892 and was instrumental in founding the local NAACP and the Buffalo Urban League.
Thus, superimposed upon the street system of the city of Buffalo would be a monstrous gridiron consisting of five superhighways whose purpose would be to join the rapidly growing surrounding suburbs with a rapidly declining central city.
ah.bfn.org /h/af   (1525 words)

  
 Buffalo All-Americans vs. Canton Bulldogs, December 4, 1920
When the Buffalo All-Americans faced the Canton Bulldogs at New York’s Polo Grounds on December 4, 1920, it was billed as the first big showcase for the new professional football league.
This would be the All-Americans’ first road game all season, having spent the previous nine at either their usual home field at Canisius College Villa, or the Buffalo Baseball Park.
The All-Americans departed immediately after the Canton game for the Queen City, where they were scheduled to play the 7-0-3 Akron Pros the very next afternoon at Buffalo Baseball Park—ultimately for the very first A.P.F.A. championship.
www.angelfire.com /retro/buffalocanton   (1050 words)

  
 Buffalo Tales: The Near-Extermination of the American Bison, Native Americans and the Land, Nature Transformed, ...
The great story about the buffalo is the story of their demise in the nineteenth century.
To answer the question requires a working definition of conservation and an appreciation for American Indian thought about animals and their environments, that is, an appreciation for ethnoecology—the ecological thought of a people (ethnic group).
Finally, whether the story of the buffalo will be repeated in the new century, with other species, can be explored to extend your discussion into current environmental, economic, and land use issues.
www.nhc.rtp.nc.us /tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian/essays/buffalod.htm   (856 words)

  
 Native Americans, Buffalo and Israel (Bernard J. Shapiro) June, 2001
The buffalo was so important to the Indians that it was worshiped in their rituals and ceremonies.
The buffalo were very brave and would fight vigorously against the wild animals that sought it as prey.
The poor buffalo (Israelis) were attacked everywhere, on the roads, in the cities, in the countryside.
www.freeman.org /m_online/jun01/shapiro3.htm   (975 words)

  
 D3hoops.com: St. John Fisher 85, Buffalo State 56
BUFFALO, NY — St. John Fisher (13-0) remained undefeated, shooting 59-percent from the field on route to an 85-56 road victory over Buffalo State (4-10) tonight at the Sports Arena.
Buffalo State shot 41-percent, but committed 30 turnovers.
Buffalo State will return to SUNYAC play this Friday with a trip to Potsdam.
www.d3hoops.com /releases.php?release=34626   (213 words)

  
 MV Buffalo Soldier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
MV Buffalo Soldier is one of three ships currently under charter to support the U.S. Air Force's ammunition prepositioning mission.
MV Buffalo Soldier is named in honor of the first peacetime African-American regiments which were formed following the Civil War and sent to the American West to fight in the Indian Wars.
The term Buffalo Soldiers is still frequently applied today when speaking of units directly descended from the U.S. Army's 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th and 25th Infantry.
www.msc.navy.mil /mpstwo/buffalo.htm   (222 words)

  
 Buffalo State Athletics - Men's Football
The Bengals have earned the respect of the authorities in Division III, as the team has been accustomed to appearing in the national top-25 polls, and played the strongest schedule in all of Division III in 2001, as voted by D3Football.com.
From 1990 through 2000, Buffalo State posted an 85-30 (.739) overall record, establishing itself as one of the top-two in all divisions across New York State.
All-Americans: Buffalo State has been well represented when it comes to individual honors as well, as the school has had several players earn All-America status:
www.buffalostate.edu /athletics/mensfootball   (188 words)

  
 D3football.com: Wesley 17, Buffalo State 0
Wesley recorded the only points of the first half on a 20-yard field goal off the foot of Chris Carlson with 8:30 to play in the second quarter.
Buffalo State’s offense was led by James Perkins, who carried the ball 26 times for 87 yards.
Perry Taglienti led the defense with 11 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and an interception.
www.d3football.com /releases.php?release=6430   (274 words)

  
 Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons Historical Society
The All-Americans were a fine team in the early days of pro football, finishing within one game of the title in each of the first two seasons of the American Professional Football Association (renamed the National Football League in 1922).
In 1921, the All-Americans claimed the title, but lost it to the Chicago Staleys in an executive decision.
Jeff Miller is the author of Buffalo's Forgotten Champions, which details the history of Buffalo's first professional football team and its controversial claim to the 1921 championship.
www.angelfire.com /sports/Buffalofootballhist   (548 words)

  
 The Dayton Triangles: Dayton Triangles at Buffalo All-Americans, November 27, 1921   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Buffalo All-Americans defeated the Dayton Triangles yesterday by one touchdown in a game fought for the most part in thick fog, 7 to 0.
Buffalo had clear sailing through the mud for the first half.
Luke Urban was as wicked as ever at the other end of the Buffalo line and often forced the Dayton backfield men around to Voss’ side of the field.
www.daytontriangles.org /allamericans112721.htm   (565 words)

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