One way the Government destroyed the Native American culture was the killing of Buffalos on tribal hunting lands. Settlers killed the buffalos that the Native Americans had been using for a source of food, clothing, and shelter their whole life. The mass slaughter of buffalo drastically impacted their lives, the lack of abundance of buffalo meant the Native Americans couldn't count on their main food source to be available. According to PBS, Buffalo Bill Cody, an avid hunter durning the time, killed more then 4000 Buffalo in just two years. Government officials also actively hunted buffalo an attempt to run Native Americans out of the grasslands that resisted. The disease settlers brought over, the Native Americans had no immunity to. Diseases
