Editing Crow people (section)

===Subsistence===
[[File:Buffalo jump.jpg|thumb|Illustration of a buffalo jump]]
[[File:Crow Indians offering food -Edward S. Curtis.jpg|thumb|upright|''The Oath Apsaroke'' by [[Edward S. Curtis]] depicting Crow men giving a symbolic oath with a bison meat offering on an arrow]]

The main food source for the Crow was the [[American bison]] which was hunted in a variety of ways. Before the use of horses the bison were hunted on foot and required hunters to stalk close to the bison, often with a wolf-pelt disguise, then pursue the animals quickly on foot before killing them with arrows or lances. The horse allowed the Crow to hunt bison more easily as well as hunt more at one time. Riders would panic the herd into a stampede and shoot the targeted animals with arrows or bullets from horseback or lance them through the heart. In addition to bison the Crow also hunted [[bighorn sheep]], [[mountain goats]], deer, [[elk]], bear, and other game. Buffalo meat was often roasted or boiled in a stew with [[prairie turnip]]s. The rump, tongue, liver, heart, and kidneys all were considered delicacies. Dried bison meat was ground with fat and berries to make ''[[pemmican]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/129364322/Crow-Indian-Recipes-and-Herbal-Medicine|title=Crow Indian Recipes and Herbal Medicine|work=Scribd|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> In addition to meat, wild edibles were gathered and eaten such as [[Sambucus|elderberries]], wild turnip, and [[Amelanchier alnifolia|Saskatoon berries]].

The Crow often hunted bison by utilizing [[buffalo jump]]s. "Where Buffaloes are Driven Over Cliffs at Long Ridge" was a favorite spot for meat procurement by the Crow Indians for over a century, from 1700 to around 1870 when modern weapons were introduced.<ref name="Plains Anthropologist">{{cite journal|last=Keyser|first=James|title=The Plains Anthropologist|journal=Plains Anthropologist|volume=30|issue=108|pages=85–102|publisher=Anthropology News|jstor=25668522|year=1985|doi=10.1080/2052546.1985.11909269}}</ref> The Crow used this place annually in the autumn, a place of multiple cliffs along a ridge that eventually sloped to the creek. Early in the morning the day of the jump a medicine man would stand on the edge of the upper cliff, facing up the ridge. He would take a pair of bison hindquarters and pointing the feet along the lines of stones he would sing his sacred songs and call upon the Great Spirit to make the operation a success.<ref name="Plains Anthropologist" /> After this invocation the medicine man would give the two head drivers a pouch of incense.<ref name="Plains Anthropologist" /> As the two head drivers and their helpers headed up the ridge and the long line of stones they would stop and burn incense on the ground repeating this process four times.<ref name="Plains Anthropologist" /> The ritual was intended to make the animals come to the line where the incense was burned, then bolt back to the ridge area.<ref name="Plains Anthropologist" />