Some Cree, historically a woodland people, adopted the ways of the plains people, including nomadic bison hunting and horsemanship.

Farming villages were also found in the Texas Panhandle along the Canadian River although in a precarious environment they depended more on bison hunting than agriculture.

However it was the systemic commercial bison hunting by European-American hunters that permanently changed the paradigm of the Great Plains.

These were complex nomadic cultures based on horse culture and seasonal bison hunting.

They had come to the area for bison hunting, as the herds were still vast on the prairies.

They would inform their Caves of the ban on bison hunting, almost grateful to have a message to bring them.

Isenberg also explains that the introduction of horses facilitated bison hunting and competed with bison for scarce water and forage.

However, in an attempt to finalize the submission of the Comanche people, there was a movement towards bison hunting.

For the people of the plains, bison hunting was the primary activity.

The Ciboleros also competed against the Comanche in the context of bison hunting.