Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Development of the Plains.
The systematic reduction of the buffalo population from around 15 million to near extinction by 1883, often used strategically to force tribes onto reservations.
Buffalo depletion appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Development of the Plains and Changes for Indigenous Peoples.
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