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1. Pioneers - Buffalo Bill Cody

2. Black History - Buffalo Soldiers (International Museum of the Horse)
   Provides information on the first peace time African American soldiers.

3. Buffaloes (African Wildlife Foundation)
   Provides facts and a picture. "If attacked, the adults in the herd form a circle around the young and face outward. By lowering their heads and presenting a solid barrier of sharp horns, it is difficult for predators to seize a calf."

4. Bison or Buffaloes (Oakland Zoo)
   Provides facts and a picture. "They especially thrived on the Great Plains where some 30 million formed the biggest mass of large mammals ever to tread the globe."

5. Study Skills (University of Buffalo)
   Includes study skills, with an emphasis on time management and overcoming procrastination.

6. Bisons or Buffaloes (Kids' Planet)
   Includes a description and a drawing.

7. Buffaloes or Bison (Friends of the Prairie Learning Center)
   Provides pictures and information on buffalo. 4-01

8. Introduction to Islam (University at Buffalo)
   Provides an introduction to the basic teachings of Islam, including Allah, Messengers and Prophets of God, Angels, the Holy Qur'an (Koran), revelations, the Day of Judgement, Qadaa and Qadar, the purpose of life, salvation, acceptance of faith, witnessing (Shahada), prayer (Salah), obligatory charity (Zakah), fasting for Ramadan (Sawm), pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) . 9-01

9. Terrorism and War Articles (University at Buffalo)
   Provides sources of dozens of articles to provide insight into the foundations of terrorism, war, and revolution. 1-02

10. Buffaloes or Bison (National Parks Conservation Association)
    Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02

11. Gold for Hughes in Big Upset (Buffalo News)
    Describes the final event in women's figure skating, with America's Sarah Hughes, 16 years old, achieving gold. Her performance "was enough to leapfrog Kwan, Slutskaya and American Sasha Cohen en route to the gold medal in perhaps the biggest upset in figure-skating history." 2-02

12. Buffaloes or Bison (A-Z Animals)
    "The bison is also known as the American bison and the American buffalo, although the bison is only thought to be very distantly related to the buffalo and the water buffalo found in Africa and Asia respectively."
    
    "The bison is one of the largest types of cow in the world with adult bison commonly growing to 2 meters tall or more. The bison typically have long shaggy hair if they inhabit colder regions and the bison in the warmer climates have shorter hair." 01-09

13. Buffalo (Yahoo)
    Provides a guide to the city. 11-01

14. Sac and Fox Nation History (the Pages of Shades)
    "The Asakiwaki (Sauk) and Meshkwahkihaki (Mesquakie/Fox) belong to the Woodland and Plains Cultures. They are are Algonquin-speaking peoples."
    
    "In the valley the soil was rich and fertile. Using the shoulder bone of a buffalo or deer, the women broke the land and turned over the soil. They grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkin and tobacco. Of all the crops corn was the most important. It could be boiled, roasted, or made into soup or dumplings. After the kernels were stripped from the cob it could be dried and pounded into meal or stored away for further use. When kernels were laid out on a hot rock they would pop into fluffy morsels. Corn provided its own seed for the next year's planting. As long as the Sauk and Fox had a good harvest of corn, they knew they would not go hungry." 10-04

15. Looking Horse, Chief Arvol - Peace Hero (MyHero.com)
    "At 12, he was given the enormous responsibility of becoming the 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, the youngest in history. He has felt, on many occasions, overwhelmed by inheriting such a responsibility of the Lakota, Dakota & Nakota Nations at such a young age. He was raised in an era and bore witness to the suppression of his peoples' spiritual practices. He decided to "work for change and let the world know how beautiful our way of life is, so the seventh generation can have a better future." 7-05

16. Oakley, Annie (DorchesterLibrary.org)
    Provides three pictures and a detailed biography. "Annie Oakley, a champion shooter and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, is remembered as a western folk hero and American legend. She has been the subject of numerous books. Television shows, movies, and stage plays have been written about her life and her exploits with a gun. Some of those are fictionalized accounts. Others are more accurate. However, the myths and legends that have developed around Annie Oakley have become somewhat more important that the actual facts, which are considerable in their own right. Among the most famous are the various movie and stage productions of Annie Get Your Gun." 9-05

17. Threatened Species in Western United States (SaveBiogems.org)
    Provides information on the habitats needing protection for the buffalo, gray wolf, grizzly bear, elk, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, lynx, and Yellowstone cutthroat trout. These animals are threatened by oil and gas development plans by the federal government. 02-06

18. -06-09-09 Allegation: Qualifications and Working Conditions for Many Pilots Are Poor (CNN News)
    " 'In the past it's been a very attractive career for people to join, and the airlines, even the regional airlines, have been able to select from a very qualified applicant pool. That's not happening any more, and we're having to hire down to the FAA minimums, which most pilots have always considered to be very substandard.' "
    
    "Skiles also confirmed the complaints of other pilots about working conditions. Many are forced to work grueling schedules with little sleep between shifts and low pay. Testimony at last month's NTSB hearing into the Buffalo crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 revealed that pilots can work as long as 16 hours straight, with as little as 4 or 5 hours of sleep, before getting back into the cockpit."
    
    " 'That is true,' Skiles said. 'The current fatigue rest rules are less restrictive than truck drivers work under. Once you've been on duty for 13 hours, you are about 500 percent more likely to make an error, and once you've been on duty for 16 hours, you have the response rate of somebody who is legally drunk.' " 06-09

19. New York Community Foundations (Foundation Center)
    Includes Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Community Foundation for the Capital Region, Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, Long Island Community Foundation, New York Community Trust, Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, and Rochester Area Community Foundation. 10-02

20. North Carolina Community Foundations (Foundation Center)
    Includes Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Community Foundation for the Capital Region, Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, Long Island Community Foundation, New York Community Trust, Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, and Rochester Area Community Foundation. 10-02

21. Guide to Lawn Grasses (AllAboutLawns.com)
    Provides information about Zoysia, Bermuda, St. Augustine, Buffalo, Kentucky Blue Grass and other types of lawn grass. 5-05