Help me win a bet - "Dances With Wolves" movia question

[conny63malies]

i asked a native american soldier and she said its supposed to be the heart.

Hubby and I were talking about it this morning. I too googled and couldnt come up with the answer. Some places said liver, others said heart. I wonder if it was the liver, but meant to represent the heart. Many cultures eat the raw heart of freshly killed game, as a way to "gain strength from the animal".

 

[Mahonri]

Heart

 

[rebel yell]

Hey Joy Im sure it was the liver.

 

[Cetawin]

It was the liver in the movie and a traditional act on a successful first kill in a Buffalo hunt would be the heart or liver, depending on where the kill strike from the arrows or lance were. Which by the way...Buffalo hunts were extremely dangerous and many young men and even older were injured or killed in some cases which is why the horses known as "Buffalo Runners" were specifically trained for the hunt, a good buffalo runner was a must.

Let us know who wins the bet.


Edited for morning inability to type

 

[justuschickens59]

Thank you all for the replies !! If it was the liver, nobody won !! LOL. I thought it was the tongue, my friend said it was the heart. It appears we were both wrong !!

Thanks again !!

 

[robdeez]

I'm currently watching the movie with commentary and Kevin Costner states that it's the liver.

 

[Michael OShay]

The evidence that it was the liver, and not the heart is overwhelming. Consider the following sources and quotes from those sources:

According to IMDb, it's the liver. Quote: "The buffalo liver that Wind In His Hair offers to Dunbar after the buffalo hunt is actually made of cranberry Jell-o." From http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/trivia

According to Movie Mistakes, it's the liver. Quote: "At the close of the buffalo hunt, Wind in his Hair cuts out the liver of the buffalo, holding it in two hands. He stands to take a bite out of it and it's already about half its previous size. When he hands it to John Dunbar, . . ." From http://www.moviemistakes.com/film319

According to Wiki Answers, it's the liver. Quote: "The liver is very rich in vitamins ect & it would've been considered a choice cut." From http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_part_of_the_buffalo_did_John_Dunbar_eat_in_Dances_With_Wolves

According to the majority of replies on Yahoo Answers, it's the liver. Quotes: "Whoever thinks its the heart can just log off, go to the store and rent the movie, FF halfway through the movie, enroll in a biology course, cause you're not gonna be a butcher, though you probably get butchered in sports." " It is definately the liver. Just type in Kevin Costner eats buffalo liver on google and you will get countless sites explaining that scene." "...it WAS the liver." " Liver. It is the richest part of the body including the organs. Lots of protein and when food is scarce, they need protein the most. As a reward, the hunter who made the kill gets the first bite." All quotes from https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071219185201AAipt0r

According to KGB Answers, it's the liver. Quote: "In dances with wolves kevin costner kills a buffalo then eats a piece of it. what part of the buffalo did he eat?
Kevin Costner eats the Liver of a buffalo in "Dances With Wolves" (1990). Costner directed the movie!" From http://www.kgbanswers.com/in-dances...t-what-part-of-the-buffalo-did-he-eat/4430743

According to the University of California Press, it is the liver. Quote: "Costner's sensitive and convincing character trans- formation ..... to the Lakota ritual of eating the raw buffalo liver." From http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.23...2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21104439828023
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According to DS106 (Analyzing Dances With Wolves), it is the liver. Quote: "With the ending part of hunt you see Wind In His Hair offering a piece of raw buffalo meat to Dances with Wolves. That piece of meat is actually the liver of buffalo. In Lakota culture when a warrior is given a raw liver to eat its a sign of respect, a showing that you’re a true warrior." From http://ds106.us/2012/03/25/analyzing-dances-with-wolves/

And the publications go on and on and on, etc. . . . , vastly outweighing those few people who state it was the heart.

I think it's safe to say that it was the liver he ate and not the heart.