Hunt buffalo and fight other tribes wouldn’t even occur to me. Is that how you picture Native Americans in your mind? I have a totally different picture pop up. Some of them do still hunt for food. Just like white people in the US. Here’s an interview I remember on Oprah with an Eskimo woman. https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/earths-mothers/all
They do still pass down their languages and some parts of the country the schools might have classes, like the Southwest and maybe other areas where there are large amounts of Native Americans in the public schools. The languages are disappearing though, and efforts need to be made to keep them alive.
The Native Americans have activists and lawyers to help them to fight to preserve their lands and that includes their culture.
Some of them do ceremonies and get together as a community to preserve traditions.
Museums mentioned above by another jelly.
Not too long ago some sort of law changed so criminals who attack Native Americans can be prosecuted in the US courts. I don’t remember the details of it, but it demonstrated how part of the community wanted to police their own like a separate state, rather than part of the greater US system.
Alaska Daily was a recent TV show about Native Americans in Alaska. The main point of the show was attacks on women, but gives a glimpse at life there.
In the Southwest their art and crafts live on strong and I assume other places too. Like any group in America it’s a balance to hold onto culture and also be assimilated into American society. Some Native Americans still stay very separate.
Is YARNLADY around still? She’s part Native.