Bone as well as stone was often fashioned into functional tools at Precontact sites.

The Junction Site at Fort McLeod has a large assemblage of bone beads recovered in various stages of the manufacturing process. Many of these beads were manufactured from dog foot bones.

Now extinct species of horses and camels once roamed free in Southern Alberta.

The First Nations people in southern Alberta used dog travois to help carry belongings between camps. They were heavily relied on for this before horses were introduced into the area.