Buffalo Amelioration

Directions: Students should ameliorate the sentence below, in red. There are three missing commas, misspelled words, a misused apostrophe, and several proper nouns that need to be recognized.

Buffalo hunting an activity fundamental two the planes indian tribes' of the united states was lader adopted by american professional hunters leading to the near-extinction of the speeces in the late 1800s.  

Suggested answer: 

Buffalo hunting, an activity fundamental to the Plains Indian tribes of the United States, was later adopted by American professional hunters, leading to the near-extinction of the species in the late 1800s.