On July 17, the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Native Americans in Philanthropy, The Nature Conservancy, and the World Wildlife Fund announced the launch of the Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration.

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The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting in the 19th century.

After losing her mother, sister and brother to diabetes, Joilynn Loves Him decided to study health at Northwest Indian ...

The Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council and its 83 member tribal nations across the U.S. work to return bison to the care of tribes, including in Wisconsin. The Menominee, ...

Bison — which most tribes refer to as buffalo — are an essential part of many Plains tribes' cultural and spiritual life. Now more tribes and tribal nations are working to reestablish bison ...

Under the leadership of Jason Baldes, tribal member and executive director of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, the Eastern Shoshone people since 2016 have made strides toward rebuilding a ...

In an old ranch house that serves as the headquarters of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative, Jason Baldes greets federal officials and others with doughnuts and coffee. It is his second stop of ...

The buffalo herd at Kankakee is part of a larger program to reintroduce buffalo to Indigenous Nations through a partnership with the Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration, which is led by the ...

Since then, tribal hunters alone have killed more than 4,000 bison outside the park. “Buffalo have been subjected to the whims of the stockgrowers and the cattle industry forever since cattle arrived ...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women held its 19th annual tribal consultation session at Buffalo Thunder Resort this week.