“I think Megan consistently utilizes compassion, empathy and cultural awareness in her role as a tribal judge,” Stark said.

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.

The choice to designate buffalo as wildlife is a matter of tribal sovereignty, tribes making decisions on their homelands. For Baldes, he wants to eventually hunt buffalo like someone would any ...

Jason Baldes drove down a dusty, sagebrush highway earlier this month, pulling 11 young buffalo in a trailer from Colorado to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. His blue truck has painted on ...

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 ...

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.

Perhaps even more impactful, however, are three grants of $21.25 million to the InterTribal Buffalo Council to restore and manage native grasslands ecosystems for tribal buffalo restoration in ...

Martha Yahola shops at the Food Distribution Program at Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Nov. 6, 2018. (Photo credit: USDA/ ...