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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.
It was a part of their life, a way of living. ♪ NARRATOR: The Osage community hasn't heard the thunder of buffalo on their ...
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.
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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 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, ...
In March, the Kiowa community welcomed 10 young buffalo to their homelands in southwest Oklahoma and is already looking to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As the executive director of the Wind River Buffalo Initiative and an Eastern Shoshone tribal member, he’s helped grow the number of buffalo on the reservation for the last decade.