Bison, either of two species of oxlike grazing mammals that constitute the genus Bison. Hunting drastically reduced the populations of the American bison (B. bison), or buffalo, and the European bison (B. bonasus), or wisent, and now these animals occupy
“(The bison range) was part of the reservation and there was people that lived there,” said Shane Morigeau, Missoula state legislator and candidate for state auditor. “The area is important to us but also the connection to bison and the recognition that they were on the brink of extinc...
They are a conscious effort to restore Plains bison and grasslands while recognizing the deep spiritual connection that Indigenous peoples from across the Great Plains have with these majestic animals. Since then, we have seen our conservation herd grow with the birth of new calves and the ...
, the indigenous peoples killed bison by driving them over "buffalo jump" cliffs, and then finishing them off with spears and clubs. Some buffalo jumps are known today, and artifacts from ancient buffalo harvests are still being found. Indians probably first got horses around 1650, from Santa ...
spiritual and ecological knowledge of the people that were here first and who have been stewards of the land and the environment,” Colossal CEO Ben Lamm told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.“We’ve learned a lot in a short period of time (from Indigenous peoples) about the importance of man...
Well, my friends, I am here to tell you, you are not invincible, you must be smarter, and you are not "one with the wild". Every year Yellowstone National Park gets a crazy amount of visitors, I mean millions of people, from all over the world. Some have never seen bison or deer...
This westward view shows Shoshone Lake and from the Continental Divide. The Continental Divide Trail, which traverses the lands from Mexico to Canada, was first forged by Indigenous peoples long before the land became a protected section of the American West. ...
General Philip Sheridan, who was in charge of the army that was "dealing" with the Indians of the plains, strongly supported the killing of the bison (as well as unconditional warfare against the indigenous peoples). Once he was asked by some "concerned Texans" about what could be done in...