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Scientists make stunning discovery about bison in Yellowstone National Park: 'One of the greatest ... success stories of all time'
Yellowstone is the only place in the United States where bison have lived continuously since the prehistoric age. Scientists ...
‘You don’t just throw them in a box.’ Archaeologists, Indigenous scholars call on museums to better care for animal remains
Many Native American traditions in the American West place animals like bison or horses at the center of their spirituality ...
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Bison Populations Are Growing Amid Catastrophic Wildlife Declines – Here’s Why
Perhaps Nick Tilsen of the Oglala Lakota Nation put it best when speaking about the efforts of Tribes to return bison to Indigenous lands saying, “What if our best days are not behind us ...
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Reported birth of rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone park fulfills Lakota prophecy
The birth fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, according to members of the American Indian tribe who cautioned that it’s also a warning more must be done to protect the Earth ...
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Rare White Bison Calf Born at Yellowstone National Park
“We have stories of the Eastern Shoshone people hunting and pursuing white bison or white buffalo from well over a century ago.” Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the spiritual leader of the ...
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Nonprofit supporting Indigenous communities hosts bison manure giveaway
one of the Lakota Nation chiefs, said. "The bison, every part of it is important, including the poop, because new grass, new vegetation." Plenty Wolf said his people used bison to make drums ...
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Indigenous Knowledge, Grasslands and Bison
Catlin wrote that he wanted to show individual Native American men riding their horses “at full speed” hunting hundreds of bison. This depiction of man versus beast stands out against the ...
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The Bison: Dakota Middle School mascot selected by Native American community within RPS
State Sen. Carla Nelson speaks during a beam signing event at the construction site of Rochester Public Schools' new middle school Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, in Northwest Rochester. ROCHESTER — The ...
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Lakota Scholar at CU Boulder Advocates for 'Cultural Humility' in Museum Treatment of Animal Remains
Chance Ward, along with other scholars, advocates for respectful treatment of animal remains in museums, emphasizing cultural ...
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'You don't just throw them in a box.' Archaeologists and Indigenous scholars call for better care of animal remains
In February 2024, a delegation of Lakota elders traveled to the CU Boulder campus to meet with researchers and to see the bison collection. Chief Harold Left Heron spoke and sang a blessing in the ...