Hundreds of Buffalo Return Home to Indigenous Communities
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More than 800 buffalo, also known as American bison, will return to ancestral grazing lands across the United States this fall as part of a multi-state, Indigenous-led movement toward healing lands and cultural relationships.
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The Bison and the Blackfeet
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Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals
Ken Burns on 'The American Buffalo' and Indigenous histories
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Native Americans in the Midwest United States
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Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship
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At long last, the American buffalo has come home
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The American Buffalo, Homecoming
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Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship
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How the return of bison connects travelers with Native cultures
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Buffalo Tales: The Near-Extermination of the American Bison
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How Native American tribes are bringing back the bison from brink
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Hundreds of Buffalo Return Home to Indigenous Communities
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Hundreds of Buffalo Return Home to Indigenous Communities
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Homecoming' examines return of American buffalo to Indigenous
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Bringing back bison is an environmental boon — and a logistical