Moving in huge herds, more than 20 million bison roamed the American West before white men arrived. For centuries, the Indians hunted them with bows, arrows and spears for food, clothing and shelter.

Heinert, 50, a South Dakota state senator and director of the InterTribal Buffalo Council, views his job in practical terms: Get bison to tribes that want them, whether two animals or 200.

American Prairie Reserve officials say the quota will be 20 based on the approximately 800 bison in the privately owned herd. They will hold a drawing on Aug. 1 in which 16 people will be randomly ...

A Louisville neighborhood is remembering the past through artwork.Three sculptures of American bison including a mother and her two calves are now on display in the Saint Joseph neighborhood.The ...

An illustration from 1871 shows people shooting buffalo from a train on the Kansas-Pacific Railroad. Library of Congress. Today, there are roughly 400,000 bison across North America, with the vast ...

Heinert, 50, a South Dakota state senator and director of the InterTribal Buffalo Council, views his job in practical terms: Get bison to tribes that want them, whether two animals or 200.

At the end of the 18th century, according to modern estimates, the American buffalo population numbered around 60 million, with herds roaming freely across North America.Bison sustained Indigenous ...

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) — Perched atop a fence at Badlands National Park, Troy Heinert peered from beneath his wide-brimmed hat into a corral where 100 wild bison awaited transfer to ...

Native American News; Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship. Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 9:03 a.m. Nov. 24, 2022, 9:03 a.m.