bill: here now is a plan to bring back an iconic animal to the west but not without serious controversy, with the help of native american tribes, dozens of yellowstone bison have been brought to the state. dan springer is live in seattle to figure out in between all of this, what's the significance of the buffalo, dan >> reporter: of all, these are big, powerful animals, it was cool seeing them up close. these bison are genetically pure. they are direct descendents of the millions that roamed the great plains before nearly being wiped out in the 1880s, and the state of montana's plan is to get them on the plains, in the care of the same tribes that depended upon the buffalo for everything, food, clothing, shelter, you name it. a few weeks ago the state relocated 61 pure bison from a holding pen near yellowstone national park and handed them over to the senebo and sioux tribes. >> when i think of my