Ten bison from Yellowstone National Park were released into the existing herd of buffalo on the tribal lands of the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico on Wednesday. On hand for the release was Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community). Newland highlighted the significant funding the Interior Department has invested through President Joe Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to support the restoration of bison populations.
Last summer, members of the InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC), a Native non-profit group dedicated to restoring tribal bison herds among its 83 member
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When 30 million bison roamed the North American continent, some of them found their way to the Kaibab Plateau. Biologists believe they were present in small herds off and on over the past 11,000 years, and that this corner of Arizona formed the southwestern limit of their historical range. Bison stories and dances passed from generation to generation among the Kaibab-Paiute, Navajo, Hualapai, Havasupai, Yavapai-Apache and Hopi tribes seem proof enough of their existence here.