Learn how Native American tribes, including the Modoc Nation in Oklahoma and the Cheyenne River Sioux, are leading the ...

With Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 13, we look at the herds of bison many tribes relied on that were nearly wiped ...

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Using all formats and hard-won exclusive access, Matthew Brown, Emma Tobin and Toby Brusseau took readers and viewers inside efforts by Native American tribes to restore bison to their lands after the ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Behind American Indian Hall on the Montana State University campus, ancient life is growing. Six-foot-tall corn plants tower over large green squash and black-and-yellow sunflowers.

(The Conversation) — The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting ...

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) - In a gathering near a picturesque lake outside Yellowstone National Park, hundreds of people cheered Wednesday as a Native American leader spoke the name revealed on a ...

Judy was 24 years old, a zoo spokesperson said she had arthritis due to her advanced age and had recently lost a significant amount of weight. The zoo decided to euthanize Judy since staff could not ...

A Story County farmer is working to restore Iowa’s native ecosystems with the help of a bison herd. Jathan Chicoine is a Story County farmer who is working to restore Iowa’s native ecosystems with the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Native American communities actively managed North American prairies for centuries before Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World, according to a new study by researchers from ...

The population of bison, North America's signature charismatic mammal, went from around 60 million in 1800 to just 300 by the dawn of the 20th century. Therein lies one hell of a story, told ...