Today, there are 14 states with a city or town named Buffalo, only five of them in the West. By the late nineteenth century, the scientific name bison (which comes from the Latin word for “wild ...

Though their names are often used interchangeably, bison and buffalo differ widely. Never mind what the unofficial anthem of ...

Efforts are being made to develop the capacity of Native tribes to manage bison and bison habitats. An Indigenous scholar ...

We are living through a period of unprecedented species extinction due to human-induced changes to the planet's ecosystems.

It is images such as George Catlin’s “Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances” that engages our imagination of the unique relationship between Indigenous peoples and bison. Catlin wrote that he ...

Remaining bison, or buffalo as the animals are called by Indigenous people, were gathered into herds and safeguarded, said Dawn Sherman, the executive director of the Tanka Fund, a South Dakota ...