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posted by cmn32480 on Friday November 04 2016, @09:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the saving-the-heritage dept.

Members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe are marking the return of buffalo to their reservation in central Wyoming more than a century after the animals were wiped out.

The tribe is holding a ceremony Thursday marking the release of 10 genetically pure buffalo from a federal refuge in Iowa. The National Wildlife Federation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have worked on the project.

Buffalo provided food and shelter to the Eastern Shoshone and other Indian tribes before the vast herds of the animals were slaughtered in the late 1800s.

Jason Baldes leads the buffalo restoration work for the Eastern Shoshone. He says establishing a large buffalo herd on the reservation will allow children there to experience how their ancestors traditionally used the animals and share in their spiritual importance.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 05 2016, @12:23AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 05 2016, @12:23AM (#422689) Journal

    Ho-hum. I've been bitching for decades that we need to put whitey to work. Any sumbitch who won't pick the produce out of the fields should be cut off of welfare and other assistance. There has always been work to be done. Our grandparents did that work - what makes us any better than they were? No work, no eat. And, that goes equally for whitey, your jigs and spics, and all other groups you care to name. No work, no eat - don't want to work, then starve bitch!

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