Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred to several tribes from across the Great Plains, in the latest example of Native Americans reclaiming stewardship over animals their ancestors lived alongside for millennia.
New herd will reestablish a spiritual and physical bond broken two centuries ago when bison were nearly wiped out.
Following ceremonial drumming and singing and an acknowledgment of the tribes that once occupied the surrounding landscape, the bison were loaded onto trucks for relocation to tribal lands. He compared the burly animals’ return to reviving the Yuchi’s language — and said both language and bison were inseparable from the land. Bison were “the original caretakers” of that land, he said.
Wednesday’s transfer came two weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a bison conservation order meant to further expand the number of large herds on Native American lands. Haaland also announced $25 million to build new herds, transfer more bison from federal to tribal lands and forge new bison management agreements with tribes, officials said.
Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America until they were killed off almost entirely by white settlers, commercial hunters and U.S. troops. Their demise devastated Native American tribes across the continent that relied on bison and their parts for food, clothing and shelter. A visitor prepares to take a photograph of some of the 35 Denver Mountain Park bison to be transferred to representatives of four Native American tribes and one memorial council as they reintroduce the animals to tribal lands Wednesday, March 15, 2023, near Golden, Colo.
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