This piece was first published online at the Buffalo Field Campaign's old website which was, in turn, hosted by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. Although it is now eight years old, it remains a thorough synopsis of the history of the slaughter of the buffalo and the deliberate genocide of first nations' peoples. For more recent information on this issue, see the Buffalo Field Campaign's current website.
Sacred Buffalo, Holy Cow: The Struggle for the Western Range by Dan Brister
We said no to bison slaughter for more than a hundred years, but they keep on killing. The genocide against the bison was part and parcel of the genocide against Indians. The recovery of the bison population in Yellowstone was to us a portent that our spirituality and traditional way of life could be rediscovered. --Scott Barta, HoChunk Winnebago
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