Friday, October 23, 2026
After bison were nearly driven to extinction in the late 1800s, Native nations across North America have been working to restore them to their ancestral lands.
A nonprofit on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation recently celebrated a milestone in its own bison reintroduction efforts.
Delainey LaHood-Burns has more.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Stronghold District of South Dakota’s Badlands to witness the release of 50 bison on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The vast space where the herd roams is leased from the Oglala Sioux Tribe by Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, the…
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