Bison — which most tribes refer to as buffalo — are an essential part of many Plains tribes' cultural and spiritual life. Now ...

How do buffalo numbers worldwide compare to the bison? According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the current numbers of Plains bison are 420,000 in commercial herds and 20,500 in ...

A thousand years after the West Coast culture took shape, around 6,000 BC, a plains culture formed around the buffalo. The buffalo supplied the Plains Indians -- Blood, Sarcee, Peigan and ...

As the buffalo were exterminated, Tribes suffered forced relocations onto reservations, lost prosperity, and starvation.

The two tribes are now home to hundreds of bison. Bison — which most tribes refer to as buffalo — are an essential part of many Plains tribes' cultural and spiritual life. Now more tribes and ...