by admin | Mar 20, 2023 | Wind River Initiative News
On March 15, 2023, 29 Buffalo were transported from Genesee to the Wind River Indian Reservation. This year’s transfer includes 17 bison to the Northern Arapaho Tribe and 12 to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. This momentous occasion has created a buzz locally, nationally,...
by admin | Oct 7, 2022 | Community Stories
The 150-year celebration of Yellowstone includes local Indigenous voices on the importance of Buffalo to our communities. Patti Baldes’s “REMATRIATE” group includes community members from the Wind River Reservation in an exhibition celebrating song...
by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | Buffalo Stories
The history of the land on which we walk is engraved in the earth, as people have been here for thousands of years. Whether it is the high-elevation mountains, the driest deserts, fastest flowing streams and everywhere in between, Indigenous people were there. Within...
by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | Buffalo Stories, Wind River Initiative News
The history between Native peoples and Buffalo is not a story that everyone knows, but our histories are intricately intertwined. We are similar in that we both are now on remnants of our once vast territories. That history should be understood by all Americans. The...
by admin | Dec 1, 2021 | Buffalo Stories, Community Stories
This article was originally published by Stephen Lezak of High Country News on December 1, 2021. On the Wind River Indian Reservation, two animals slip between the cracks of what is wild and what isn’t. A couple of years ago, Patti Baldes’ phone rang. “Patti? The...
