by Linnea Wilhjelm | Apr 22, 2026 | Buffalo Stories
Photo by Kaycee Prevedel biito’owu’ is Earth in the Arapaho language sokopia is Earth in the Shoshone language Earth Month with the Buffalo Every day is Earth Day for Indigenous peoples. Our connection to Mother Earth is planted deep within our ancestral...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Mar 13, 2026 | Buffalo Stories, Education
Photo by Albert Mason When visitors to WRTBI headquarters see Buffalo for the first time, one of the most common questions they ask is: are they dangerous? The honest answer is that Buffalo are powerful, unpredictable wildlife, and they deserve to be treated as such....
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Feb 6, 2026 | Buffalo Stories, WRTBI News
Photo caption: Jason Baldes’ efforts to restore bison as a wide-ranging wildlife species has led to roughly 300 animals on the Wind River Indian Reservation. These animals are grazing outside of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative headquarters near Morton in...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Jan 20, 2026 | Buffalo Stories, Education
A lone Buffalo grazes on The Wind River Indian Reservation at sunset.Photo by Taylar Stagner. In cold climates you wait until warm spring weather to build fences. Frozen ground is hard to dig into, plus snow will make getting equipment and people out to remote areas...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Dec 31, 2025 | WRTBI News
December 31, 2025 Huuwiihu, Hohou, Thank You Dear Friends, It is astonishing to think that just nine years ago, Tribal Buffalo restoration on Wind River began with ten Buffalo that arrived from the Neil Smith Refuge in Iowa. And now, as I write this letter, our...
