by Linnea Wilhjelm | Apr 24, 2025 | Buffalo Stories, Education
Can you tell the difference between a wood bison and a plains bison? Most people can’t. For centuries, Buffalo have roamed North America, shaping the landscape and cultures of Indigenous peoples. While some refer to the animal as Buffalo and others as bison, in...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Mar 17, 2025 | Buffalo Stories, Education
For centuries, the largest mammal in North America has been known by two names: bison and Buffalo. This duality reflects the history, culture, and science that surrounds our relative that once roamed the plains in the tens of millions. What is in a name? Can both...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Mar 13, 2025 | Buffalo Stories, Wind River Initiative News
Caption for Photo: A herd of buffalo on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. [Photo credit: Rocío Lower / Bezos Earth Fund]. MARCH 13, 2025 Excerpt from Article by Bezos Earth Fund By Cecilia Martinez For thousands of years, buffalo dominated the grasslands of North...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Dec 24, 2024 | Buffalo Stories, Wind River Initiative News
Original article reproduced for non-commercial use with permission. DECEMBER 24, 2024 Excerpt from Billings Gazette Article by Brett French, Billings Gazette Wyoming’s Eastern Shoshone Tribe has received a $3 million grant to expand the Yellowstone Bison...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Oct 15, 2024 | Buffalo Stories
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MAY 30, 2024 Excerpt from USA TODAY By Cy Neff, USA Today The Wind River Tribal Buffalo initiative is part of a nation-wide, indigenous-lead movement to restore wild buffalo to their natural habitat. Deep in the heart of central Wyoming’s 2.2...
by Linnea Wilhjelm | Sep 20, 2024 | Buffalo Stories
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Excerpt from The Chronicle of Philanthropy By Ben Gose, The Chronicle of Philanthropy New donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or a strategy. In an old ranch house that serves as the headquarters of...
