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"A brazen bison calf was the first to clamber off the livestock trailer and
into the shadow of Chief Mountain, where for a few wobbly moments it stood
alone, blinking uncertainly at a sprawling ancestral homeland that hasn’t
supported a herd of wild buffalo for 150 years. An instant later, in a
thunderclap of hooves, the russet-coated calf was joined by two dozen of its
shaggier, surer-footed compatriots, their dark humps heaving against the
square, sacred massif that dominates the horizon of their new home on the
range.
Or, rather, it’s the home they’ve always had, a place where the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation’s rolling foothills adjoin the ragged edge of the Rocky
Mountain Front to form one of the most diverse ecosystems in North America, and
where, for a century-and-a-half, the glaring absence of bison has conjured
painful memories of cultural and ecological collapse for members of the
Blackfeet Nation.
On June 26, the Blackfeet celebrated their homecoming. For some tribal members
who marveled at the procession of wooly animals, their repatriation is an
expression of sovereignty. For others, it marked the re-wilding of a landscape
that’s been missing a central player for far too long. And for others, it
signaled the beginning of a renaissance, a reconciliation and a restoration,
all on the back of the buffalo."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-malaria-belize-crime-mexico-city-bison-montana/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
