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Indigenous peoples reclaim the National Bison Range
“We are such a place-based people. To have this land back, to be in control of it, is a fresh, new hope.”
According to High Country News author Anna V. Smith, after 113 years, the 18,800 acres of grassland, woodland, and wildlife that make up the National Bison Range will be returned to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Native American Tribes (CSKT) of Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation.
“It’s a reconciliation,” said Chairwoman Shelly Fyant to High Country News. “We are such a place-based people. To have this land back, to be in control of it, is a fresh, new hope.”