When European settlers first encountered bison on the Great Plains, they reached for the closest familiar term: buffalo. They may have heard stories of African buffalo and figured this looked ...

Many tribes have restored the animals to their lands but are still working to turn it into a valuable food source that could ...

Bison — which most tribes refer to as buffalo — are an essential part of many Plains tribes' cultural and spiritual life. Now more tribes and tribal nations are working to reestablish bison ...