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A bison range homecoming: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes reclaim a Montana nature preserve [theguardian.com]

 

By Sarah Mosquera, Photo: Sarah Mosqueda/Montana Free Press, The Guardian, May 27, 2022

The sound of drumming filled the rolling hills of the National Bison Range.

Members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) and neighbors gathered under a large tent to sing and dance in celebration of a historic event: the tribes’ reclamation of management of the bison range after more than a century of federal management and nearly two decades of negotiations.

“This all dates back to the treaty of 1855, when that agreement wasn’t honored and this land was taken by the government,” said Stephanie Gillin, wildlife biologist for the CSKT Natural Resources Department.

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