White bison hold significant spiritual meaning for some Native American tribes ... the legend goes that the White Buffalo Calf Woman appeared during a time of famine and gifted the Lakota tribe ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting in ...

An incredibly rare white bison calf has been photographed in Yellowstone National Park, exciting Native American tribes who .

The American buffalo, also known as bison ... "I thought I'd have a better chance of capturing Bigfoot than a white bison calf," she tells BBC News. For the last 2,000 years the people of the ...

The industry for buffalo hides made some White Americans rich, but it decimated the species as well as the Native American tribes whose lives depended on the bison. Vintage engraving showing ...

The death of a famous grizzly bear on a highway in western Wyoming has made an orphan of its cub, leading many to wonder about his fate ...

Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ ...

The white strangers were different ... that describes a larger category of wild oxen. Bison more appropriately describes the North American buffalo, which has short horns, a heavy forequarter ...

The buffalo was born at Bear River State ... According to the American Indian College Fund, albino white bison are considered sacred among some Native American communities and are extremely ...

Hornaday genuinely cared about the American ... admired bison and saw their protection as a national duty. But he insisted, despite evidence to the contrary, that Native Americans and white ...

Alex White Plume, a Lakota descendant of one of the Wild West Show performers is seated in a community library on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. A man in his early seventies, his gray ...

"Blue and White Corn Grinding," 1930–1940. Taos, New Mexico. 23/3320. (National Museum of the American Indian ... temperature for braising. Cut the bison (or beef) into large chunks.