Senate Bill 53 would classify bison as big-game wildlife, which would regulate the killing of the native species. Like it is ...

The modern American bison (Bison bison ... of Europeans and their horses and firearms that accelerated the market hunt and thrust the American buffalo into the sights of a global economy.

The animals were taken near Yellowstone in hunts that express ... long-standing treaty rights. Bison loom large as sacred animals in traditional Native American customs and rituals.

Catlin wrote that he wanted to show individual Native American men riding their horses “at full speed” hunting hundreds of bison. This depiction of man versus beast stands out against the ...

The deep, undisturbed layers of animal bones (largely American Bison) represent nearly 6,000 years of continuous occupation with one lengthy period of unexplained interrupted hunting. This landscape ...

“These are more than just animals. They're kin, providers, a cornerstone of our very existence,” Andrew Gallegos, a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, said in his testimony at the ...

Bison once numbered in the millions, but hunting and habitat loss dwindled ... a partnership with a nature reserve in Montana called American Prairie. Both the zoo and American Prairie are part ...

June 16 at 4 p.m. for an interactive archaeology activity in the Lower Gallery related to the “Awakening Stories of Ancient Bison Hunting” exhibit. See and touch real Native American Artifacts ...