The artist mapping buffalo repatriation

The artist mapping buffalo repatriation

The North American bison, also referred to as buffalo, looms large physically, ecologically, culturally and historically. The ungulate is a keystone species of the plains. It’s a sacred symbol and traditional source of food, clothing and more for many Indigenous nations. And its near extinction in the 1800s is closely tied to colonization, the growth of Canada (not to mention the U.S.) and the country’s fraught relationship with Indigenous peopl…