Examines the ecological and political controversy over the American bison, and explores the problems that have risen to property, people, and livestock by allowing the animals to roam wild.
Describes the near extinction of America's buffalo and their native grasslands when settlers arrived in the West and drove the Indians to reservations. Explains how Theodore Roosevelt began a program of conservation that led to the revival of the buffalo and the grasslands.
Describes the physical characteristics and habits of American bison and how these large animals are now being raised for their meat on farms across the United States.
Presents paintings and tribal song-poems that express the buffalo's essential and sacred role in the lives of Plains Native Americans, and discusses the buffalo's dramatic decline in number during the nineteenth century.
Describes the life of Thunder Bear Yates and his family in Nambe Pueblo, where they are trying to preserve the traditions of their ancestors as well as the buffalo that are sacred to their people.
Describes the near extinction of America's buffalo and their native grasslands when settlers arrived in the West and drove the Indians to reservations. Explains how Theodore Roosevelt began a program of conservation that led to the revival of the buffalo and the grasslands.
Discusses the Sioux Indians, focusing on their tradition of hunting bison. Includes a recipe for pemmican and instructions for making a paper buffalo robe.
