A bison range homecoming: Native tribes reclaim a Montana nature preserve
by Sarah Mosquera for Montana Free Press from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZPSN)
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes celebrate the restoration of lands they had stewarded for thousands of years
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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.
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