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The American Buffalo
The Wolakota Buffalo Project
The Rosebud Indian Reservation is moving forward on their Wolakota Project to bring the buffalo home to restore the Buffalo Nation. Wolakota means "The Lakota way of life." 40 square miles of ranchland owned by the reservation is being converted to a buffalo range. SDPB visits the leaders working on this monumental effort.
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An unlikely collection of Americans rescues the national mammal from extinction.

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America’s national mammal, once numbering millions, is driven to near extinction.