Latest Release of Buffalo (American Bison) to Native American Buffalo Caretakers || Tanka Fund
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- In the Fall of 2022, Tanka Fund worked with @TheNatureConservancy to release 88 buffalo (aka Tatanka, American Buffalo, and American Bison) back to Native lands and in the care of Native American buffalo caretakers - across 10 different native buffalo projects.
Did you know that the buffalo is a keystone species that helps create habitat on the Great Plains for many different species, including grassland birds and even many plant species. As the buffalo forage, they aerate the soil with their hooves, which aids in plant growth, and disperse native seeds, helping to maintain a healthy and balanced ecosystem.
Here are some of the highlights from the buffalo release and interviews with some of our Native American buffalo caretakers.
Tanka Fund continues to drive positive impact on the lands, lives, and economy of Native Americans and the buffalo through meaningful projects that also benefit the larger US land, lives, and economy.
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Bufalo's cause climate change.
I know there is a population of wild bison up here in Canada. Has there been any investigation into them? Just thinking about the genetic pool.
@@mikewood9374 Good thought! 👍💫💜
This is actually making America great again. The Bison is a keystone species, and it's only right to give the native people responsibility to bring Bison back.
With so much going wrong in the world today, it's good to see a few folks doing something right. Well done all involved and especially to our native Americans. Very well done.
most people have lost track why we are here on this earth it wasnt to make car planes or whatever
@@badboysfpv1724 No, it isn't.
We are in this world to help one another.
It's amazing, the bison has provided indigenous people with all the resources they've needed to survive the plains and now indigenous people are taking care of bison like how the bison has taken care of thier people.
Powerful!! May Wakan Tanka Fully Bless this Sacred endeavor. A-Ho! (Got me crying tears of joy)
This is the greatest thing I've seen or heard in years. 💖
I'm filled with joy to see this. History cannot be undone, but people with hearts can do small things that help others, and come together to make a difference.
Moved me to tears hard to do nowadays. So wonderful and amazing to see this.
Wonderful to see the return of bison to our native Americans.
100%
This is a long time coming for the native people ... am so happy for them ...
This is wonderful!!!
This is my last morning waking up without Buffaloes! You could feel that emotion in your being!
This is wonderful! And the perfect antidote to the seemingly endless round of bad news we are subjected to. Here in the UK, the first re-introduction of the European Bison occurred last year. On a much, much smaller scale of course, but still a recognition of the immense value of this keystone species. I wish everybody involved in this project the greatest success and shall follow it's progress with great interest.
These bison will be slaughtered. They wont just roam. They were careful not to point that out.
This initiative is quite different from the bison introduction in the UK. These Bison are to be bred and farmed for meat, not to restore habitats.
This is just thrilling. So moving to see us going in the right direction at last, after 150 years of wrong towards the people and animals of the Great Plains, the heartland. Hallelujah.
What a great enterprise. Really inspiring.
As an Aussie I realy loved this story good luck with this guys
Yay! Congratulations!!
It’s like the native peoples are now looking out for the buffaloes,repaying the kindness the buffalows showed to them in the past.That’s beautiful.Much respect
I'm so very grateful to see this......... A long time ago in my home state of Oregon there was a place on the coast that was a tourist attraction. This place was not only a tourist attraction but it also served as an educational center in regards to indigenous people. You would follow a trail and around every corner there would be different indigenous dwellings. Towards the end of the trail there was a corral & in the corral was 1 lone buffalo. He or she was one of the last buffalo. This was in the late 1960s. It made me incredibly sad to see this lone creature & I prayed for it that it one day would make a resurgence..........that the plains would be full again of these majestic creatures. I am an old lady now & it fills my eyes with tears of happiness to see that my prayer has come true. ❤️☮️🙏🪶🦬
These animals now back in THE RIGHT hands.
Wonderful!!!!!
Heartwarming to see these dear people have back what is rightfully, naturally and morally theirs.
Thanks, best of luck. ✌🏻👊
That woman almost burst out crying, and I myself am sitting here feeling like this is such a blessing for all of humanity because of the meaning of these animals and the healing from all the horror of killing so many and letting Native Americans starve or freeze to death for greed. I was watching what people ate during the dust bowl and could not stop thinking how once the area was taken care of by people and there was plenty to survive on, and then it was ruined and now it is being healed, one step at a time. I also like that they are given grants, because they do not have to be paid back. Something better is there that is not money, but much more. Bravo!
Americas open prairies are so beautiful. Seeing the herds of Bison roaming open range and Native Americans managing their land with traditional methods was a welcome break from the usual darkness online. Thanks for the vid.
It is amazing to see American Bison back where they belong.
I am so thrilled that this is happening!!!! ❤️
A small but beautiful right thing a good thing a start for these people and their lands and heritage. May these fine animals make many offspring and bring happiness to the earth and these people's
This is so amazing! The Buffalo belong to the land and help to heal the land. The People in balance with the land, caring for and appreciating the Buffalo. This is restoring balance. There is hope! Congratulations to all involved in this momentous project. Aho
It's about time that something like this is being done for the Native American People. These people never wasted any part of an animal they killed. 🤗😊
Love it! Such meaningful work! 🙌🙌🙌
Restoring balance to the earth. This made me cry for joy.
A great way to restore both a people and the land!
🦬 Welcome back home 🦬!
It's brilliant to see the indigenous people getting some of their heritage back.
Thank you Great Spirit! For those who are helping to correct a great wrong in our country, to our people , to our Baffalo. ..
May the Great Spirit cause the posterity be DOUBLE! Twins everywhere!!! More and more and MORE!!! 💜💞
"the great spirit" (lower-case for a reason) Care to elaborate on who you're referring to? Can't tell if you're being a heretic on purpose or if you're flat out denouncing Christ/The Lord God.
@@teresafarrell6457 God , the Lord Jesus IS the great Spirit. There is none greater.
@@teresafarrell6457 Sweet Jesus, what is it with these people?
THE GREAT SPIRIT IS GOD.
Seeing them run where once were countless brings tears of joy. I can only imagine what their Native American Caretakers feel.
So beautiful! Love this story!!! 🦬
A magnificent animal for a magnificent people. May they both prosper together.
Hoping the support also considers long-term care, including veterinary services and extra feed if needed. So many times, there is help needed beyond the start-up costs. Overall a great thing happening!
Yes, we provide multi-year support to Native buffalo caretakers - beyond the initial start-up phase. We’re unique in this sense - and our support goes to family-owned and family-operated buffalo ranches.
Why do you continue using buffalo. That is what European settlers called them & is not correct. They are Bison!
@@tankafund fantastic. ❤️
It makes me (and most people, I believe) happy to see help going to Native Americans! Can you imagine the joy and celebrating when young buffalo are wandering those lands?
So glad I stumbled upon this story. If ever reparations need to be made to people it's to our Native Americans. Warms my heart to see something good being done in this world. God bless you all.
Absolutely heartwarming. Thank you for you work!
A fantastic initiative - we wish you every success 👌🏻👌🏻😎
Good to see The Nature Conservancy teaming with The Tanka Fund. Two first class organizations!
This is so heart touching and feels so right🌈
Praise God! Thank You Lord for restoring to these people!!!
There us a herd of wood bison in Alaska that were released into the wild several years ago. So far, the herd is doing well, and is monitored by a Native Alaskan tribe. I couldn't help but chuckle when I watched a video, as they were being herded by Natives riding snowmobiles instead of horses, due to the depth of the snow.
So happy for the people and the bison because they will be well taken care of. 🤗🥰
Awesome. As they graze, they push holes in the earth. Wind carries grass seed and rain fills it. The seed sprouts and has a much better chance of survival because of the buff.
Brilliant!!!!
I love the bison. I went to Yellowstone last year and it brought tears to my eyes to see the bison. Lots of babies!💖
This is epic I wish my grandfather had lived to see this! All of the people involved have done a great thing returning the spirit of the land with this project! I wait now for the day of the land being healed totally. You have done a great thing all of you!- George Little Bear
Amen to all your hard work, God bless the Buffalo Nation, I may get to see them once again
Absolutely beautiful to see!! ❤️ Most beautiful creatures in the world!!
What a great team they all make working together to give them back what was taken from them so many years ago. I can feel the pride coming from these people the love they have for these animals. I hope that all Indigenous peoples all the tribes come together and create new life for these amazing animals. the elations is transferred and i could feel my eyes with tears running down my cheeks watching all those buffalo running out of the stock trailer to freedom. I wish all trailers could be doing that with all animals wild and domestic. Live wild live free buffalo and multiply. We all want you to thrive in the wilderness. the spirits have lifted for these peoples. God bless you all for doing this.
It gives my heart joy to see this happen. 💖
Thanks to all responsible for returning these animals to where they belong. Something really positive in our upside down hurtful world of today.
Well done 👍🏼 how awesome to be able to hear and feel the ground shake like thunder during a bison stampede. And those brave warriors hanging sideways on their fast mounts to hunt these beasts.
Sending so much love & light to all who read this ✨♥️✨🙏
Very cool!
❤warms and fills your heart
This makes me hopeful, perhaps this continent and the people of this land can have something of what is lost can be restored.
This is graet! So happy buffalos are back to where they belong their own people ❤️☺️
After all that white people did to destroy Indigenous Americans and their culture, they are still thriving. A testament to the human spirit. When the young woman said “this was my last morning without buffalo”, I felt that in my heart. May the buffalo and the People of the Plains live together in harmony forever.
This is joyous to see. Positivity in a negative world. God works in mysterious ways.
I love the buffalo they are smart, beautiful, fun, and most of all MAJESTIC I want a couple of different buffalo stations. I always smile when I look at them. Congrats on your buffalo herd. 😮😮😮❤❤❤
The First People of this Land new how to live in Harmony with the land. I'm glad to see it growing and spreading. The Elk are coming back as well. Live well and respect the land.
Amen! Beautiful to see!!
and......let nature han Dr or the genetics in producing future generations. Don't let man mess it up. Nature knows how to purify the genetics. Nature culls better than any man😊
Doing something like this on the family and individual level, I think that's where it's at. When you can narrow in on who specifically could use a grant and see how it can help them exponentially grow, I think more strides/wealth/progress can be gained that way. Not to disparage things done at the tribal level, but it's just like with the US gov, people say, "oh, we got to focus more on state level and local politics/issues," - they say that because when things are more direct and specific you can better problem solve a lot of the time.
Happy for those families and I wish them much success.
The emotion in the woman’s voice when she says “This is my last day waking up without buffalo” was so intense!
I pray this is the beginning of making right with our Native tribes. There is so much more to do!
It's so so Great to see the American buffalo back where that be long with the people .I can only imagine what it was like when they round all over by the thousands 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
There was a museum called pioneer village. Behind glass there was a stuffed buffalo , his head was the size of a washing machine. The hump , it's back , was ten feet ; it hit the ceiling. Huge animal!! In the old days they were monsterously huge. They don't get that big anymore because they are not allowed to roam hundreds of miles foraging. Good luck , I give you my native American blessing. Don't let the name fool you.
They are impressive just walking. Awesome!
One of the most beautiful and inspiring videos....I've ever seen on UA-cam...I'm smiling but I have a tear in my eye as well....sending best wishes from Australia..
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I'm from Nebraska & I think the buffalo is the most majestic of animals. There were once tens of millions of them on the Great Plains before Europeans came and slaughtered them, mindlessly it is said, but that is not true, it was a very mindful effort to destroy Native culture and starve out the Plains people. May the magnificent tatanka regain their rightful home & roam the prairies by the millions once again.
Hola ,just found your channel ,I subbed ,Awesome to live long enough to see this happen , too old to cry
But if I Was ,it would be tears of joy ,,,
I beleive the Circle was never broken ,but hidden from the world in people's hearts ,,
Now we see it Manifest again,,in the storms of change ,this is the sign all Will be Well,,🦬🦬🦬🐎🦅🪶🌀🌏🌄🐎💃🧑🦯👩🌾🐶🙏
Thanks for the video !
I'm crying, my heart is so full of joy at this endeavor. Wonderful! Keep it up. Want to see the plains covered in American Bison again!
I'm so very happy they've returned to you. It's a great day..
Wonderful!
Love to all
Beautiful!
Great story, I wish them all success.
Warms my heart.
Ecellent! Nice to see what we have been dancing and praying for, the mending of the hoop, Lecsi, Unci, and all of our community members continue, pray for least of all Tunkasila, wopela hecetu welo
Such a magnificent sight !!! So majestic
Finally! I'm so happy for you. God bless you! ❤
Awesome. Amazing. Breathtakingly Beautiful. Heartfelt Gratitude.
The buffalo look as happy as the people.
Quite surprising and so wonderful to hear the native language. I hope something is being done to preserve and protect that as well! ❤
This looks like a wonderful program! Good luck in the future.
Wiped out by the European colonizers. They the colonizers never respected your land, your culture or your heritage. What a beautiful animal, am so happy for the true Americans of this great land!
Greed wiped out the buffalo. Thank God for those caring individuals for stepping up. May the LORD richly bless you. AMERICA NEEDS JESUS CHRIST!
nice to hear a native speaking native
Wonderful news ! I sincerely hope that the rate of diabetes goes down on all the reservations now that The people have access to their rightful food of choice . This should have happened years ago.......I wish you every success and every best wish for your future generations to come.
That is so beautiful see the buffalo run wild Buffalo 🦬 run wild on the reservation I love my native people I have a lot of native praying my name is Robbo lone wolf and I'm very proud to be native American let's see this video turn it up with your Buffalo my friend❤
Awesome!!
This is fantastic to read about and see! I hope we will soon see some large herds of bison returning to move freely across some big ranch lands. I would love to see that before I pass along.
This is great I am happy for the importance of the American Bison in Native American culture and economy. For some perspective there are apprx 400,000 Bison in the United States today (domestics and wild). By way of comparison it is guessed that at one time there were tens of millions of bosons nobody really knows. What is known is: In the late 19th century they almost went extinct. Many conservation groups started in the early 20th century and it is due to the hard work of many generations that preceded this current generation that we have went from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands.
I hope they will have whole herds running around their homelands wild and free! I'm so glad to hear that restoration of bison at least to the First Nations People who deserve it most and could benefit greatly the communities with obtaining food and natural food, to prevent diabetes, promote health, and wellness not only physically but the hearts and souls many! MIGWIICH
I love this so much! So great to see the buffalo there again. (from Sandi)