Native Tribes Celebrate Montana Land Ownership and Bison Range Restoration

Takeaways:

• In 2020, Congress passed a law transitioning management of land in Montana from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service back to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
• The return of the land is a combination of Native peoples’ resilience, conservation guided by Indigenous knowledge and the US government’s commitment to honor treaty obligations.
• The bison range in Salish Kootenai College has been restored and the people are hoping this will help bring them back.

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