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Tribal
Briefing |
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Tribal Briefing Papers 2011 |
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Historical overview of the wild buffalo and their status today in Yellowstone (Word Doc, 3782kb)
Historical Overview Sources (Opens in pop-up window.)
People in Charge 2012 (Word Doc, 52kb) |
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Tribal Briefing Papers 2010 |
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Buffalo
Field Campaign is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1997 to stop
the slaughter of Yellowstone’s wild buffalo herd, protect
the natural habitat of wild free-roaming buffalo and native
wildlife, and to work with people of all Nations to honor the
sacredness of the wild buffalo. For further information or updates
on the briefing papers provided here, contact Darrell Geist,
habitat coordinator, Buffalo Field Campaign, z@wildrockies.org,
(406) 646-0070.
People in Charge 2010 (Word Document, 60kb)
Briefing
Paper_IBMP Update (Word Document, 4.1MB)
An overview of Interagency Bison Management Plan actions targeting
Yellowstone's wild bison and a complaint filed November 2009
to stop the National Park Service from slaughtering bison and
to compel the U.S. Forest Service to manage habitat on the Gallatin
National Forest to provide for viable populations of wild bison.
Briefing
Paper_GAO Report on Yellowstone bison (PDF, 2.6MB)
The U.S. Government Accountability Office's report on land deals
in Yellowstone and the flaws, failures, and deficiencies of
the agencies behind the Interagency Bison Management Plan.
Briefing
Paper_Congressional Hearing (PDF, 164kb)
A March 2007 hearing was held by the U.S. House Natural Resources
Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public
Lands on Yellowstone bison and the interagency bison plan.
Briefing
Paper_RTR land deals (Word Document, 328kb)
An overview of multimillion dollar taxpayer funded lands deals
on the Royal Teton Ranch in the Gardiner basin, Montana.
Briefing
Paper_Petition to Stop Bison Slaughter (Word Document, 2.8MB)
A diverse coalition of tribal, conservation, hunting, animal
welfare and wildlife groups, an outfitting business, and concerned
citizens from Montana and South Dakota, filed an emergency rule
making petition with the U.S. Department of the Interior seeking
to stop the National Park Service from slaughtering wild bison
inhabiting Yellowstone National Park and adjoining lands on
the Gallatin National Forest in Montana. The petition was denied
amidst the largest slaughter of bison since the 19th century.
Briefing
Paper_Bison on the Gallatin National Forest (Word Document, 880kb)
A critique of Gallatin National Forest land management decisions
affecting wild bison on the Forest.
Briefing
Paper_Horse Butte bison habitat (PDF, 1.3MB)
Local citizens plea for protection of bison migrating to Horse
Butte, a wildlife rich peninsula in the Hebgen Basin, Montana.
The Montana Stockgrowers filed suit in 2008 to remove or kill
all bison remaining in the basin after May 15. Earthjustice
intervened on behalf of the locals and wild bison.
Briefing
Paper_USFWS endangered species finding (Word Document, 1MB)
Buffalo Field Campaign’s rebuttal to the United States
Fish & Wildlife Service's finding not to list Yellowstone
Bison as an Endangered Species.
Briefing
Paper_American bison heritage (PDF, 1.9MB)
Buffalo Field Campaign's appeal to the World Heritage Committee
to consider that this last remnant population of wild bison
to continuously occupy their native range in the United States
is an indigenous wildlife species of "outstanding universal
value" at risk or in danger of extinction, and under threat
of genetic harm and loss of diversity.
Fallon_The
ecological importance of bison (Word document, 3.7MB)
A scientific review of the keystone ecological role of wild
bison in grassland ecosystems. Prepared by Dr. Sylvia Fallon,
Staff Scientist Natural Resources Defense Council. |
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Tribal
Meeting with National Park Service June 2008 |
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1.
Transcript
of Proceedings.pdf
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PROCEEDINGS INTERGOVERNMENTAL-INTERTRIBAL
INFORMATION EXCHANGE MEETING FOR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
held at Mammoth Elementary School Yellowstone National Park,
Mammoth, Wyoming June 5, 2008.
2. Draft
Tribal Issues.doc
A Tribal delegate writes: "Several years of "tribal
consultation" has been ineffective, and tribes have indicated
frustration with the effectiveness of these yearly meetings.
Recognizing that the National Park Service has the trust responsibility
to the interested tribes who had ties to the Greater Yellowstone
Area, the tribes provide the NPS" with the following
draft comments.
3. Tribal
Caucus Notes.doc
Flip chart notes from the Tribal Caucus.
4. NPS Management Policies.doc
The U.S. Department of Interior and National Park Service's
management policies on Tribal consultation, government-to-government
relationships, trust and ethnographic resources, access and
use, and sacred sites. |
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Tribal
Voices |
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1.
To Save
the Buffalo Nation.pdf
Statement of Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper
of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe that Yellowstone, the
"habitat of the last wild Buffalo Nation" is sacred
ground. Arvol Looking Horse was called upon to perform the
Spirit Releasing ceremony April 15, 2008, for "the thousands
of buffalo that have lost their lives in the last decade,
in the mountains of the Yellowstone River country."
2.
ITBC
Position Statement.doc
Jim Stone, Executive Director of the InterTribal Bison Cooperative
a nonprofit with members from 57 Tribes, writes about Tribal
connections with buffalo and Yellowstone's last wild herd.
3. Jay
Harris, article on the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty and U.S. Supreme
Court ruling in Minnesota v. Milles Lacs Band of Chippewa
4.
King_CO-MANAGEMENT
OR CONTRACTING? AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES
AND THE U.S. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PURSUANT TO THE 1994 TRIBAL
SELF-GOVERNANCE ACT.pdf
Harvard Environmental Law Review article by Mary Ann King
on the 1994 Tribal Self-Governance Act and how this law "links
tribal self-determination policy and federal land management,
and has the potential to alter federal tribal relationships
and transform institutions for natural resource and public
land management." |
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TRIBAL
CONTACTS |
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Tatanka
Oyate:
Tatanka Oyate is an affiliate project of the Seventh Generation
Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining
the uniqueness of Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas.
Tatanka Oyate works cooperatively with Buffalo Field Campaign
to protect the last wild buffalo herd in Yellowstone and is
initiating a global campaign to protect species that are sacred
to indigenous peoples.
Contact:
Rosalie Little Thunder
P.O. Box 3912
Rapid City, SD 57709
(605) 209-2159
wakinyela@yahoo.com
www.7genfund.org
InterTribal Buffalo Council:
InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) was formed in 1990 to coordinate and assist tribes in returning the buffalo to Indian country. ITBC is a Section 17 federally-chartered Tribal entity representing 57 Tribes and is committed to reestablishing buffalo herds on Indian lands in a manner that promotes cultural enhancement, spiritual revitalization, ecological restoration, and economic development.
Contact:
Jim Stone
InterTribal Buffalo Council
2497 West Chicago Street
Rapid City, SD 57702
(605) 394-9730
Fax: (605) 394-7742
jstone@itbcbison.com
www.itbcbison.com |
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YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK CONSULTATION MEETING TRIBAL PRE-MEETING |
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DATE:
JUNE 4, 2008
PLACE: Holiday Inn (5 E. Baxter Lane, off N. 7th Avenue), Bozeman,
Montana
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Opening Prayer: Arvol Looking Horse
AGENDA:
Introductions
Historical, Cultural Responsibility to the Buffalo: Jim Stone,
InterTribal Bison Cooperative; Richard Milda-Crow, Lakota perspective;
Rosalie Little Thunder, Seventh Generation Fund
Update on Current Situation in Yellowstone:
* Biological Status and Ecological Importance of Buffalo: Florence
Gardipee, Ph.D. Student, Wildlife Biology, University of Montana
* Political Climate: TBA
* Buffalo Legislation and Litigation, Previous & Current:
TBA
GAO Report on Yellowstone buffalo: Darrell Geist, Buffalo Field
Campaign
Tribal Focus: Open discussion. |
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A
comprehensive database of Indian Laws and Treaties is online:
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/KAPPLER/index.htm |
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Tribal
Briefing Yellowstone Bison Update.doc
Tribal
Briefing_Contents.doc: Contents page for the the tribal
briefing documents herein.
Tribal Briefing_Yellowstone
bison.doc: Current challenges to the policy and legal
framework governing Yellowstone bison and their native habitat.
Includes an overview of 2007/2008 season impact on wild bison,
efforts to protect bison and their habitat, a GAO report on
Yellowstone bison, the Royal Teton Ranch land deal, a finding
by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on a citizen petition
to list bison, and bison as world heritage.
Tribal Briefing_BFC
People.doc: Buffalo Field Campaign vision, mission, core
values, and the Buffalo Bill of Rights. Contact and volunteer
information for Seventh Generation Fund's Tatanka Oyate Project
and the people involved in Buffalo Field Campaign.
Tribal
Briefing_People in Charge.doc: Contact information for
Congress, and the people in charge of bison including U.S.
National Park Service, State of Montana, U.S. Forest Service,
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-APHIS, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service.
Tribal
Briefing_Resources Online.doc: Online resources on Yellowstone
bison including video, photos and papers, Yellowstone bison
habitat and wildlife database maps.
Tribal
Briefing_World Heritage Contacts.doc: Yellowstone National
Park is a World Heritage Site. Contact information for the
IUCN The World Conservation Union, UNESCO, and the World Heritage
Committee.
Yellowstone
Bison Litigation Memo: Review of court decisions on Yellowstone
buffalo litigation by Ted Fellman.
Yellowstone
Bison Cases Table: Table summary of court decisions on
Yellowstone buffalo litigation by Ted Fellman.
Keystone
role of bison ecology paper by Dr. Sylvia Fallon, Natural
Resources Defense Council.
Yellowstone
Bison Talking Points, Florence Gardipee, Ph.D. Student,
Wildlife Biology, University of Montana
A
key for understanding conservation genetics, Florence
Gardipee, Ph.D. Student, Wildlife Biology, University of Montana |
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