The Dakota people's connection to Buffalo built over 10,000 years

Republican Eagle article by Melissa Thorud

The basement of the Red Wing library was overflowing with community members on Monday night.

As part of the Honoring Dakota project, members of Prairie Island shared teachings of the connection between Indigenous peoples and the buffalo. 

The Edwin Buck Jr. Veterans Memorial Buffalo Project has been a driving force in Minnesota to return buffalo to native communities. 

Prairie Island now has a herd of hundreds of buffalo.

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