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The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic (or native) to North America. It is one of two extant species of bison, along with the European bison.
The Crow Indian Buffalo Hunt diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum. A group of images by Eadweard Muybridge, set to motion to illustrate the animal's movement. Bison hunting (hunting of the American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo) was an activity fundamental to the economy and society of the Plains Indians peoples who inhabited the vast grasslands on the Interior Plains of ...
The Buffalo Bills are named after a frontiersman who killed thousands of buffalo and was world-renowned for Wild West shows. The Buffalo Bills are named after a frontiersman who killed thousands ...
The North American species is composed of two subspecies, the Plains bison, B. b. bison, and the wood bison, B. b. athabascae, which is the namesake of Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada. A third subspecies, the eastern bison ( B. b. pennsylvanicus ) is no longer considered a valid taxon , being a junior synonym of B. b. bison . [ 3 ]
As Kansas approaches the centennial of bison conservation, some in Congress want you to know if the buffalo meat label is for water buffalo or bison.
The American Buffalo documentary charts the fall and rise of American bison. Review: Ken Burns Explains the Anti–Native American Plot To Kill Bison Skip to main content
The act designated the bison as the official national mammal. [1] [2] In support of the act the findings of the U.S. Congress declared that bison (buffalo) are a national historical symbol integrated with the spiritual and economic lifeways of several Indigenous peoples, and more than 60 tribes of the United States. [3]
Bison near a hot spring in Yellowstone. The Yellowstone bison herd roams the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The bison herd is probably the oldest and largest public bison herd in the United States, estimated in 2020 to comprise 4,800 bison. [1] [2] [3] The bison are American bison of the Plains bison subspecies.