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“This week, the Blackfeet Nation has brought back Buffalo to their lands near Chief Mountain, a sacred area for the Blackfeet Peoples, in what is presently known as Montana.” #indigenous #biodiversity #EcosystemRestoration #nbs
08:16 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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““When colonizers attempted to exterminate us, we lost our wildlife, our land … temporarily lost access to who we were,” said “Like the buffalo, the Indian was the same way. We were cleared from the plains to make way for ‘progress,’ as they called it.”” #biodiversity #EcosystemRestoration
08:18 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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“The release of buffalo on these tribal lands is a powerful act of reclamation and sovereignty.

The Blackfeet Nation is a partner of the Wayfinders Circle -” #biodiversity #EcosystemRestoration
08:19 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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Wayfinders Circle - a global network of Indigenous communities and is dedicated to unleashing the transformative potential of #indigenous lifeways, inspiring all people to reimagine development, #conservation , and the way they relate to each other and to Mother Earth. #biodiversity
08:21 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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The conveners of the Wayfinders Circle are the Pawanka Fund, the World Union of #indigenous Spiritual Practitioners, and Nia Tero. #biodiversity #conservation #EcosystemRestoration
08:22 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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Read the article, “As he watched the half-ton buffalo jump in the waist-high grass at Chief Mountain, Blackfeet Councilman Lauren Monroe Jr. said he thought of his ancestors.”
08:25 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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“If they were to understand that our language, our culture, our buffalo would come back one day … it was absolutely momentous as a Blackfeet to be on our land within our sovereignty and do this. We’re the leaders. We’re choosing our future as we see it.” #indigenous #restoration
08:26 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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“LaPier, a historian, said to her knowledge, there is no other place in North America that allows free-roaming buffalo.”

#biodiversity #EcosystemRestoration #restoration
08:29 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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NorthCoast TerryMerryJoan
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Thank you for sharing. Hope in the reclamation and restoration of sovereignty. 🕯🌱🦬
12:01 AM - Jun 29, 2023
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Wokeity Woke Woke
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In response to NorthCoast TerryMerryJoan.
To the benefit of us all. To me that is the most gracious and generous aspect of what this represents.
04:18 PM - Jun 29, 2023
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Pam Sourelis
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This is fabulous.
10:28 PM - Jun 28, 2023
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Wokeity Woke Woke
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In response to Pam Sourelis.
Agree! Amazing journey.
04:18 PM - Jun 29, 2023
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