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A herd, a hide and a 50-year friendship: How the Onondaga Nation brought the buffalo back: The U.S. once intertwined the elimination of the American buffalo and attempted destruction of Indigenous people. Now, the Onondaga Nation has brought bison back to Central New York.

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Central Current by Patrick McCarthy Sid Hill eased his pickup truck through a yawning gate and into a snow-hampered pasture. Nearly 70 buffalo cast expectant, snow-tinged glances up at the approaching vehicle. They knew it was feeding time Hill, the Tadodaho of the Onondaga Nation, had not come to feed the bison, but rather to watch the feeding. As the hungry bison … [Read more...] about A herd, a hide and a 50-year friendship: How the Onondaga Nation brought the buffalo back: The U.S. once intertwined the elimination of the American buffalo and attempted destruction of Indigenous people. Now, the Onondaga Nation has brought bison back to Central New York.

Within Six Nations, old friends see communion in Columbus statue’s farewell

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By Sean Kirst Buffalo News Early Friday, the city of Buffalo took down a familiar statue of Christopher Columbus. If it had happened in the days before the pandemic, Rick Hill might have sat with Oren Lyons to talk for hours about the decision, to reflect on how such an event came to pass within their lifetimes. Yet Lyons, an Onondaga Nation faithkeeper who … [Read more...] about Within Six Nations, old friends see communion in Columbus statue’s farewell