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Bison, People, and Plains

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Bison are icons of North American wildlife and have always played an important role to the survival of people on the Great Plains. Indigenous people in North America hunted and exploited bison in many ways but also revered and respected these animals. They knew that when the bison thrived, so did they. This episode discusses the precolonial relationship between bison and humans on the Great Plains.

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