Episode 4: Tatanka Oyate

Episode Length: 28:58


Focus

This episode is about the bison quarantine facility at the Fort Peck Reservation and its possible use as an alternative to slaughtering Yellowstone bison.


Keywords

quarantine, restoration, Native Americans, Native American culture and traditions, disease, tourism, brucellosis (disease)

 
 

Episode Outline

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MINUTES: 00:00 - 03:49

Robbie Magnan on the Fort Peck Reservation—life on the reservation and place of buffalo in the community.


03:49 - 06:00

Exploration of the reservation and history of the Sioux and Assiniboine people.


06:01 - 08:04

Oppression of Native peoples and efforts to separate people from their cultures through Native American boarding schools.


08:05 - 11:37

Reintroduction of bison to the reservation and reconnection to the animals.


11:38 - 13:30

Tribe maintains two herds of bison, one cultural and one business, with different goals.

BREAK

14:05 - 17:04

Proposed idea to save Yellowstone bison and help restore cultural herds to other tribes through a quarantine process.


17:05 - 19:14

Process for implementing quarantine project ground to a halt.


19:15 - 22:09

Montana Governor Robbie Bullock on the state’s role in bison conservation.


22:10 - 28:58

Science behind spread of brucellosis from bison to cattle, and the risks and rewards of a quarantine program.

 
 

Video Excerpt

Robbie Magnan, Bison Conservation Program Manager at the Fort Peck Reservation, describes the significance of bison reintroduction after a 139-year absence from the landscape.

Visual

Bison at Fort Peck, filmed by Amy Martin while interviewing Robbie

 
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