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Press release from the Denver Zoo:
April 7, 2022
How and Why Denver Zoo Was Involved with the Return of 33 Bison to Native TribesBison are our national mammal for a reason. They are icons of the American West, symbols of strength, resilience, sacred connections between people and animals, and the power of conservation. The US government used market hunting of bison as an economic tool to drive Native Americans off the Great Plains in the 1800s, for the benefit of European descendants to settle frontier lands, including Denver. The intended outcomes were broken Indigenous communities and domesticated landscapes.
This press release was produced by the Denver Zoo. The views expressed here are the author's own.
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