18/02/2022
'In Texas, hundreds of thousands of buffalo were slaughtered in the 1870s and 1880s so the transcontinental railroad could be completed, virtually exterminating them from the state. The only buffalo that remained were protected on government property or private ranches.
“I felt so much healing and strength from being with the buffalo,” Contreras said. “If I feel this way, I know many other people that are part of the buffalo nation back home, here in Texas, could benefit from reconnecting with the buffalo as well.”'
Lucille Contreras made her way back into her home after spending the morning with the recently rematriated buffalo in early February. Five buffalo were returned to Lipan Apache lands in Texas through a program by the Nature Conservancy that has given 270 bison back to Indigenous nations throughout t...