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BUFFALO
TRACKS
INTERTRIBAL
BUFFALO
COUNCIL
SPRING 2015
58 TRIBES PROUDLY SERVING THE BUFFALO NATION IN 19 STATES
WWW.ITBCBUFFALO.COM
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NEWS
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SCHOOLS
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HEALTH
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RECIPES
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INTERTRIBAL
BUFFALO
COUNCIL
THE 58 TRIBES IN 19 STATES
PROUDLY SERVING THE BUFFALO NATION
Blackfeet Nation
Cherokee Nation
Cheyenne and Arapaho
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Chippewa Cree Tribe
Cochiti Pueblo
Confederated Salish & Kootenai
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Crow Tribe
Flandreau Santee Sioux
Fort Belknap Indian Community
Fort Peck
Ho-Chunk Nation
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Jicarilla Apache Nation
Kalispel Tribe
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Mesa Grande
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma
Nambe O-ween-ge Pueblo
Nez Perce Tribe
Northern Arapaho
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Picuris Pueblo
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INTERTRIBAL
BUFFALO
Pit River Tribe
Pojoaque Pueblo
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
Prairie Band Potawatomi
Prairie Island Dakota Community
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Round Valley Indian Tribe
Sac and Fox Tribe of Iowa
Salt River Pima
San Juan Pueblo
Sandia Pueblo
Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
Shoshone-Bannock
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Southern Ute
Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Stevens Village
Stillaguamish Tribe
Taos Pueblo
Tesuque Pueblo
Three Affiliated Tribes
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Ute Indian Tribe
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Yakama Nation
Yankton Sioux Tribe
2497 W Chicago Street
Rapid City, South Dakota 57702
605-394-9730
fax: 605-394-7742
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ITBC MISSION
“Restoring buffalo to Indian Country to preserve our historical, cultural,
and traditional and spiritual relationship for future generations.”
THE HISTORY
The American buffalo, also known as
bison, has always held great meaning
for American Indian people. To Indian
people, the buffalo represented their
spirit and reminded them of how their
lives were once lived free and in harmony
with nature. In the 1800’s, the white-man
recognized the reliance Indian tribes
had on the buffalo. Thus began the
systematic destruction of the buffalo to
try to subjugate the western tribal nation.
The slaughter of over 60 million buffalo
left only a few hundred buffalo remaining.
To reestablish healthy buffalo populations
on tribal lands is to reestablish hope for
Indian people. Members of the InterTribal
Bison Cooperative (ITBC), now called
InterTribal Buffalo Council, understood
that reintroduction of the buffalo to tribal
lands will help heal the spirit of both
the Indian people and the buffalo. The
InterTribal Buffalo Council (formerly
InterTribal Bison Cooperative) was
formed in 1990 to coordinate and assist
tribes in returning the buffalo to Indian
country. In February 1991, a meeting
in the Black Hills of South Dakota, was
hosted by the Native American Fish
and Wildlife Society. It was obvious to
everyone that the ITBC organization to
assist tribes with their buffalo programs,
was not only desired, but also necessary.
With the hard work and dedication of the
Society, Congress appropriated funding
for the tribal buffalo programs in June of
1991. This action offered renewed hope
that the sacred relationship between the
Indian people and the Buffalo might not
only be saved, but would in time flourish.
ITBC TODAY
ITBC has a membership of 58 tribes in
19 states with a collective herd of over
15,000 buffalo. Membership of ITBC
remains open and there is continued
interest by non-member tribes in the
organization. ITBC is committed to
reestablishing buffalo herds on the Indian
lands in a manner that promotes cultural
enhancement, spiritual revitalization,
ecological restoration, and economic
development.
ITBC has been reorganized as a federally
chartered Indian Organization under
Section 17 of the Indian Reorganization
Act. This was approved by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs in 2010. ITBC consists of a
Membership that includes all the Tribes
that have joined the organization and is
governed by a Board of Directors, which
is comprised of five elected officers and
four regional representatives.
The role of ITBC, as established by its
membership, is to act as a facilitator in
coordinating education and training
programs,
developing
marketing
strategies, coordinating the transfer of
surplus buffalo from national parks and
tribal lands, and providing technical
assistance to its membership in
developing sound management plans
that will help each tribal herd become a
successful and self-sufficient operation.
INTERTRIBAL BUFFALO COUNCIL 3
NEWS
INTERTRIBAL BUFFALO COUNCIL DIRECTORS
Vice President
MIKE FAITH
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
PO Box 215
Fort Yates, ND 58538
Email: [email protected]
c 701.471.2026
Treasurer
LANCE TISSIDIMIT
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
PO Box 306
Fort Hall, ID 83203
Website:
www.shoshonebannocktribes.com
p 208.251.3833
c 208.251.8397
f 208.237.0979
Secretary
LEROY ADAMS, JR.
Yakama Nation Wildlife
Resource Management
PO Box 151
Toppenish, WA 98948
Email:
[email protected]
www.ynwildlife.org
p 509.865.5121 Ext. 6301
c 509.930.2188
Sergeant at Arms
RAYMOND JETTY
Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
3798 77th Ave. NE
St. Michaels, ND 58370
Website:
www.spiritlakenation.com
p 701.766.4221
c 701.351.2165
f 701.766.4126
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
REGION I
WAYNE FREDERICK
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Tribal Council
PO Box 27853 292 Ave.
Winner, SD 57580
p 605.828.1266
Email:
[email protected]
REGION II
CHESTER WHITEMAN
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
PO Box 96,
Concho, OK 73022-0096
Email:
[email protected]
www.c-a-tribes.org
p 800.247.4612 ext 27461
or 405.422.7454
c 405.618.6866, f 405.422.8285
REGION III
MARK AZURE
Fort Belknap Tribe
Montana
Email:
[email protected]
406.353.8303
REGION IV
DELBERT CHISHOLM
Taos Pueblo
PO Box 2596, Taos, NM 87571
Email:
[email protected]
www.taospueblo.com
p 575.758.3883, c 575.741.9020
f 575.758.2706
NEWS
GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT
Greetings to ITBC Membership!
This first quarter of 2015 has been filled with
various activities and events for the protection
and enhancement of ITBC’s goal to protect and
enhance buffalo restoration and management
in Indian County.
President
ERVIN CARLSON
Blackfeet Nation
PO Box 122, Browning, MT 59417
www.blackfeetnation.com
Business phone: 406-338-7521
Cell: 406-450-2443
F: 406-338-7530
In January, the ITBC Board met in Denver to
strategize on ITBC goals and objectives for
2015 and also met with its federal partners, the
National Park Service and the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, on collaborative efforts for
buffalo conservation. The Board also met with
the National Bison Association on the pending
Bison Legacy Act and the proposed Presidential
Task Force on Bison. ITBC’s involvement in
these efforts will insure a Native American voice
in critical buffalo discussions at a national level.
Also in January, I met with the Montana Board of
Livestock regarding its denial of ITBC’s request
to transport surplus buffalo from National Parks
into Montana. ITBC is awaiting finalization of
a Montana Administrative rule change that the
Board approved that will allow the transport of
buffalo to Montana reservations.
In February, I traveled to Washington, D.C.
to meet with Montana, South Dakota and
New Mexico Congressional offices regarding
support for continued funding and also to seek
support for the proposed Buffalo legislation.
Additionally, I met with the Bureau of Indian
affairs on funding matters and to request
funds to cover ITBC activities surrounding
Yellowstone buffalo. Also in February, I testified
at the Montana Legislature to oppose legislation
harmful to the concept of free-roaming buffalo
for Montana Tribes.
In March, I again testified at the Montana
Legislature for the protection of Yellowstone
buffalo and to oppose restrictions on Tribal
transport of buffalo to reservation lands.
On March 19th and 20th, the ITBC Board
held a second board meeting in Denver and
discussed budget matters, surplus bison issues
and developed testimony for an increase in
federal funding. I traveled to Washington DC
and provided ITBC’s testimony to the House
Appropriation Committee on February 24th
requesting a significant increase to ITBC
funding in the FY2016 federal budget. The
requested increase, if awarded, will increase
herd development grants and restart an ITBC
health initiative.
So far in April, I have attended the Rocky
Mountain Tribal Council meeting to discuss
Yellowstone buffalo to reassure Tribes of ITBC’s
commitment to the protection of Yellowstone
buffalo.
ITBC again received surplus
Yellowstone buffalo and will be soon shipping
processed buffalo to requesting member Tribes.
While we welcome spring and the relief from the
hardship of caring for buffalo during the winter
months, many Tribes now face the challenge of
drought. ITBC is responding to these concerns
by hosting Drought Workshops, in partnership
with NIDIS, NCCSC, NDMC and the USDA,
and the first will be for Region 1 on April 30, 2015
in Rapid City. The workshops will continue for
other regions through the fiscal year.
As always, I remain committed to ITBC’s mission
and invite your suggestions and comments as
we move forward on behalf of buffalo in Indian
Country.
>> Ervin Carlson
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ITBC STAFF
Executive Director
JIM STONE
p 605.394.9730
f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
Fiscal Director
ARNELL ABOLD
p 605.394.9730
f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
Project Director/
Marketing Coordinator
DIANNE AMIOTTE-SEIDEL
p 605.394.9730 f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
Range Technician
TROY HEINERT
p 605.394.9730
f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
Administrative Assistant
MELISSA MARTIN
p 605.394.9730
f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
ANA Administrative Assistant
WANITA VANDERWALKER
p 605.394.9730 f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
Technical Services Provider
LISA COLOMBE
p 605.394.9730 f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
Accounting Assistant
RITA WEATHERBEE
p 605.394.9730
f 605.394.7742
[email protected]
ANA ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Hello! My name is Wanita Vanderwalker. I joined the InterTribal
Buffalo Council staff as the new ANA Administrative Assistant
on March 9, 2015. I am a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe,
Rosebud, South Dakota. I have an Associate Degree in Business
Management from Sinte Gleska University, Mission, South
Dakota. I have three sons and two granddaughters. The ITBC
staff have been very welcoming and I am enjoying my new
position here with such great staff.
As the ANA Administrative Assistant, I will be assisting with the
mission of “Restoring buffalo to Indian Country to preserve our
historical, cultural, and traditional and spiritual relationship for
future generations”. I am excited to be a part of the mission to
help heal the spirit of both the Indian people and the buffalo.
I am looking forward to meeting everyone involved and wish
everyone a wonderful summer!
>> Wanita Vanderwalker
NEWS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WELCOME
I hope everyone had a good winter, although here in Rapid
City it doesn’t seem to want to leave. It looks like we may be
seeing some issues with drought again this spring and summer
so people should prepare to have enough hay for next winter
season. From the papers I follow I see that we have had some
successes in the basketball seasons across the country and even
some Tribal members playing in college basketball. I know that
things at the office slow down this time of year as all the buffalo
program staff are out in the field getting things done, but we
will try to stay busy. We are always looking for pictures of the
buffalo programs, staff and animals, so if you have any feel free
to send them to the staff and we will get them in the newsletter
or in some of our publications. We would especially like some
pictures of calves as it is that season.
YNP to go over the year. We typically look at how the harvest
was conducted and what changes need to be made. This year we
will look at the timing of animals being processed and impacts
on the hunt. We also work with YNP to ensure that they are
implementing low stress handling practices.
FARM TO SCHOOL
PARTNERSHIPS
ITBC has been implementing a F2S grant that focuses on South
Dakota and getting schools on the reservations involved in F2S
activities. These typically focus on knowing where your food
comes from, school gardens and education. These activities
are a natural fit for ITBC and our Tribes, because we have been
doing these things already. Tribes take kids out to the buffalo
pastures and some let them observe the harvesting of animals.
ITBC has been working on educational materials on buffalo
and a lot of Tribes have started gardening projects. We have
been working with F2S staff to let them know what we have
been doing and that schools can be a good fit in the programs.
ITBC is working with schools to do taste
testing and see if they would want to write plan
or implement grants to F2S.
MT LEGISLATIVE SESSION
ITBC has been working with a partnership of Tribes and NGOs
to combat the multiple anti-buffalo bills that are considered
during the legislative sessions that are held every two years.
We have been successful in defeating most of the bills this year
with the exception of one (SB 284), which we hope to have the
Governor veto. It would give counties approval and authority
on buffalo being brought into their counties.
ITBC has been expanding our work with NGOs in the wildlife,
conservation and local foods arenas in the past year. We have
had to accept that there are areas where we may not completely
agree and agree to focus on the areas where we are on the same
page. This has been done in order to get more resources for
our tribes and highlight the work tribes are doing that warrant
greater awareness. This has increased the workload on the staff
as most of these partnerships require time and resources to be
on conference calls and email chains that seem to never end.
>> Jim Stone
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
ITBC continues to work on the buffalo issues
surrounding YNP and the process of getting
a new operating plan in place. The old plan
(IBMP) is being replaced through a joint
effort by YNP and the state of MT. It is at this
time that we need to place as much pressure
as possible and get the most input towards
the process to get an increase in the amount
of buffalo in YNP and a greater tolerance for
buffalo as they migrate outside the park on
other federal lands.
This past year seen a lot of activity early on
in the season with animals being harvested
through the hunt and processing, but because
of the weather the season was shorter than last
year. This had a big impact on the Tribes that
historically have hunted later in the season. At
this point, we have asked for a meeting with
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THE FARM TO SCHOOL AND ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE
AMERICANS (ANA) GRANT
The InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) received a one-year
USDA Support Service Grant. The project plan of this grant
will involve schools that are eligible on the Tribal Reservations
in South Dakota. I will be doing an on-site visit with 33 schools
and at the end of the grant, this project will conduct on-site
visits and face-to-face assessments of each of the schools and
corresponding Tribes to determine their ability to provide locally
raised Tribal buffalo meat into their school lunch programs.
This will include the Tribes and Schools infrastructure (cold
storage, corrals, etc.), supply buffalo, staff training at various
levels as well as receive local support.
ITBC will also assess the ability of all schools to procure other
locally produced food products and implementations of school
gardens. ITBC will be working with 15 Tribal Schools. I will
evaluate the schools’ abilities to participate in the Farm to
School Program.
• Flandreau Indian School – 220 students
• Loneman Day School – 265 students
• Marty Indian School – 230 students
• Crazy Horse School – 270 students
• Sitting Bull School – 96 students
• Rock Creek Grant School – 68 students
• Todd County High School – 371 students
• Todd County Middle School – 401 students
• Todd County Elementary – 626 students
• Resource Center – 57 students
As of today I have visited the following schools:
• Wanbli Wiconi Tipi – 11 students
• Tiospa Zina Tribal School – 545 students
• Rosebud Elementary – 292 students
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• He Dog Elementary – 117 students
the ANA grant by that date.
• Lakeview Elementary – 54 students
Besides having meetings at the schools,
I have been doing a lot of traveling
setting up the ITBC booth and giving
presentations.
• Littleburg Elementary – 28 students
• Klein Elementary – 25 students
• O’Kreek Elementary – 29 students
• Spring Creek Elementary – 85 students
I will continue doing on-site visits with
the rest of the South Dakota Tribal
Schools.
I am still working on the ANA grant
with all the 58 Tribes throughout the
19 different states and as of today there
are 7,667 Native students that are eating
buffalo meat in their school lunch menu.
If there are any more Tribal Schools that
the Tribe would like me to work with
before September 30, 2015, please let me
know, otherwise I will have completed
These are the places that I have traveled
in the last few months: The National
Indian Education Association (NIEA)
held in Anchorage Alaska, The National
RES Conference held at Las Vegas,
NV, the 2015 State Tribal Relations
Day Held at Pierre, SD, ANA Grantee
Workshop held at the Pueblo Pojoaque
Tribes Buffalo Thunder Resort, and the
Northern Arapahoe Tribe in Riverton,
WY. I was also a special guest at the Red
Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge
Reservation.
Wanita Vanderwalker has joined ITBC as
the ANA Assistant, Wanita is an enrolled
member from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe
and she is doing an excellent job. Feel free
to give Wanita a call just to say “hello.”
The Yellowstone buffalo meat came
in from Stillwater Packing Plant and
Big Timber Packing Plant. The buffalo
meat that came from Big Timber came
in various weights and cuts, so Wanita
and I took the time to repack 6800 lbs. of
meat! For the Member Tribes interested
in any of the buffalo meat, they will need
to come to Rapid City, South Dakota to
pick it up or pay for ITBC to ship the
meat to their Tribe.
Please contact me if you have any
questions regarding any information
on Marketing or incorporating buffalo
meat into your Tribal Entities or Tribal
Schools.
>> Dianne Amiotte-Seidel
NEWS
TECHNICAL SERVICES / BIOLOGY REPORT
ITBC TECHNICAL SERVICES
ITBC Technical Services has been busy with field work, research &
surplus duties. Lisa Colombe, Technical Services Director, has also
attended and implemented several Conservation Innovation Grant
(CIG) Drought and SSDPG Handling trainings. More on the CIG
Project in our next issue.
SURPLUS ANIMAL SUMMARY 2014-2015:
The 2014-2015 Surplus of live animals was western and wooly but
approximately 850 bison made their new home on tribal lands in the
Dakotas, Montana, California, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Minnesota, and
Washington. 426 animals were surplused from Badlands National Park,
399 from Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and smaller donations from
National Bison Range in MT, Ft. Niobrara (Nebraska), Neal Smith (Iowa)
and Wichita Mountains (Oklahoma) National Wildlife Refuges. Some
animals were held in partnership with the Rosebud Nation in South
Dakota for requests made from Montana Tribes. Picture (left) above is
Kaktis, volunteer field hand and son of Lisa Colombe, assisting with nine
young animal and (right) picture is of the 50 head of animals that Tech
Services rounded up in mid-January from the Little White River near
Norris, SD. Those rounded up were then surplus animals shipped home
to Santee Nation, Montana tribes, and Crow Creek, in which Crow Creek
donated their 12 animals to Pe Sla Foundation/Tribes in the sacred Black
Hills of South Dakota.
Above are pictures of the release in the Black Hills, SD. This was
monumental for several reasons, one being land status in process from
“Fee” to “Trust” status. This change will impact tribes across the Nation.
Pictures include on left, the return of bison to the Black Hills (Valerie
Howey Photo) and on right, the first Cherokee Nation Calf on 4/8/15
(Chris Barnhart Photo). Exciting to see the first calves for some of the
ITBC new member tribes. Thank you National Parks and National
Wildlife Refuges for coordination of surplus to tribal lands. ITBC is
grateful for the tribes and parks/refuges support and partnership.
THREE REGIONAL LOW STRESS HANDLING WORKSHOPS
Three Regional Low Stress Handling workshops have been funded by
the Small Socially-Disadvantaged Producer Grant (SSDPG). The first
low stress handling training was held in August 2014 for Region I in
Watertown, SD and featured Temple Grandin through partnership with
SDSU Extension Service. There were over 20 participants and it was very
informational. Temple’s best advice is to keep only one or two animals in
the working tub at a time. There was great discussion by a small group
of member tribes after the main session.
THE SECOND SAFE HANDLING WORKSHOP
The second Safe Handling workshop was developed around the generous
hosting at Quapaw Nation in Oklahoma and their need to work a few
animals through the chutes to haul to another pasture/facility. Over
20 people attended and participated March 11-12, 2015. Once again,
“hands on” training was very helpful to tribal herdsmen/women and the
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Quapaw have done research and constructed a model handling system.
Of course not all tribes may have the funding, hence why Colombe has
partnered with Dr. Clayton Kelling once again on a Handling Project
(Best Handling Practices for Range Bison Herds) that was funded
(Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health Pilot Project)
and compliments the efforts of the SSDPG Project. Handling surveys
document safety and functionalism at all facilities members and ITBC
works within and the goal is to create a better understanding of the need
at tribal and park/refuge corral and pasture systems to minimize stress
and injury for all. Below pictures courtesy of Syd Colombe, Modoc Tribe
in Oklahoma. (Third SSDPG training with 25+ participants also took
place in Taos, NM and hosted successfully by ITBC Board Member,
Delbert Chisholm and war chiefs March 24-25, 2015.) Field work is the
best time of the year. Everyone be prepared and safe this year!
>> Lisa Colombe
Quapaw herd manager and Colombe aging a young animal (left) and Shane Koepnick,
Modoc Herdsmen (bottom right)
NEWS
NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
During one of the biggest gatherings of educators, Dianne
Amiotte-Seidel and Sylvia Skalisky represented InterTribal
Buffalo Council (ITBC) at a booth to help spread the word
about the schools that have incorporated buffalo meat into their
programs. The National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
serves as the premiere organization advocating for Native
students and works to ensure that all students are provided
high-quality academic and cultural education. The organization
coordinates education efforts through advocacy, research, and
capacity-building.
The weeklong conference, which was held in Anchorage,
Alaska, brought together educators from around the United
States to share ideas and attend workshops on issues that affect
Native American students today. The tradeshow showcased
many universities and other advocates for education.
The conference attendees were introduced to the work that the
Project Director has been doing under the ANA Grant.
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2014 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
The 2014 Annual Membership was called
to order by InterTribal Buffalo Council’s
Board President, Ervin Carlson, in Las
Vegas, NV. The two day meeting started
with an opening prayer by Russell Eagle
Bear, from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. The
roll call was given by Truman Jefferson,
and all members introduced themselves
to the rest of the membership.
President, delivered the honoring speech
for Russell. A buffalo hide was given for
the honoring as a thank you for his years of
service. Ervin Carlson spoke about Russell
and stated “he keeps us focused.” Russell
gave thanks to the membership and
spoke about his belief in the organization.
Russell received handshakes and hugs
from the membership and ITBC Staff.
Region 1 Director, Russell EagleBear, was
honored for his years as a representative,
and ITBC Director, Mike Faith, Vice
Treasurer, Lance Tissidimit, and
Fiscal Director, Arnell Abold, gave the
Treasurer’s Report. Jim Stone, ITBC’s
Executive Director, gave a recap of the
year and spoke about the important items
that ITBC has been working on. The
Membership Minutes from the previous
year were reviewed with Majel Russell
from Elk River Law Office and ITBC
lawyer. Action items were highlighted and
the membership voted on new changes.
Diane Mann-Klager, Regional BIA
Natural Resources Officer, addressed the
membership about the relationship with
ITBC and the BIA. Diane went into detail
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with ITBC and how the organization has
been in compliance with the developed
scope of work and has done well
administering the herd development
grants. Majel Russell mentioned the
history of Herd Development and
explained how it is funded from the BIA.
Diane feels it is fortunate to have ITBC
involved and hopes to continue the
success of the grant funding.
After Diane finished with her presentation,
Jim Stone, Executive Director, gave his
presentation on the year’s updates. Jim
highlighted Yellowstone buffalo issues
and the upcoming Montana Legislature
activities/efforts that attempt to prevent
translocating buffalo to tribes. An
ongoing discussion about Brucellosis was
also mentioned. Jim discussed the lack
of evidence of transmission from buffalo
to cattle although there is constant
attacks on the buffalo. An annual report
was put together, which Jim encouraged
the membership to reference for other
highlighted activities throughout the
year.
As Jim’s presentation came to a close,
Dan Cornelius began to present to
the membership. Dan is the Intertribal
Agriculture Council’s (IAC) Technical
Assistance Specialist for the Great Lakes
Region, which includes Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan, and Iowa. His
position focuses on helping Indian Tribes
and Tribal food producers gain better
access to USDA programs, as well as
on general food and agricultural issues.
Dan talked with the membership about
the goals of the organization and invited
members to contact him with questions
on the programs and future involvement.
An update was given to the membership
on the new ITBC video project. Sam
Hurst is the individual contracted to
do the project. Sam also worked on the
original movie which was made in the
90’s. The new video will provide updated
information and progress, which includes
a buffalo round up of the Standing
Rock Sioux Tribal herd, and the Buffalo
Treaty signing in Montana. The video is
scheduled to be completed by April, 2015.
Other presentations by Wildsky Beef and
Dr. Terry Clark from APHIS were held and
gave the membership valued information
that they can carry back with them for use
with their herds.
Regional caucuses were called in order
for Regional Directors to hear concerns
and ask questions of the members tribes
in their region. With Russell EagleBear’s
change as Regional Director, Region One
discussed new nominations and a new
Director would be appointed at a future
date.
The next order of business was the
nominations for the ending term of the
Vice-President. A nomination for Mike
Faith, the current position holder, was
presented and the motion was carried
with no opposition to Mike.
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Robbie Magnan, representative for Fort
Peck, discussed the cultural significance
of the buffalo for his Tribe. He also talked
about the process to obtain buffalo and
the Tribe’s compliance with federal
requirements. Fort Belknap Indian
Community
representative,
Mark
Azure, elaborated on the receipt and
management of Yellowstone Buffalo that
went through quarantine process.
Immediately following their presentation,
Chaleen Brewer was invited to talk and
present to the membership about diabetes
and the importance of healthy diet. She
put an emphasis on the benefits of buffalo
to combat disease. Chaleen who is an
Oglala Lakota and Hopi, has experience
with indigenous foods and connecting
people to their cultural food-ways since
2000. As a nutritionist, she knows the
difficulties rural communities have with
access to good healthy food. Brewer told
of studies linked to the integration of
culture and management of diseases,
which can be beneficial with prevention.
Truman Jefferson, ITBC’s Secretary
announced his resignation from his
position. With this new change, Leroy
Adams was elected Secretary and
currently serves in this capacity.
The second day of the meeting began
with a honoring for outgoing Secretary,
Truman Jefferson. Truman has served as
the representative for the Crow Tribe for
seven years and served as Secretary for
the past four years. He has been a valued
member of the Board and influential.
A presentation was given regarding
the Yellowstone National Park and the
Yellowstone buffalo. Jim Stone, Mark
Azure, Robbie Magnan, and Majel Russell
discussed the issues surrounding ITBC’s
involvement and the overall objective to
translocate live Yellowstone Buffalo to
Indian Country. Jim Stone discussed the
process to release buffalo after quarantine
and revision of the environmental impact
statement issued for management of
Yellowstone Buffalo.
Other
presenters
gave
valuable
information to the membership and
continued to focus on buffalo handling
and marketing options. The Blackfeet
Inii Treaty signing was discussed and
presented to the membership. The Treaty
was signed on September 23, 2014 by
numerous Tribes to honor, recognize,
and revitalize the time immemorial
relationship with the buffalo. Terry Tatsey,
Blackfeet Tribe, Paulette Fox, Blood Tribe
of Canada, and Harry Barnes, Chairman
of Blackfeet Nation, talked about the
historic treaty. The Tribes committed to
provide a safe space and environment
across the historic homelands, on both
sides of the United States-Canada border.
The treaty will help once again realize the
ways of the buffalo for future generations.
Closing remarks were given by Ervin
Carlson, Board President, and Chester
Whiteman closed the meeting with a final
prayer for the Membership.
>> Sylvia Skalisky
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SIOUX VALLEY DAKOTA NATION VISITS ITBC
Representatives from the Sioux Valley
Dakota Nation visited the InterTribal
Buffalo Council office in Rapid City, South
Dakota on April 13, 2015. Sioux Valley
Dakota Nation is located in the Province
of Manitoba in Canada which is north
and east of the Turtle Mountain. It is in
a regular area of 3 miles by 6 miles and
contains 9,374 acres. Sioux Valley Dakota
Nation currently has a population of
approximately 2,400 members of which
1,600 live on-reserve. Raymond Jetty Jr.,
ITBC Board Member, accompanied the
representatives; Vincent Tacan, Chief of
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, and District
Representatives: Wilson Kennedy, Tony
Tacan, and Mark Hall.
The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
incorporated Dakota Valley Buffalo
Corporation on July 16, 2014 whose
mission is to develop and maintain a
commercially viable buffalo herd which
also benefits the community through
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the promotion of culture, spirituality and education, as well as providing a
viable and healthy traditional food source for the people of Sioux Valley. The
corporation is owned wholly by Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. It is a federal
corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporation Act, and
therefore is registered to do business in all provinces in Canada.
In 2010 the City of Winnipeg presented Sioux Valley Dakota Nation with
a gift of two buffalo, including one pure white buffalo, around which Sioux
Valley Dakota Nation has built a current herd of 23 buffalo including seven
calves and growing. They are currently cared for in an 80-acre pasture with
page-wire fencing. The goal of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is to expand
both its land base and buffalo
herd. The Dakota Valley Buffalo
Corporation is directed by
Chief Vincent Tacan, Councilor
Anthony Tacan, and Sioux Valley
Dakota Nation citizen Donny Elk.
As Associated Members of
InterTribal Buffalo Council, the
purpose of their visit was to see
how they could implement a
project in Canada to achieve the
same goals as ITBC does in the
United States.
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BISON FROM FARM TO TABLE
One of our most enduring American
images is that of the great American
buffalo, or species Bison. These huge,
shaggy animals once roamed from
Canada to Mexico, grazing the Great
Plains and mountain areas of our country.
Bison were the center of life for the Plains
tribes of Native Americans who found in
them nearly all the food, clothing, and
shelter they needed. Hunted for their furs
in the 1600’s and later for their tongues,
bones, and meat, it was estimated by 1893
that there were only slightly more than
300 bison left, from numbers estimated
at one time to be over 60 million. The
following information is about this
species which is making a comeback and
growing rapidly in numbers.
WHAT IS BISON?
The National Bison Association
encourages the name bison to
differentiate the American buffalo from
the Asian Water buffalo and African Cape
buffalo. The American buffalo is not a
true buffalo. Its scientific name is bison
and it belongs to the bovine family along
with domestic cattle. The bison bull is
the largest animal indigenous to North
America. A bull can stand taller than 6
feet at the hump and weigh more than a
ton. They are strong and aggressive, and
can jump as well as deer, outmaneuver
horses, and break through fences that
would imprison other livestock.
“Beefalo” are 3/8 bison and 5/8 domestic
cattle. (The natural result of a bisondomestic bovine cross breeding is a
sterile offspring. It has taken years of
research to develop this breed.) The
advantages of this cross are fertility and
easy calving. Beefalo gain weight well on
inexpensive, high-roughage feed and are
very hardy.
HOW ARE BISON RAISED?
According to the most recent census
of Agriculture (in 2007), there were
approximately 200,000 bison in the U.S.,
more than 25% of them in North and
South Dakota. Unlike the older, tougher
animals the Native Americans ate, today’s
bison are custom-fed and slaughtered
at about 18 months, so the meat is as
tender as beef. Some 20,000 buffalo
are slaughtered each year (compared to
approximately 125,000 cattle per day).
Bison are allowed to roam freely most of
their lives. They are raised on the open
range and eat hay or grass. They are
usually given grain during the last 90
to 120 days before slaughter. (The fat of
grass-fed animals is yellow, which is good
since it contains beta-carotene; however,
most consumers prefer the fat to be
white.) Surplus buffalo bulls are selected
at about 2 ½ years of age (buffalo can live
to be 40 years old) and spend a very short
time in the feedlots.
CAN HORMONES AND
ANTIBIOTICS BE USED IN BISON
RAISING?
Antibiotics and growth hormones are not
given to bison.
HOW IS BISON INSPECTED?
Bison may be inspected under voluntary
federal inspection or FDA equivalent
inspection. FDA equivalent inspection
includes state inspection.
Under
voluntary federal inspection by USDA’s
Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS), businesses pay an hourly rate
for inspection services.
Voluntary
inspection is handled under the
Agriculture Marketing Act, which gives
the Secretary of Agriculture the authority
to take whatever steps are necessary to
make the product marketable. Federal
inspection is done on a carcass-by-carcass
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basis by FSIS. The FSIS inspector must
have knowledge about that particular
species and the carcass must fit available
equipment in the plant. Each bison and
its internal organs are inspected for
signs of disease. The triangle shaped
“U.S. Inspected and Passed” seal ensures
the bison is wholesome and free from
disease. Note: Some states require all
exotic animals be inspected in order to
be sold in commerce.
IS BISON GRADED?
No.
HOW IS BISON DIFFERENT FROM
BEEF?
Bison is a deeper red color before
cooking because there is no marbling
(white flecks of fat within the meat
muscle). Bison is said to have a sweeter,
richer flavor than beef and has less fat
and fewer calories than beef.
According to USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service (ARS), 100 grams of
raw bison (separable lean only) contains
109 calories and 1.8 grams fat. The same
amount of raw beef (separable lean only,
Choice grade) contains 291 calories, and
24 grams fat.
RETAIL CUTS OF BISON
Retail cuts are similar to those of beef.
HOW MUCH BISON IS
CONSUMED?
The National Bison Association estimates
annual U.S. per capita consumption at .07
pounds per person.
SAFE HANDLING OF BISON
Handle bison meat the same as any other
type of meat. Make your selection just
before checking out at the register. Put
packages of raw bison in disposable
plastic bags (if available) to contain any
leakage which could cross contaminate
cooked foods or produce. Take packaged
bison home immediately and refrigerate
it at 40° F or below; use within 3 to 5 days,
or freeze at 0° F or below. If kept frozen
continuously, it will be safe indefinitely.
THAWING FROZEN BISON MEAT
There are three ways to thaw meat: in
the refrigerator, in cold water, and in the
microwave. Never thaw on the counter
or in other locations. It’s best to plan
ahead for slow, safe thawing in the
refrigerator. To thaw in cold water, do not
remove packaging. Be sure the package
is airtight or put it into a leakproof bag.
Submerge the package in cold water,
changing the water every 30 minutes so
it continues to thaw.
When microwave defrosting meat, plan
to cook it immediately after thawing
because some areas of the food may
become warm and begin to cook during
microwaving. Holding partially cooked
food is not recommended because any
bacteria present wouldn’t have been
destroyed.
Foods defrosted in the microwave
or by the cold water method should
be cooked before refreezing because
they may potentially have been held
at temperatures above 40° F allowing
harmful bacteria to grow.
PREPARING BISON
Bison is very lean and lacks fat marbling,
so care should be taken to not overcook it.
•In general, bison should be cooked
using low heat (325° F) and longer
cooking times.
•Braising or other moist cooking
methods are recommended for bison
roasts and steaks.
•For thin-sliced bison, use quick
cooking methods such as broiling and
pan frying.
• Cook raw ground bison to an internal
temperature of 160° F as measured
with a food thermometer.
• Cook all raw bison steaks and roasts
to a minimum internal temperature
of 145° F as measured with a food
thermometer before removing meat
from the heat source. For safety and
quality, allow meat to rest for at least
three minutes before carving or
consuming. For reasons of personal
preference, consumers may choose to
cook meat to high temperatures.
L•
ess tender cuts should be braised
(roasted or simmered with a small
amount of liquid in a tightly covered
pan) or stewed.
STORAGE TIMES
Purchase bison products before any “SellBy” dates expire. It is not important if a
date expires after freezing bison because
all foods stay safe while frozen. Because
purchase dates are a guide to the retailer,
follow these tips for safe storage and use
at home.
• Follow handling recommendations on
product.
• Keep bison meat in its package until
using.
•It is safe to freeze bison meat in
its original packaging. If freezing
longer than 2 months, overwrap these
packages with airtight heavy-duty foil,
plastic wrap or freezer paper, or place
the package inside a plastic bag.
• For best quality, cook or freeze ground
bison or stew meat within 2 days of
purchase; larger cuts such as roasts
and steaks, within 3 to 5 days.
•Ground or cut-up bison meat will
keep its best quality in the freezer for
4 months. Larger cuts, such as chops,
steaks, legs, or loins will keep their best
quality 6 to 9 months.
• After cooking, eat or freeze bison with
3 to 4 days.
For more information about bison, see
the National Bison Association Web site:
http://www.bisoncentral.com
>> Reprinted with permission from
USDA
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MAMMOTH SITE SCIENTISTS HELP RESEARCH RARE 9,300-YEAR-OLD
It’s a gnarled beast, but more than 9,000
years of being frozen solid in the Siberian
tundra hadn’t exactly been beauty rest.
The permafrost conditions, however,
did preserve one beauty of a specimen
for the world of natural science. A yak
at first glance, the creature is actually a
9,300-year-old mummified bull Steppe
bison that has remained completely
intact, one of only two ever discovered.
Sadly, despite weighing almost two-thirds
of a ton, he apparently died because he
couldn’t find enough to eat.
Because of its connection to a pair of local
scientists, the bison
may be making an
appearance at the
Mammoth Site in
Hot Springs. Two
researchers
from the Mammoth
Site,
Olga
Potapova and Larry
Agenbroad,
spent
much of the last
three years helping
a team of Russian
scientists study the
mummy
known
now as the Yukagir
Bison, named for
the community of
Yukagir in eastern Siberia, where it was
found in 2010.
Long extinct, the species is believed to
have died off near the end of the Ice Age
roughly 10,000 years ago with the likes of
saber-toothed tigers and mammoths.
in Berlin. Originally from St. Petersburg,
Russia, she had previously researched
Steppe bison and since 2001 has been
studying mammals modern and extinct
at the Mammoth Site.
Agenbroad died shortly before the
November presentation, but among
his other roles, he was vital in making
sure the creature was in fact a bison.
The team’s research was selected as a
feature presentation by the society, which
chose only nine reports of 900 overall
submissions.
Next year, the physical and natural
sciences journal Quaternary International
will feature the Yukagir Bison research,
which is continuing.
Despite such a gap in time, a physical
likeness of the mummified bison can
still be seen among American bison like
those roaming Custer State Park today.
Radiocarbon-date estimates put the
bison at 9,300 years old. The scientists
estimate that it stood more than 5 feet
tall at the shoulders and weighed up to
1,300 pounds, Potapova said. A study of
its intact incisor teeth led the researchers
to believe it died at about age 4.
Potapova joined her Russian colleagues
in November to present the team’s
findings to the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology at its annual conference
At 4 years old with room to grow, the
Yukagir Bison would have been roughly
the same size and stature as a 6-year-old
American bison in terms of weight, height
at the shoulders and width between the
tips of horns, Potapova said.
“It showed some similarities to the
modern American bison,” Potapova
said. “It’s big for its age.” The massive creature probably died
hungry. The researchers’ cause-of-death
hypothesis stems from a sheer lack of fat
reserves found in the abdomen and neck
areas of the animal.
“This
animal
completely
lacked
subcutaneous (meaning under-the-skin)
fat, and this is an indication that the
animal might have died from starvation,”
she said. “There
were no injuries
found on this bison,
so it wasn’t killed by
predators.”
In late 2011, the
South
Dakota
scientists
had
been asked by the
Yakutian Academy
of
Sciences
in
Yakutsk,
Russia,
to take part in the
study by researching
points of interest
like the age, weight
and size of the bison,
and how it compared
to modern varieties of the mammal.
The two scientists worked from home
base until this past spring when Potapova
joined the team in Russia to take an
inside look of the creature by completing
a necropsy.
Because of the completeness of the
specimen, the Yukagir Bison is unique on
several fronts. Potapova said body parts
like the lips, ears, tail and genitals would
typically have been eaten long ago by
predators.
“That is what’s usually missing on the
carcasses found in the Arctic,” Potapova
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said. “This bison was absolutely complete.
From the hooves to the horns, everything
was complete.”
Potapova said the research team believes
the Yukagir Bison died at the end of
the winter or in early spring, which is
supported by its lack of fat reserves. The
carcass was uncovered in a “sleeping
pose” on the thawing slope of a lake,
leaving the team to believe that it died
peacefully.
She said the most likely reason the body
remained intact is the annual partial thaw
of the tundra, which quickly inundated
area streams and the lake, submerging the
bison before predators could get the meal.
The scientists believe the carcass
continued to sink and was eventually
locked in time by a covering of silt. As
a result, the innards of the bison also
remained perfectly preserved by the
frozen cold, which allowed an extremely
rare chance to examine the animal both
inside and out.
“That’s a whole different story,” Potapova
said. “The heart, lungs, stomach,
intestines, liver, kidneys, genitals ... were
all preserved and in perfect condition.”
Although some of the organs couldn’t
be identified, the parasite-free Yukagir
Bison’s digestive system contained
mostly remnants of grasses and herbs.
The bison mummy is being stored in
a deep-freeze facility in Yakutsk. Plans
are in place to showcase the mummy
in Yakutsk before starting a traveling
exhibit on the bison.
The Mammoth Site is working with
National Park Service officials to bring
the beast to the United States and, in the
near future, to the Mammoth Site as part
of its existing exhibit on the bison and
other Siberian mummies.
“It remains one of two complete Steppe
bison currently available in the world,”
Potapova said.
The other, which is on display
in Alaska, actually is a less
complete specimen because before it was
mounted, she said, some body parts were
removed.
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2015 STATE TRIBAL RELATIONS DAY HELD AT THE RED ROSSA HOTEL
PIERRE, SD - Dianne AmiotteSeidel,
Project
Director/Marketing
Coordinator, attended the 2015 State
Tribal Relations Event held February
25th & 26th highlighting “Cooperation
in Agriculture.” On February 25, 2015
the South Dakota Department of Tribal
Relations and South Dakota Department
of Agriculture hosted Tribal leaders at
a Listening Session with speakers from
Federal, State, and Tribal organizations.
That evening a legislative reception
was held to bring together tribal leaders
and legislators.
Governor Daugaard
attended to honor the new Secretary of
Tribal Relations, Steve Emery (Member
of Rosebud Sioux Tribe). Dianne spoke
with Governor Daugaard regarding the
obstacles the InterTribal Buffalo Council
(ITBC) is having incorporating buffalo
meat into the Tribes School lunch menu,
because of Tribes having to use a USDA
Slaughtering Plant. Most of the Tribal
Schools receive Federal Funding; which, is
required to utilize a USDA Slaughter Plant
in order to receive Federal funding for
their school lunches. There are only two
USDA Slaughter Plants in
the state of South Dakota.
This means that most of
the Tribes have to haul
their buffalo hundreds
of miles, to incorporate
buffalo meat into their
Tribal School lunch menu.
Governor
Daugaard
would like to see a waiver
for the Tribal Schools
having to utilize USDA
slaughter plants.
ITBC had a booth and
passed out information
regarding the corporation
and donated buffalo meat
for a traditional meal of
buffalo stew, wojapi, and fry bread that
was prepared by the Lower Brule High
School Prostart Culinary students and
served to all the attendees. The students
from Tiospa Zina and Enemy Swim Tribal
Schools from the Sisseton Wahpeton
Oyate provided song and dance with
Danny Seaboy commentating to the
attendees the importance of the drum and
the meaning of the dances.
Below: Students from the Lower Brule High School
Prostart Culinary Program prepare a traditional
meal of buffalo stew, wojapi and fry bread for the
2015 State Tribal Relations Rotunda Ceremony. —
South Dakota State Capitol. The buffalo meat was
donated by the InterTribal Buffalo Council.
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INDIGENOUS RIDER SPEAKS TO STUDENTS AT LOWER BRULE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOWER BRULE- On Jan. 16, sixth graders
from Lower Brule Elementary were visited
by Rex Carolin, a member of a motorcycle
riding group based out of Phoenix,
Arizona, called Indigenous Riders.
On behalf of InterTribal Buffalo Council
(ITBC), he came to speak to the class about
the importance of the buffalo to Lakota
teachings. He spoke to them about how
they should be proud of their heritage and
how each of them were on this earth for a
purpose and how important it is to get an
education and to listen to their elders and
show respect.
The students were captivated by his
presentation and were rewarded with
buffalo
jerky,
pens,
VoteBison.org pins and
a brochure about the
Traditional Uses of the
Bison, which shows how
each part of the buffalo
was used. The items were
all donated by InterTribal
Buffalo Council.
Carolin also visited with
them about the health
benefits of consuming
buffalo meat and how,
traditionally, it was what
sustained the Lakota
people in the days when
buffalo roamed freely
over the land. He shared
with
them
another
brochure, which shows
how InterTribal Buffalo
Council works with tribal
schools to help them get
buffalo meat into their
school lunch programs.
culture. He brought with him a buffalo
box made from a hide and some samples
of various tools, bags/pouches and items
made from parts of the animal. He taught
the students about the importance of
preserving their culture through oral
Ms. Janet Moreland, the
6th grade teacher said, “A
sense of urgency to share
their Native American
heritage whispers in the
ears of the elders, and
coming-of-age elders, in
tribes all over the nation.
Learning about the buffalo through
listening, seeing, and touching the
relics provided optimal learning for the
students. Some will likely never forget this
presentation.”
ITBC is a Tribal membership organization
with 58 member Tribes, including Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe. Ben Janis, the ITBC
representative from Lower Brule and the
Director of Lower Brule Sioux Tribe’s
Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Recreation,
visited the class during Rex’s presentation
and answered questions about the Tribe’s
buffalo herds.
ITBC’s main mission is to restore buffalo
to native lands and to promote the health
benefits of eating buffalo meat. The
organization sponsors the Indigenous
Riders Iron Pony Intertribal Honor Run
where the group visits several different
tribes each summer to promote cultural
awareness by teaching how to put up
and take down a tipi and talking about
Native culture. The group also puts on a
buffalo feed (donated by ITBC) and often
entertains the guests with a surprise
visitor. Rex Carolin said, “Our group
comes to the tribal communities to honor
the people. We cook for them, we serve
them, we share information, we teach
them, but we also learn from them.”
On July 24, 2015, the Indigenous Riders
Iron Pony Intertribal Honor Run will
return to Lower Brule Sioux Tribe to
present them with a free buffalo stew feed
and tipi demonstration, which is open
to the public. They will be at the Lower
Brule Community Center at 3:00 p.m.
This year’s theme will be about Domestic
Violence. Anyone interested in riding with
this group on their Iron Pony Run, which
starts at Crazy Horse Memorial on July
23, can contact Rex Carolin at rexcarolin@
Indigenousriders.com or visit their
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/
indigneousriders. The Run will conclude
with a Sunrise Ceremony at Crazy Horse
on July 26.
>> Submitted by Rita Weatherbee
Reprinted with permission from Native Sun News
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ANA GRANTEE WORKSHOP HELD AT BUFFALO THUNDER
PUEBLO POJOAQUE – Arnell Abold, Fiscal
Director and Dianne Amiotte-Seidel, ANA
Project Director/Marketing Coordinator
attended the 2015 Administration for Native
American (ANA) Grantee workshops held
at Buffalo Thunder Resort at the Pueblo of
Pojoaque Tribe in February 3-5, 2015. The
workshop topics were presentations from
different grantees that had the opportunity
to discuss their grants and if grantees had
concerns regarding their grants. The main
goal of the workshop is for all the grantees to
share their information on their projects (all
the grantees were videotaped).
There were numerous grantees from all over
the United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii that had attended and shared their
projects. The InterTribal Buffalo Council
(ITBC) had a booth set up, which had attracted
hundreds of grantees and a lot of good
comments regarding ITBC “Incorporating
Buffalo Meat into the Tribal Schools.”
RES 2015
The 2015 National RES Conference was held in Las Vegas,
NV, March 9-12, 2015. The conference is an annual event
held by The National Center for American Indian Enterprise
Development. The 2015 theme was “Honoring Our Past…
Defining Our Future.” This conference brings together the
American Indian business community to help grow the
economy in Indian Country. InterTribal Buffalo Council
(ITBC) representatives, Dianne Amiotte-Seidel, ANA Project
Director/Marketing Coordinator, and Wanita Vanderwalker,
ANA Project Administrative Assistant, attended the RES
Conference tradeshow and hosted a booth at the tradeshow.
During the two day tradeshow exhibitors from across the
country promoted their businesses and had the opportunity
to connect with other exhibitors to help benefit their business.
ITBC had many visitors to their booth interested in ITBCs
efforts to reestablish buffalo to tribal lands and the promotion
of healthy eating by incorporating buffalo meat into school
lunch programs. Rex Carolin was also present at the tradeshow
with two tipis on display. He assisted in the promotion of InterTribal Buffalo Council by handing out
brochures and educating exhibit attendees about the importance of buffalo to Native people.
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INDIAN NATIONAL FINALS 2014
InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) proudly helped sponsor the Indian National
Finals Rodeo (INFR), held in Las Vegas, NV November 4-8, 2014 for the 7th
consecutive year. The INFR held its first national competition in 1976 in Salt Lake
City, UT. Since then, it has grown to be the largest Indian Rodeo Organization in
the world. The rodeo now draws over 350 cowboys and cowgirls from 75 different
Tribes and includes competitions not only for adults, but children as well. Rodeo
spectators quickly fill the South Point Equestrian Arena, which seats 4,600 people.
Cody Carlson, a 11 year old cowboy from Browning, MT qualified to complete
in the Jr. bull riding competition. Cody was the smallest and youngest cowboy
competing in the Jr. bull riding. His grandfather, Ervin Carlson, is the long-time
President of the ITBC Board of Directors. Rodeo fans will be keeping their eye
out for this young cowboy for years to come.
This year, for the first time, ITBC purchased a vendor booth at the rodeo and
sold buffalo jerky and pemmican. Many people were treated to samples of the
buffalo meat processed and distributed by ITBC and often commented that they
had never had buffalo jerky before. For the entire event, Sylvia Skalisky and Rita
Weatherbee, ITBC staff members, manned the booth and handed out pamphlets
and information about the organization. The kids seemed to like the jerky
products the most and often came back to purchase more.
As in years past, ITBC also had their tipi set up for display by Native artist and
ITBC associate, Rex Carolin. Rex also helped distribute educational materials
about ITBC and talked about the buffalo and Native culture. The colorful ITBC
tipi draws a lot of attention and has become a popular photo backdrop for many
of the rodeo attendees and participants.
>> Rita Weatherbee
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BISON BACK EAST
Wild buffalo now roam east of the
Mississippi for the first time since the
1830s, playing a crucial role in restoring
Illinois grasslands.
When David Crites walked out of his
apartment last month, he was greeted
by a line of six or so bison standing
shoulder to shoulder in the front yard.
He sidled over to his truck, staring at
the huge animals, slipped into the front
seat, then closed the door and turned on
the ignition. As the pickup slowly made
its way down the driveway, the bison
lumbered alongside.
“It was like I was in Yellowstone,” Crites
says. But he wasn’t. His temporary job
(which includes housing) is to remove
trees and install fences in the Nachusa
Grasslands of north-central Illinois—
where wild bison recently set hooves
down for the first time in almost 200
years.
The herd of 30 bison is part of an effort
by the Nature Conservancy to restore
grasslands in the Prairie State, which,
perhaps ironically, has lost more than 99
percent of its former grassland. In the late
1980s, conservationists happened to be
passing by the Nachusa when they heard
the call of an upland sandpiper, a bird that
breeds in tallgrass prairies. The Nature
Conservancy then began buying farms
in the area as they became available, and
now it owns a total of 3,500 acres.
The group is doing its best to re-create
a lost landscape, says Jeff Walk, director
of science for the Nature Conservancy’s
Illinois chapter. He knows the prairie
won’t be exactly the same as yesteryear’s,
but he and the rest of the team are trying
to get as close a match as possible.
To do that, volunteers and seasonal
employees like Crites (who spends the
rest of his year working in data centers)
erect fences, collect and sow seeds, and
replicate natural growth cycles with
controlled burns. So far, their work has
paid off. Even on a winter day when
dry brown oak leaves cling to trees,
the undulating hills are colored in red,
orange, and gray, a mosaic of newly
planted big bluestem, Indian grass, and
switchgrass.
But until October, the landscape had
been missing one thing it needs in order
to really thrive: grazers.
After decades of preparation, genetically
pure bison (meaning they don’t have
any cattle genes) arrived this fall from a
preserve in Iowa. There are a few herds
just like them living in reserves across
the country, but this group is now the first
one east of the Mississippi.
So far the experiment is working well.
Aside from a roundup every fall, when
the bison will get their vaccinations,
these wild oxen will roam across 500
acres enclosed by a woven wire fence.
Signs hung on the wire warn visitors that
the bison are wild. Anyone who hops the
fence could suffer the consequences (i.e.
a potential horn to the buttocks, or worse,
a trampling).
Within the enclosure, the bison eat
the grasses and avoid the forbs, or
flowering plants. This helps promote
plant diversity, because without the
bison noshing them down, grasses would
dominate the prairie, leaving little room
for rare species like the prairie violet.
The nearly one-ton beasts will also help
spread seeds and sculpt the soil with their
hooves, something researchers will study
on site.
“The other thing is poop; they’re very
productive,” says Kirk Hallowell, a
volunteer steward and my guide for the
day. Their pies will fertilize the soil and
attract insects, which will (hopefully)
bring birds. If all goes well, Nachusa
project director Bill Kleiman and
ecologist Cody Considine will open up
more land to the bison next year.
Despite the project’s success, the land will
never be what it was 200 years ago. The
bison each have an identification chip
embedded in them, and seven of them
wear GPS collars. They’ll never be able to
roam wherever they want, and people will
always have to manage fires on the land,
raising the question of what is truly wild.
“It’s an interesting and important concept,
but the answers don’t fit on bumper
stickers,” says Kleiman. He argues that
the bison are semi-wild, and an important
part of our natural heritage. “Everyone
loves bison. They’re a national symbol
of what we discovered when we came to
North America—that wistful longing for
wide-open spaces. And they’re a symbol
of it right here.”
The bison certainly feel wild when
Hallowell and I step out of the open-air
truck to get a closer look, nothing but
knee-high grasses swaying between
us. Lying on top of a hill, their shaggy
hair blows with each wintery gust. The
1,900-pound bull, fondly nicknamed
“Chain Breaker” because he did just that
in a corral once, fixes his big brown eye
on us. He gets up, hind legs first, and
shakes. Other animals stand up, too, and
join the viewing party.
We get back in the truck. As we start to
drive away, I look back and see Chain
Breaker, his horned silhouette regal
against the gray sky. Looks wild enough,
for now.
>> Reprinted with permission from the
Natural Resources Defense Council
NEWS
FIRST PEOPLE’S BUFFALO JUMP
PROVIDES WINDOW TO NATIVE HISTORY
GREAT FALLS – With only a steady wind to ruffle the tall grass
on a cool fall day, it’s hard to imagine that for thousands of years
First Peoples Buffalo Jump would on occasion hum with a frenzy
of human activity.
Between March and November, it’s estimated that groups of 75 to
150 bison would be herded off the cliffs of Taft Hill by paleo-Indian
and pre-contact native tribes, crashing the huge beasts onto the
boulders below where any that survived the plunge were killed with
clubs, spears and arrows.
“First Peoples Buffalo Jump is one of the oldest, largest and best
preserved bison mass procurement cliff jump localities in North
America,” a nomination form to list the site as a National Historic
Landmark said.
“It was a place of peace and a place of gathering,” said Richard
Hopkins, manager of First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park,
southeast of Great Falls. “They realized they needed all of the help
they could get.”
It was also a place of great human ingenuity that resulted in what’s
estimated to have been the killing of tens of thousands of bison.
Doing that wasn’t easy. To stampede the animals off the cliffs the
early hunters built a “sophisticated set” of weaving stone walls and
cairns about 25 yards apart to funnel bison, Hopkins said. Behind
some of the walls, natives would stand waving their arms and
flapping hides to direct the bison. Some of the cairns were built up
with sticks to look like people and direct the bison along the route.
Killing, butchering, cooking and drying of strips of meat on racks
would have required many hands to ensure it was collected before
spoiling.
“Only those animals taken in the first 24 hours were saved, the rest
were left in place,” Hopkins said. “That upsets a lot of people who
say they didn’t waste anything.”
“The entire hunt community, perhaps numbering in the hundreds,
needed to process in just a few days scores of tons of meat, fat,
bone, and hides,” the nomination form said. “Large chunks of meat,
balls of fat, hides, and marrow bone were dragged away for further
processing at the base camp. At the main camp some of the meat
was roasted or made into stews for immediate consumption, with
the great remainder cut into thin strips and air- or smoke-dried on
pole racks.”
One of the most important things the people collected was grease,
Hopkins said. “They needed that fat.”
“Another process involved smashing and then boiling in hide-lined
pits the marrow-rich leg bones in order to extract bone grease,”
the nomination form explained. “Some of the dried meat was
pulverized and mixed with bone grease, fat, and berries; the mix
was then stored in hide containers. Properly cured and packaged,
this nutritious mix (pemmican) could last for months and even
years.”
The buffalo jump was a well-known site because of its perfect
geography, a horseshoe-shaped butte gradually rising about 450
feet above the Sun River to the north and overlooking the Missouri
River to the south.
“Thirteen different tribes have oral histories of using this place,”
Hopkins said. “The oldest is the Shoshone-Bannock and the Nez
Perce.”
The Flathead Indians named the Blackfoot River corridor the
road to the buffalo, since that’s the route they took from Western
Montana over the Continental Divide to the plains near the head of
the nearby Dearborn River.
“We think it was used 6,000 years before present,” Hopkins said.
Use of the site probably stopped in the early 1700s after horses
arrived from the south, historians speculate, forever changing the
Plains Indian culture. Hopkins said tribal members refer to the
times before horses arrived as the dog days, “Because if you didn’t
have dogs, you were packing everything you owned.”
Dogs were used to pull travois loaded with necessary living items
like a small teepee, made of only three to four hides and weighing
about 30 to 40 pounds.
“A family of four to six would sleep in one teepee,” Hopkins said.
In 1972 the state park was first established when Montana
purchased 50 acres on top of the jump. Prior to that, in the 1940s,
a portion of the bison kill site was mined for bone used to make
fertilizer. Since the park was founded, thanks to support from its
foundation, the state and others, the First Peoples Buffalo Jump has
grown to 2,000 acres.
“We’d like to acquire more land to the west and on top to include
other drivelines not disturbed,” Hopkins said. “People think we
should also have a small herd of bison here. The public always
wonders where the bison are.”
A well thought-out visitor center at the base of the jump relates the
story of the importance of bison to tribal people over thousands of
years. A trail provides access to the top of the butte where on a clear
day visitors can see five surrounding mountain ranges.
Perhaps the historic landmark nomination form states the
importance of the site best: “Its monumental record of stone surface
architecture, deeply stratified bison bone deposits, multiple tipi
ring concentrations, and evidence of ceremonialism indicate that,
over 5,700 years, First Peoples Buffalo Jump held the paramount
position in the Northern Plains ‘bison culture.’ ”
>> Reprinted with permission from the Billings Gazette written
by Brett French
NEWS
THE MIGHTY BISON RETURNS TO CHEROKEE NATION
ICTMN Staff
10/7/14
It has been 40 years since bison
roamed Cherokee Nation land, but
that is about to change.
This week the tribe will get a herd
from Badlands National Park in South
Dakota, according to a media release
from the tribe, with another 10 coming
mid-month from Theodore Roosevelt
National Park in North Dakota. The
tribe also may acquire a small herd of
Yellowstone bison.
“Our tribe is thankful to the InterTribal
Buffalo Council (ITBC), who opted
to place some of the excess bison
from the Badlands and Theodore
Roosevelt National Park in our care. It
is a unique opportunity to reunite our
people with a prominent part of our
past,” said Cherokee Nation Principal
Chief Bill John Baker in a statement.
“Typically associated with plainsbased tribes, the American bison also
played a critical role for the Cherokee
prior to colonization. Hundreds of
years ago when bison roamed east of
the Mississippi, the Cherokee people
survived, in part, by using bison as
a vital food source. Today, there is
a nationwide resurgence by tribes,
including the Cherokee Nation, to
reconnect with these animals.”
The Cherokee Nation joined the
InterTribal Buffalo Council last
December, with an eye toward having
the animals reintroduced on their
lands.
The 1970s is the last time that bison
were raised by the Cherokee Nation,
the media release said, and the tribe
did so for tourism reasons. The
InterTribal Buffalo Council is based
in Rapid City, South Dakota, and
annually awards surplus bison from
national parks each year to member
tribes.
The Badlands National Park and
Theodore Roosevelt National Parks
each have about 400 head of surplus
bison annually, the Cherokee news
release said.
“It will be a special moment when the
animals arrive at the Cherokee Nation
and one that ITBC is proud to have
played a role in. ITBC’s mission is to
restore buffalo to tribal lands, and this
is a major accomplishment for the
Nation and ITBC to share in,” Buffalo
Council executive director Jim Stone
said in the statement.
The tribe is devoting
1,000 of its 22,000 acres
of tribally owned land in
northeastern Oklahoma
to the bison. The bison
transfer has been in the
works for several years,
and tribal leaders were
exultant.
“The Cherokee Nation
had been in contact
with the National Bison
Association for a number
of years, but really gained
the traction needed to
acquire these special
breed of animals in just
the past two years,” said
Cherokee Nation natural
resources director Gunter
Gulager. “The Cherokee
Nation administration
and our Tribal Council
really came together so
that bison can again be
an avenue for tourism
or source of lean protein
in our schools and
restaurants.”
>> Reprinted with
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FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM VISITS
On March 26, 2015, Dianne
Amiotte-Seidel,
InterTribal
Buffalo
Council
Project
Director/Marketing
Coordinator, and Wanita
Vanderwalker, Administrative
Assistant visited two schools
on the Standing Rock Sioux
Reservation. The purpose of
the visits was to introduce
the Farm to School Program
in which the InterTribal
Buffalo Council’s goal is to
incorporate buffalo meat on
the school lunch menu and
introduce fresh produce. The
first stop was the Sitting Bull
School. This school is located
in Little Eagle, South Dakota
on the Standing Rock Sioux
Reservation.
There was a positive energy
when they met with Anne Larson,
Food Service Director; Lana Utter,
Administrative
Assistant;
Beverly
Bowker, Kindergarten teacher; Mike
Faith, Standing Rock Buffalo Manager;
and Wesley Vossler, Standing Rock
Buffalo Ranch.
Dianne presented the goal of the Farm to
School Program which is to put healthy
buffalo meat into the reservation school
lunch programs and introduce students
to fresh produce. Mike Faith explained
how the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe would
assist with providing the buffalo for the
school. Anne and Lana were very excited
about the project. Plans were set forth to
have a taste test at the school and Anne
Larson will present a policy to the school
board in order for the Tribe to donate the
buffalo meat to the school.
The second stop of the day led them to
Rock Creek Grant School. This school
is located in Bullhead, South Dakota
which is also on the Standing Rock Sioux
Reservation.
They met with Rock Creek Grant School
personnel, Clyde Neesz, Principal, and
Jimmie High Cat, Cook. Mike Faith and
Wesley Vossler also joined us. Dianne
explained the program goal of the Farm
to School Program. Principal Neesz
informed them of the community raised
garden project which could tie into this
program. Mike Faith explained how
the Tribe could assist with donating the
buffalo to be used for the lunch program.
Jimmie High Cat, cook, informed them
of cooking projects he does with the
students. He was very enthusiastic about
introducing buffalo meat into their lunch
program. Even though these children
have been introduced to buffalo meat
outside of school, High Cat believes it
will be welcomed by the students for their
school lunch. Rock Creek Grant School
plans to do a taste test also and work on
policy in order for the Tribe to donate the
buffalo to them.
The schools’ enthusiasm and excitement
about introducing a healthy staple,
buffalo meat, into their lunch programs is
very encouraging to better the health of
Native American children.
On April 7, 2015, Dianne and Wanita made
two more school visits. They traveled
to the Rosebud Sioux Reservation to
visit the Todd County School District
in Mission, SD and then to St. Francis
Indian School in St. Francis, SD.
Todd County School District consists of
twelve schools: Todd County High School,
Todd County Middle School, Todd County
Elementary, Rosebud Elementary, He
Dog School, Klein Elementary, Lakeview
Elementary,
Littleburg
Elementary,
O’Kreek Elementary, Resource Center,
Spring Creek Elementary, and Wanbli
Wiconi Tipi.
At the Todd County School Administrative
Office, Dianne explained the two grant
programs; the Farm to School Program
and the ANA Grant Program.
An
information packet was given to all
those present which included Dr. Roger
Bordeaux, Superintendent; Robyn Pyner,
Food Service Coordinator; and Wesley
Plank, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Buffalo Herd
Manager. The Farm to School Program
goal is to incorporate healthy eating in
school lunches by adding healthy buffalo
meat and introducing fresh produce.
InterTribal Buffalo Council provides the
buffalo meat for a school taste testing. If
the taste testing is successful then the
continued on next page
SCHOOLS
Farm to School Program Visits continued
school can coordinate with the Tribe
to purchase buffalo meat for the school
year. Discussion was held on different
ways to serve buffalo meat and required
labeling of the meat. School gardens
were discussed and perhaps the smaller
schools would be able to start gardens.
A new Farm to School Grant application
was given to Dr. Bordeaux.
The next stop was at the St. Francis Indian
School. They met with Mr. Richard Bad
Milk, Superintendent; Thetis McCloskey,
Food Service Director; Wesley Plank,
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Buffalo Herd
Manager; and Wayne Fredrick, Rosebud
Sioux Tribal Council. St Francis Indian
School participated in the second year of
the ANA Grant. Dianne discussed the
Farm to School Grant and how it could
help start a garden project to introduce
fresh produce into the lunch program. A
taste test will be held at St Francis Indian
School with InterTribal Buffalo Council
supplying the buffalo meat. The new
Farm to School Grant application was
given to Mr. Bad Milk. The school and
the Tribe will coordinate for buffalo meat
supply for the next school year.
NORTHERN ARAPAHOE TRIBE,
FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL #38
Many of the comments about the
Buffalo chili lunch were of surprise. Many students and staff had not
tasted buffalo before and were
pleasantly surprised they liked
Buffalo chili. I am sure students and
staff are looking forward to having
another meal involving buffalo.
Hohou (Thank you),
>> Cheri LeBeau
It is good to see the schools’ interest to
introduce buffalo meat into the school
lunch programs and the interest in
gardens. The benefits of these programs
will help the children with health as well
as learning how to grow healthy food.
FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT
FOLLOW UP
The Crazy Horse School, Wanblee, SD
has completed the buffalo meat taste test
with their students. Ron “Beef” Randall,
head cook, stated they served meatloaf
and burgers. Students were told up front
that buffalo meat was being served. He
stated that the younger students liked the
meal, but the older students did not care
for it. Serving buffalo meat at least once
a week to keep the younger generation
interested is what “Beef” would like to
see for Crazy Horse School.
SCHOOLS
HOW IS THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM WORKING IN
INDIAN COUNTRY?
New guidelines for the National School
Lunch Program are aimed at providing
the nation’s children with healthy, ageappropriate meals in an effort to reduce
childhood obesity and improve the
overall well-being of kids, especially poor
kids, across the country.
The program was administered by the
states, which were required to match
federal dollars. Nutritional standards
were set by the federal government, and
states were required to provide free and
reduced priced lunches to children who
could not pay.
A MATTER OF NATIONAL
SECURITY
CHILDHOOD OBESITY EPIDEMIC
The federal government established the
school lunch program in the early 1930s
to try to prevent widespread childhood
malnutrition during the Depression and
to support struggling farmers by having
the federal government buy up surplus
commodity foods. By 1942, 454 million
pounds of surplus food was distrusted to
93,000 schools for lunch programs that
benefited 6 million children.
Fast-forward half a century. By 2009,
the Department of Defense reported
that more recruits were being rejected
Childhood obesity, reports the Centers
for Disease Control, has more than
doubled in children (to 18 percent) and
quadrupled in adolescents (to 21 percent)
in the past 30 years. In 2012, more than
30 percent of American children and
adolescents were overweight or obese.
These children are at increased risk for
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, bone
and joint problems, sleep apnea, and
social and psychological problems such
as stigmatization and poor self-esteem,
But when the U.S. joined World War
II, the U.S. Armed Forces needed all
of the surplus food U.S. farmers were
producing. By April 1944, only 34,064
schools were participating in the school
lunch program and the number of
children being served had dropped to 5
million.
In the spring of 1945, Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, a former school principal, told
the House Agriculture Committee that as
many as 40 percent of rejected draftees
had been turned away owing to poor
diets. “Whether we are going to have
war or not, I do think that we have got to
have health if we are going to survive,”
he testified. Within a year, Congress
passed legislation to appropriate money
to support the program on a year-by-year
basis and by April 1946, the program had
expanded to include 45,119 schools and
6.7 million children.
In 1946, Congress established a
permanent National School Lunch
Program (NSLP). IN the legislation,
adequate child nutrition was explicitly
recognized as a nation security priority.
for obesity than for any other medical
reason. This was around the same time
that First Lady Michelle Obama was
taking on childhood obesity as a national
health crisis.
according to the CDC. By 2030, 50
percent of Americans are predicted to be
obese, according to the Harvard School
of Public Health.
In the American Indian community, the
SCHOOLS
rate of obesity is even higher. In 2010,
the Indian Health Service reported that
80 percent of American Indian/Alaska
Native adults and about 50 percent of AI/
AN children were overweight or obese.
Obese and overweight children have
access to too many cheap calories with
too little nutritional value, leading to the
paradox of malnourished overweight
children. Poor nutrition, often in the
form of too much sugar and other simple
carbohydrates, can lead to diabetes,
which is rife in AI/AN communities.
HEALTHY, HUNGER-FREE KIDS
ACT
Michelle Obama’s child health initiative
included her “Let’s Move!” exercise
campaign, the first-ever task force on child
obesity and her backing for the Healthy,
Hunger-Free Kids Act, which passed
Congress with bipartisan support in 2010.
The act set new standards, which went
into effect in early 2012, for school
lunches. These include reduced calories,
reduced sugar and reduced sodium
combined with increased fresh fruits
and vegetables and whole grains. In
some cases, schools’ inability to prepare
nutritionally adequate, attractive, kidfriendly meals under the new guidelines
has led them to drop out of the NSLP
altogether. Despite the fact that as of
September 2013, only 524 out of 100,000
schools participating in the NSLP, or one
half of one percent had dropped out, news
coverage has been extensive, complete
with photos of unappetizing meals,
accounts of student protests and a good
deal of criticism of Michelle Obama, who
as the point person for the healthy school
lunch initiative, is an obvious target.
POOR CHILDREN NEED SCHOOL
LUNCHES
But the schools dropping out of the
program are mostly schools with few
students who qualify for free and reducedprice school lunches.
The federal
government mandates that schools
participating in the NSLP provide free
lunches for children from families whose
income are 130 percent of the poverty
level or less. That is, if the poverty
level for a family of four is $24,000 per
year, then children from families of four
whose income is under about $31,200
per year are eligible for free lunches.
Reduced-price lunches must be provided
for children from families with incomes
between 130 percent and 185 percent of
the poverty level. So if the poverty level
is $24,000 for a family of four, children
from families of four earning between
$31,200 and $44,400 are eligible for
reduced priced lunches. Reduced price
lunches may cost no more than $0.40.
According to the National Center for
Education Statistics, 68 percent of
AI/AN students are eligible for free
and reduced-price school lunches,
compared with only 28 percent of
white student. USDA data indicate
that 70 percent of children receiving
free lunches through the NSLP are
children of color, as are 50 percent
of student receiving reduced-price
lunches.
The very public criticism of the new
guidelines poses a threat to AI/AN
and other children of color, as well
as poor children in general. If the
loudest voices cause the federal
government to back down on the
nutrition standards, the children
who will be most affected are those
who rely on school breakfasts,
lunches, snacks and summer food
programs for a significant portion
of their nutrition—that is, poor
children, the ones receiving free and
reduced-price lunches, as do more
than two-thirds of AI/AN children
in public and non-profit private
schools.
SCHOOLS
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL LUNCH
PROGRAMS IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Not everyone is having trouble meeting
the new guidelines.
Joe Rice (Choctaw), executive director
of the Nawayee Center School in
Minneapolis, says his school started
serving healthier meals to its 55 American
Indian high schoolers long before the
new guidelines went into effect. “We’re
sponsored by the Minnesota Department
of Education so we have a licensed food
and nutrition service that allows us
instead of buying food from the local
district to buy through a caterer who
serves healthier food in line with our
diabetes initiative. The fresh food from
our garden and the healthier food from
the caterer mean that we’re addressing
one of the two modifiable risk factors
for diabetes, which is diet. We’re getting
away from sugar and saturated fat and
more into healthy whole foods.”
And that’s having an impact. The school
screens the kids every year and those
who have been with the program for a
while “typically have better blood glucose
levels, and they report exercising eating
more healthy foods throughout the week.
We also see healthier BMIs for kids who
have been in the program longer. Overall,
we get good health results.”
The garden is a kid-centered endeavor.
The students designed and built the
garden and decide what crops to grow.
The garden, says Rice, is “reconnecting
kids to the earth. I remember the first
time we had some stuff from the garden,
the kids refused to eat it because it came
out of the ground.” It also serves as a
means of teaching biology, botany, math
and language. “We found that gardening
could be the starting point for a very rich
curriculum and for cultural preservation
revitalization.”
The STAR School just outside Flagstaff,
Arizona, serves about 120 Navajo students
in grades pre-K through 8. There, too,
gardening is a key component of the
nutrition program, although until the
school can get its gardens and food safety
practices certified by the government,
garden produce is used only for cooking
classes and community events.
Louva Montour (Diné) is food services
manager. She says the school has had
no trouble meeting the new guidelines.
STAR School has its own garden and
greenhouses, and students also work on
a Navajo farm about 20 miles from the
school, where they help with planting,
watering, weeding and harvesting. “It
really helps that they get hands-on
experience working with food, from
planting, even preparing the soil,
composting (Our kids know a lot about
composting!), the whole cycle,” says
Montour.
Montour gives an example of the value
of having kids grow the food they are
going to eat: “We’re on our third year now
using our salad bar. When we started
putting out different types of vegetables,
like beets, the student didn’t really know
what beets were and they weren’t really
trying it. But then they grew some in our
greenhouse. Once they harvested them—
those things are really big, about half a
pound!—kids were saying ‘What is it?’ and
“I want to eat it.’ They cleaned it and then
we just cut it up right there because they
wanted to eat it right there. And we let
them because that’s the time for them to
try it, when they’re willing.”
Beets have become a salad bar favorite,
she says, as have other unlikely
vegetables such as kale. Even though
the school cannot yet use produce from
its own gardens or those of local Navajo
farmers, they are able to get local and
organic produce through their regular
food distributor who works with local
producers.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
INDIAN COUNTRY
IN
Dianne Amiotte-Seidel, Oglala Sioux,
project director/marketing coordinator
for an ANA grant awarded to the
InterTribal Buffalo Council in South
Dakota, which is a coalition of 58 tribes
committed to reestablishing buffalo
herds on Indian lands in a manner that
promotes cultural enhancement, spiritual
revitalization, ecological restoration, and
economic development.
Amiotte-Seidel has already more than met
the grant’s requirement that she introduce
bison meat, which is much healthier for
kids than beef, into eight school lunch
programs, but it hasn’t been easy. “You
can’t just put buffalo meat in the schools.
You have a lot of different steps to take
and each state is different,” she says.
In order for a school to serve bison,
“a tribe has to have enough buffalo to
supply the school for one meal a week or
a month, or whatever, and then they have
to have a USDA plant nearby. They have
to be willing to sell the buffalo meat to the
school for the price of beef and they have
to able to have a supplier from USDA
plant take the meat to the school. The
meat needs to bear a child nutrition label.
The school has to be able to have a supply
area big enough store the bison meat they
need for the year, since tribes usually only
do their harvest once a year.”
Amiotte-Seidel adds, “The biggest
obstacles is the requirement to have
USDA-certified slaughtering plants,
because on the reservations that I’m
dealing with, let’s use Lower Brule, for
example. Lower Brule is four or five hours
away from a certified USDA plant. They
have to haul buffalo four to five hours
to have USDA certify the meat for the
school.”
This is one area where perhaps guidelines
should be modified to better fit the unique
circumstances in Indian Country and
other areas where they present such a
burden so severe that the NSLP fails
to meet its original goal—feeding poor
children—as well as it could.
Indian Country Today.
SCHOOLS
RED CLOUD STUDENTS TAKE PART IN CEREMONIAL BUFFALO KILL
It was just as he remembered in his dream; a vision the night before.
A large male buffalo stood on a ridge near Slim Buttes, just north of
the Red Cloud Indian School campus. Steam rose from the shaggy
animal’s nostrils in the quiet, frosty-blue luster of early morning on
the reservation. Vance Blacksmith stood watching the animal as the
sun rose behind it. For a few moments everything was still and quiet.
Blacksmith then motioned to Bailey and Chris to ready their rifles.
The two high school students had accompanied him and other staff
to the pasture. They got into position and took aim. A few weeks
earlier, the two had asked the school’s administrators to help them
bring back the school’s annual Buffalo Kill after a two year hiatus.
And, they explained to their principals that, as part of their Faith &
Justice class, they would use the opportunity as a service project to
educate their fellow classmates on the historical and gastronomical
connections between Tȟatȟάŋka (the buffalo) and the Lakota
people.
For many students, this may have been the first time they have been able to
witness the sacred act, which had traditionally provided food, clothing and
shelter to their ancestors for millennia.
“When I was a freshman we did this and I really liked it—thought is
was really cool,” said Bailey. “I’ve always been a hunter, so I wanted to
help do this for the school and get back into the culture.”
“There are always kids doing recycling, and don’t get me wrong,
it’s a great thing,” Bailey continues, referring to other student’s
service projects. “But this—this is more for us, as Native people.”
Two hours later, Blacksmith and his crew unloaded the massive,
1,000-pound animal from the back of a truck bed with the help of a
Bobcat. Students from across campus began to walk over to the bus
garages where they were told they would witness the ceremonial
harvesting of Tȟatȟάŋka. As they approached, the elementary
students whispered and gently wiggled between their peers to get
a closer look at the sacred animal that lay before them.
“Students want more cultural activities and events,” says
Blacksmith, activities coordinator for Red Cloud’s Lakota Language
Program. “This a step in the right direction; to incorporate more
Lakota cultural and language activities into the student’s education.
It gives the kids a hands on experience to supplement the classroom
lessons on language and culture.”
Red Cloud Indian School is
a multifaceted, nonprofit
educational organization and
K-12 school system celebrating 126
years of education in the Catholic
& Lakȟóta traditions on the Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation. www.
RedCloudSchool.org
SCHOOLS
NEW POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR BISON
RESTORATION IN MONTANA
HELENA, MONT. – A strong majority
of Montana residents support efforts to
restore wild bison populations in the
state and oppose legislative efforts to
impede wild bison restoration, according
to a new poll (http://www.defenders.org/
publications/Defenders-of-WildlifeMontana-Bison-Poll-Public-Memo-1-15.
pdf) conducted by Tulchin Research.
The poll results arrive just as some
politicians in the Montana Legislature
roll out aggressive anti-bison bills
that, if passed, would severely curtail
current and future bison restoration and
management efforts.
The poll, conducted in late December for
Defenders of Wildlife, shows that efforts
to restore wild bison populations in the
state find strong, broad-based support:
Nearly eight in ten Montana voters
support restoring wild bison populations
on public lands (76% support) and tribal
lands (78% support).
Seventy-two (72%) percent want wild
bison managed like wildlife, not
livestock.
Seventy-four (74%) percent think
decisions about wild bison should be
made by biologists and wildlife officials
rather than county politicians.
Two-thirds of voters (67%) say they
support efforts to relocate disease-free
bison from Yellowstone National Park to
start herds in other parts of the state.
The poll also shows that the majority
of residents are opposed legislative
proposals aimed at reducing Montana’s
bison
population
or
restricting
restoration efforts:
Voters overwhelmingly reject proposals
to reclassify all wild bison as livestock
(76% opposed, including 51% strongly
opposed).
Voters overwhelmingly reject proposals
to prohibit the establishment of any wild
bison in the state (63% opposed).
Voters
oppose
allowing
private
landowners to shoot bison that enter
onto private land (60% opposed).
Voters oppose establishing a year-round
hunting season for bison (59% opposed).
Jonathan Proctor, Defenders’ Rockies
and Plains Program Director, issued the
following statement:
“Montana is bison country, and this poll
reflects Montanans’ pride in the state’s
wild bison legacy, past, present and future.
Montanans clearly don’t want politicians
destroying that legacy with legislative
proposals to impede bison restoration.
Public support for bison restoration in
Montana is strong, and Montana’s leaders
should recognize and respect that.”
>> Permission for reprint from
Melanie Gade
HEALTH
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HEALTH BENEFITS OF
GRASSFED MEATS, EGGS AND DAIRY
Lower in Fat and Calories. There are a number of nutritional
differences between the meat of pasture-raised and feedlotraised animals. To begin with, meat from grass-fed cattle, sheep,
and bison is lower in total fat. If the meat is very lean, it can have
one third as much fat as a similar cut from a grain-fed animal. In
fact, as you can see by the graph below, grass-fed beef can have
the same amount of fat as skinless chicken breast, wild deer, or
elk.[1] Research shows that lean beef actually lowers your “bad”
LDL cholesterol levels.[2]
vital role in every cell and system in your body. For example, of
all the fats, they are the most heart-friendly. People who have
ample amounts of omega-3s in their diet are less likely to have
high blood pressure or an irregular heartbeat. Remarkably,
they are 50 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack.[3]
Omega-3s are essential for your brain as well. People with a
diet rich in omega-3s are less likely to suffer from depression,
schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder (hyperactivity), or
Alzheimer’s disease.[4]
Another benefit of omega-3s is that they may reduce your risk
of cancer. In animal studies, these essential fats have slowed
the growth of a wide array of cancers and also kept them from
spreading.[5] Although the human research is in its infancy,
researchers have shown that omega-3s can slow or even reverse
the extreme weight loss that accompanies advanced cancer and
also hasten recovery from surgery.[6,7]
Data from J. Animal Sci 80(5):1202-11.
Because meat from grass-fed animals is lower in fat than meat
from grain-fed animals, it is also lower in calories. (Fat has 9
calories per gram, compared with only 4 calories for protein
and carbohydrates. The greater the fat content, the greater the
number of calories.) As an example, a 6-ounce steak from a
grass-finished steer can have 100 fewer calories than a 6-ounce
steak from a grain-fed steer. If you eat a typical amount of beef
(66.5 pounds a year), switching to lean grassfed beef will save
you 17,733 calories a year—without requiring any willpower or
change in your eating habits. If everything else in your diet
remains constant, you’ll lose about six pounds a year. If all
Americans switched to grassfed meat, our national epidemic of
obesity might diminish.
In the past few years, producers of grass-fed beef have been
looking for ways to increase the amount of marbling in the meat
so that consumers will have a more familiar product. But even
these fatter cuts of grass-fed beef are lower in fat and calories
than beef from grain-fed cattle.
Extra Omega-3s. Meat from grass-fed animals has two to four
times more omega-3 fatty acids than meat from grain- fed
animals. Omega-3s are called “good fats” because they play a
Omega-3s are most abundant in seafood and certain nuts and
seeds such as flaxseeds and walnuts, but they are also found
in animals raised on pasture. The reason is simple. Omega-3s
are formed in the chloroplasts of green leaves and algae. Sixty
percent of the fatty acids in grass are omega-3s. When cattle
are taken off omega-3 rich grass and shipped to a feedlot to be
fattened on omega-3 poor grain, they begin losing their store
of this beneficial fat. Each day that an animal spends in the
feedlot, its supply of omega-3s is diminished.[8] The graph
below illustrates this steady decline.
Data from: J Animal Sci (1993) 71(8):2079-88.
When chickens are housed indoors and deprived of greens,
their meat and eggs also become artificially low in omega-3s.
Eggs from pastured hens can contain as much as 10 times more
omega-3s than eggs from factory hens.[9]
HEALTH
It has been estimated that only 40 percent of Americans
consume an adequate supply of omega-3 fatty acids. Twenty
percent have blood levels so low that they cannot be detected.
[10] Switching to the meat, milk, and dairy products of grass-fed
animals is one way to restore this vital nutrient to your diet.
The CLA Bonus. Meat and dairy products from grass-fed
ruminants are the richest known source of another type of good
fat called “conjugated linoleic acid” or CLA. When ruminants
are raised on fresh pasture alone, their products contain from
three to five times more CLA than products from animals fed
conventional diets.[11] (A steak from the most marbled grassfed animals will have the most CLA ,as much of the CLA is
stored in fat cells.)
CLA may be one of our most potent defenses against cancer.
In laboratory animals, a very small percentage of CLA—a mere
0.1 percent of total calories—greatly reduced tumor growth. [12]
There is new evidence that CLA may also reduce cancer risk
in humans. In a Finnish study, women who had the highest
levels of CLA in their diet, had a 60 percent lower risk of breast
cancer than those with the lowest levels. Switching from grainfed to grassfed meat and dairy products places women in this
lowest risk category.13 Researcher Tilak Dhiman from Utah
State University estimates that you may be able to lower your
risk of cancer simply by eating the following grassfed products
each day: one glass of whole milk, one ounce of cheese, and one
serving of meat. You would have to eat five times that amount
of grain-fed meat and dairy products to get the same level of
protection.
Vitamin E. In addition to being higher in omega-3s and CLA,
meat from grassfed animals is also higher in vitamin E. The
graph below shows vitamin E levels in meat from: 1) feedlot
cattle, 2) feedlot cattle given high doses of synthetic vitamin E
(1,000 IU per day), and 3) cattle raised on fresh pasture with no
added supplements. The meat from the pastured cattle is four
times higher in vitamin E than the meat from the feedlot cattle
and, interestingly, almost twice as high as the meat from the
feedlot cattle given vitamin E supplements. [14#] In humans,
vitamin E is linked with a lower risk of heart disease and cancer.
This potent antioxidant may also have anti-aging properties.
Most Americans are deficient in vitamin E.
Data from: J Animal Sci (1993) 71(8):2079-88.
\Data from: Smith, G.C. “Dietary supplementation of vitamin E
to cattle to improve shelf life and case life of beef for domestic
and international markets.” Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, Colorado 80523-1171
>> Reprinted with permission from Jo Robinson and
Eatwild.com
COOKING WITH BUFFALO
A cookbook produced by InterTribal Buffalo
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HEALTH
DIABETES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS
AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
Today, diabetes affects more than 29
million people in the United States or
over 9 percent of the population. In
addition, another 86 million American
adults, more than one out of three
individuals, have pre-diabetes, a
condition that puts people at increased
risk for diabetes. In fact, these statistics
include many groups of American
Indians and Alaska Natives. According
to the Indian Health Service, almost 16
percent of American Indians and Alaska
Natives have diabetes. Among them,
diabetes varies considerably in various
regions, from 6 percent among Alaska
Natives, to 24 percent among American
Indians in Southern Arizona. All people
with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, are
at risk for diabetic eye disease, a leading
cause of vision loss and blindness.
Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of
eye problems that people with diabetes
may face as a complication of the
disease and includes cataract, diabetic
retinopathy, and glaucoma. Diabetic
retinopathy, the most common diabetic
eye disease, is the leading cause of
blindness in adults 20-74 years of age.
“The longer a person has diabetes, the
greater is his or her risk of developing
diabetic eye disease,” said Paul A. Sieving,
M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Eye
Institute (NEI). “If you have diabetes,
be sure to have a comprehensive dilated
eye exam at least once a year. Don’t wait
until you notice an eye problem to have
an exam, because vision that is lost often
cannot be restored.”
Diabetic eye disease often has no early
warning signs, but it can be detected early
and treated before vision loss occurs. If
you have diabetes in your family, you
can leave a legacy of healthy vision by
taking steps to prevent vision loss—get a
comprehensive dilated eye exam.
“In fact, with early detection, timely
treatment, and appropriate follow-up
care, people with advanced diabetic
retinopathy can reduce their risk of
blindness by 95 percent,” adds Suber
Huang, M.D., M.B.A., chair of the Diabetic
Eye Disease Subcommittee for NEI’s
National Eye Health Education Program.
Research has shown that when people
with diabetes maintain good control
of blood sugar, blood pressure,
and cholesterol, they can slow the
development and progression of diabetic
eye disease. In addition to having a
comprehensive dilated eye exam at least
once a year, people with diabetes should
do the following to keep their health on
TRACK:
• Take your medications.
• Reach and maintain a healthy weight.
•Add physical activity to your daily
routine.
•Control your blood sugar, blood
pressure, and cholesterol.
• Kick the smoking habit.
If you have diabetes, set your sight on
healthy vision. Schedule a comprehensive
dilated eye exam. For more information
on diabetic eye disease and tips on
finding an eye care professional or
financial assistance for eye care, visit
www.nei.nih.gov/diabetes or call NEI at
301-496-5248.
RECIPES
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Credit and permission for these recipes are from the
North American Bison Cooperative, Brandi Conrad, 1909 Great Northern Drive, Fargo, ND 5810
2 tsp brown sugar, packed
1-2 lbs bison strip loin steaks, trimmed
1 pkg lettuce, spring mix or your
favorite salad mix Salad can be garnished with sliced
cucumber, cherry or grape tomatoes or
your other favorite salad toppings.
platter and top with sliced steak.
Per serving: 150 Cal, 2.5g Fat, 1g Sat Fat,
60mg Chol, 430mg Sod, 8g Carb, 2g
Fiber, 23g Prot.
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FOR DRESSING:
Combine all ingredients and whisk until
well blended. Set aside for later use.
BISON STEAK SALAD
WITH LIME AND GINGER
DRESSING
SALAD DRESSING:
3 Tbs tamari sauce
2 Tbs granulated sugar
3 Tbs fresh lime juice
2 Tbs water
1-2 Tbs fresh ginger, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tbs red bell pepper, finely diced
Marinade:
2 Tbs oyster sauce
2 Tbs tamari soy sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp fresh ginger, minced
FOR MARINADE:
Mix oyster sauce, tamari soy sauce,
minced garlic, and brown sugar in
medium bowl. Stir in steak. Allow the
steaks to marinate for 30-90 minutes
in the refrigerator. Turn the steaks
occasionally.
1.In a large skillet, heat the oil over high
heat. Add the bison steaks and sauté
until each steak is browned on each side,
about 4-5 minutes. Remove the steaks
from the pan and allow the rest for 3-4
minutes. Slice each steak against the
grain to ensure a tender texture.
2.Combine salad greens and other
desired salad toppings in a large bowl.
Add half of dressing and toss to coat.
Arrange greens mixture on large rimmed
STUFFED CHEDDAR BACON
BURGERS
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
¼ cup minced green onions
2 Tbsp. real bacon bits or crumbled
cooked bacon
1 ½ lbs. ground bison burger
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. black pepper
4 Kaiser or onion rolls, split, grilled or
RECIPES
toasted if desired
4 lettuce leaves
4 slices tomato
Optional: sliced pickles, ketchup,
mustard or 1,000 Island dressing
1. Preheat grill to medium-high heat or
preheat broiler.
2.
Combine ½ cup cheese, green
onions and bacon; mix well and set
aside. Combine meat, salt, pepper and
remaining ½ cup cheese, mixing well.
Shape mixture to form 8 thin patties 4 ½
to 5 inches in diameter. Divide cheese
and green onion mixture over 4 of the
patties; top with remaining patties. Pinch
edges together well to seal.
3. Grill or broil 5 to 6 minutes per side
or until internal temperature of meat is
160°F. Serve in rolls with lettuce, tomato
and condiments as desired.
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bison. Season with chili powder and salt.
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, or until
rice is cooked and liquid is absorbed.
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BISON, MUSHROOM AND
BARLEY SLOW COOKER
SOUP
Makes 6 servings.
1 (32 oz.) carton beef stock
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 cup water
½ onion, diced
¾ cup dices carrots
1 cup barley
1 (6 oz.) package sliced fresh
mushrooms
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 lbs. bison sirloin, cut into chunks
1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
2 bay leaves
1. Stir beef stock, tomato sauce, water,
onion, carrot, barley, mushrooms, and
garlic together in a slow cooker.
2. Season bison chunks with garlic salt,
salt and black pepper; add to the beef
stock mixture. Add bay leaves to the
slow cooker.
3. Cook on Low until the soup thickens
and the bison is tender, about 6 hours.
4. Remove and discard the bay leaves
before serving.
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SPANISH RICE WITH
GROUND BISON
Makes 4 servings.
1 lb. ground bison
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup uncooked white rice
1 onion, chopped
½ green bell pepper, chopped
2 cups water
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes and green
chiles
2 tsp. chili powder, or to taste
1 tsp. salt
1. Brown ground bison in a skillet; set
aside. Heat oil in a deep skillet over
medium heat. Sauté rice, onion, and bell
pepper until rice is browned and onions
are tender.
2. Stir in water, tomatoes and ground
SWEET AND SOUR
MEATBALLS
1½ lbs. Bison stew meat
Makes 2 to 3 dozen.
1 (12 fluid oz.) can or bottle chile sauce
2 tsp lemon juice
9 oz. grape jelly
1 lb. ground bison
1 egg, beaten
1 large onion, grated
Salt to taste
1. Whisk together the chile sauce, lemon
juice and grape jelly. Pour into slow cooker
and simmer over low heat until warm.
2. Combine ground bison, egg, onion and
salt. Mix well and form into 1 inch balls.
Add to sauce and simmer for 1 ½ hours.
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LASAGNA
Makes 12 servings.
1 lb. ground bison
1 (32 oz.) jar spaghetti sauce
32 oz. cottage cheese
3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 eggs
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tsp. dried parsley
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
9 lasagna noodles
½ cup water
1. In a large skillet over medium heat
brown the ground bison.
Add the
spaghetti sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
2. In a large bowl, mix together the
cottage cheese, 2 cups of the mozzarella
cheese, eggs, half of the grated Parmesan
cheese, dried parsley, sand and ground
black pepper.
3. To assemble, in the bottom of a 9x13
inch baking dish evenly spread ¾ cup
of the sauce mixture. Cover with 3
uncooked lasagna noodles, 1 ¾ cup of
the cheese mixture, and ¼ cup sauce.
Repeat layers twice. Top with 3 noodles,
remaining sauce, remaining mozzarella
and Parmesan cheese. Add ½ cup water
to the edges of the pan. Cover with
aluminum foil.
4. Bake in a preheated 350° F oven for 45
minutes. Uncover and bake an additional
10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before
serving.
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