{"id":536212,"date":"2026-05-18T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=536212"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:29:11","slug":"native-america-callling-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-american-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/18\/native-america-callling-trump-administration-takes-aim-at-american-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Trump administration takes aim at American buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, May 18, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nTrump administration takes aim at American buffalo\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>U.S. Department of Interior<\/a> just canceled grazing leases for hundreds of bison on federal land in Montana. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe action halts the progress of a well-funded private group, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanprairie.org\/\">American Prairie<\/a>, that has been buying up land and acquiring leases in an ambitious conservation plan. The <a href=\"https:\/\/americanprairie.org\/the-latest\/american-prairie-condemns-blm-decision-revoking-bison-grazing-permits\/\">group often provides bison to tribes<\/a> that work to revive bison herds.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalofieldcampaign.org\/no-country-for-a-national-mammal\">canceled leases also indicate a change in federal policy<\/a> away from accommodating bison in favor of domesticated cattle to make federal lands more agriculturally productive. Many tribes say such actions jeopardize efforts to restore the animal that is intrinsically associated with Native Americans from the Great Plains.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/03\/01\/native-america-calling-the-native-history-of-yellowstone-national-park\/yellowstonenationalpark\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21614\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"21614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/03\/01\/native-america-calling-the-native-history-of-yellowstone-national-park\/yellowstonenationalpark\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/01\/yellowstonenationalpark-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Yellowstone National Park\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Yellowstone National Park&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bison at Yellowstone National Park. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/javi_velazquez\/18987973643\/&gt;Javier Beauty hunter&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/01\/yellowstonenationalpark-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/01\/yellowstonenationalpark-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Yellowstone National Park\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21614\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Bison at Yellowstone National Park. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/javi_velazquez\/18987973643\/>Javier Beauty hunter<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nOJ Semans Sr. (Rosebud Sioux), executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/largetribes.org\/\">Coalition of Large Tribes<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHeather Dawn Thompson (Cheyenne River Sioux), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/about\/profiles\/heather-dawn-thompson\/\">vice president of Native Nations Conservation and Food Sovereignt<\/a>y at the World Wildlife Fund\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasgudgell.com\/\">Dallas Gudgell<\/a> (Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes), vice president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalofieldcampaign.org\/dallas-gudgell\">Buffalo Field Campaign<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKeegan King (Acoma Pueblo), founder and CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.native-lands.org\/\">Native Land Institute<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Famericanprairie%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0myGdU8kW5DtDRToev5LD7JgjfDcGLYMwnuZfkD5bf96aTvENJSdVnQ6eUobQGgCWl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"701\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration is changing course when it comes to bison on federal lands, a shift that affects tribal recovery efforts.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,1,14],"tags":[379,156,5116,1240,5115,118,75,40,875,7461,243,249,133,7462,167,766,134],"class_list":["post-536212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-national","category-politics","tag-bison","tag-blm","tag-buffalo-field-campaign","tag-colt","tag-dallas-gudgell","tag-doi","tag-donald-trump","tag-food","tag-heather-dawn-thompson","tag-keegan-king","tag-media","tag-montana","tag-native-america-calling","tag-native-land-institute","tag-new-mexico","tag-oj-semans","tag-radio","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/01\/yellowstonenationalpark-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2fuA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536212"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537026,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536212\/revisions\/537026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}