Syracuse.com By Connor Pignatello | cpignatello@syracuse.com Onondaga Nation — Visitors to Virginia men’s lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany’s Charlottesville brick colonial house are confronted with a curious sign at the doorstep. The thick wood is painted in big, bold letters. “Buffalo for sale.” No, Tiffany is not breeding calves between lacrosse seasons. The sign is a … [Read more...] about A gift to the Onondagas 50 years ago still roams their land: ‘It’s part of our culture’
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A herd, a hide and a 50-year friendship: How the Onondaga Nation brought the buffalo back: The U.S. once intertwined the elimination of the American buffalo and attempted destruction of Indigenous people. Now, the Onondaga Nation has brought bison back to Central New York.
Central Current by Patrick McCarthy Sid Hill eased his pickup truck through a yawning gate and into a snow-hampered pasture. Nearly 70 buffalo cast expectant, snow-tinged glances up at the approaching vehicle. They knew it was feeding time Hill, the Tadodaho of the Onondaga Nation, had not come to feed the bison, but rather to watch the feeding. As the hungry bison … [Read more...] about A herd, a hide and a 50-year friendship: How the Onondaga Nation brought the buffalo back: The U.S. once intertwined the elimination of the American buffalo and attempted destruction of Indigenous people. Now, the Onondaga Nation has brought bison back to Central New York.