Tribal Talks: Breaking Boundaries: Reintroduction of Bison: Traditional and Contemporary Values

Reintroduction of Bison: Traditional and Contemporary Values,  Jason Baldes and Shane Doyle  The second Tribal Talks: Breaking Boundaries,Reintroduction of Bison: Traditional and Contemporary Values,  presentation explores the historical relationships between people an buffalo, and the contemporary importance of restoring the connection of youth and community to this incredible animal.  An Eastern Shoshone who lives on the Wind River Reservation, Jason Baldes is the Tribal Buffalo Coordinator for the Tribal Partnerships Program at the National Wildlife Federation. He works to restore bison back to homelands of indigenous tribes, like his own, as a way to reconnect and celebrate cultural ways, as well as heal from the atrocities of the past and present.  Baldes holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Land Resources & Environmental Sciences-Montana State University-Bozeman. He enjoys hunting/fishing/camping, spending time with family and friends in nature, gathering foods, tools and medicines and living with traditional beliefs and values.Dr. Shane Doyle / Old Buffalo Bull (Apsáalooke), will provide insight and contemporary Tribal perspective to the ancient Indigenous way of life in Montana and the surrounding region.  As the leader of the first ever All-Nations Teepee Village in Yellowstone Park in 2022, Doyle has much to share about the profound Indigenous relationship to the sacred landscape now known as Yellowstone National Park, and to their resilient kin, the magnificent bison. Dr. Shane Doyle (Apsáalooke), is a Montana-based scholar, writer, performing artist, and community advocate whose work focuses on the deep history and cultural heritage of the Indigenous people of the Northern Great Plains. Doyle holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from Montana State University and completed a post-doctoral research appointment in genetics with the University of Copenhagen in 2016.  Doyle founded Yellowstone Native Nexus, a Native American nonprofit organization, in 2023 and he is currently a full-time cultural consultant who lives in Bozeman, MT.    Tribal Talks: Breaking Boundaries are designed to encourage dialogue and engagement between the Teton County community and tribal communities with insight into the historical and contemporary issues of tribal people. The three presentations are free to the public and begin at6 p.m.  Presentations are about 30 minutes and followed with questions and dialogue with the audience.Sponsored by Central Wyoming College and the Wyoming Humanities Council Supported by the Teton County Library, Wind River Community Alliance, Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, Berte Hirschfield