By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.
Tribes that restored buffalo are killing some to feed people because of the shutdown
US MT SHUTDOWN TRIBAL FOOD AID 20251112cr_1920x1080.jpg
As the federal government shut down, leaders in the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana decided to kill 30 of their cherished bison to supplement lapses in food benefits. The 30 bison equal about 12,000 pounds of meat. - photo by AP Video by Matthew Brown
WOLF POINT, Mont. (AP) — On the open plains of the Fort Peck Reservation, Robert Magnan leaned out the window of his truck, set a rifle against the door frame and then “pop!" — a bison tumbled dead in its tracks.