For the first time in 20 years, the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation is welcoming buffalo on their lands.
WINNIPEG, Man.—The Brokenhead Ojibway Nation welcomed a new herd of buffalo this year, acquired from Sakimay First Nation in Saskatchewan. This summer, they were pleased to see a brand new generation of buffalo born for the first time in more than two decades. This year, the herd of 22 birthed 11 healthy calves.
The reserve's lands, 75 kilometres north of Winnipeg along the Brokenhead River, fall within traditional buffalo territory. Brokenhead had a herd in the 1990s that was disbanded in the early 2000s.
The return of buffalo to the reservation was made possible by the Buffalo Treaty, an Ind...
