Meeteetse Stories

Season 2 Episode 6: Roundtable Discussion

Meeteetse Museums

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Mentioned in this Episode

Directory to bison bone terms, courtesy of GRSLE Archaeology

Ken Burns Documentary: https://kenburns.com/films/the-american-buffalo/

Special Guests

Dr. Kenneth Cannon

Website: https://cannonheritage.com/

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth_Cannon

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Jeff Martin

Website: https://bisonjeff.weebly.com/

Center of Excellence for Bison Studies: https://www.sdstate.edu/directory/jeff-martin

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeff_Martin5

Email: [email protected]

Jason Baldes

Articles written for the National Wildlife Federation: https://blog.nwf.org/authors/jason-baldes/

Articles for more information:

 https://wyomingwildlife.org/baldes-bison-what-the-return-of-buffalo-means-to-native-peoples/

https://woc.aises.org/content/jason-baldes-eastern-shoshone-wind-river-native-advocacy-center-executive-director

https://www.montana.edu/news/mountainsandminds/19345/the-descendants

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Lawrence Todd

Website: http://grslearchaeology.org/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lawrence_Todd

Dr. Chris Widga

Website: https://www.etmnh.org/about/directory/chris-widga

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Widga

Email: [email protected]

Season 2 Episode 5: Bison of the Bighorn Basin

Meeteetse Museums

Note: Strontium analysis is another stable isotope system which looks at the geographic distribution of 87Sr/86Sr ratios in surface sediments to reconstruct mobility across a Sr "isoscape". Stable isotope analysis refers to oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, but for ease of speech in this episode we've grouped them all together under "stable isotope analysis".


Wyoming's Archaeology Awareness Month website

Meeteetse Museums' Bison of the Bighorn Basin Project Update (February 2021)
Skinner and Kaisen measurements used in the study can be found here starting on page 144

Donate to the Meeteetse Museums Bison of the Bighorn Basin Project: https://meeteetsemuseums.org/donate-to-meeteetse-museums/

Archaeology and Wildlife Management:

"The Use of Natural History Collections to Inform Baseline Ecological Conditions: Case Studies from Paleontology, Archaeology, and Historical Zoology" by Chris Widga et al

Gilbert Peak Bison:

Stable Isotope Analysis:

“Middle Holocene Bison Diet and Mobility in the Eastern Great Plains (USA) Based on ?13C, ?18O, and 87Sr/86Sr analyses of tooth enamel carbonate” by Chris Widga, J. Douglas Walker, and Lisa Stockli can be found here

For more information on bison locally: 

Dr. Ken Cannon's 2020 presentation on Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Special Guests

Dr. Kenneth Cannon

Website: https://cannonheritage.com/

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth_Cannon

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Jeff Martin

Website: https://bisonjeff.weebly.com/

Center of Excellence for Bison Studies: https://www.sdstate.edu/directory/jeff-martin

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeff_Martin5

Email: [email protected]

Jason Baldes

Articles written for the National Wildlife Federation: https://blog.nwf.org/authors/jason-baldes/

Articles for more information:

 https://wyomingwildlife.org/baldes-bison-what-the-return-of-buffalo-means-to-native-peoples/

https://woc.aises.org/content/jason-baldes-eastern-shoshone-wind-river-native-advocacy-center-executive-director

https://www.montana.edu/news/mountainsandminds/19345/the-descendants

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Lawrence Todd

Website: http://grslearchaeology.org/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lawrence_Todd

Dr. Chris Widga

Website: https://www.etmnh.org/about/directory/chris-widga

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris_Widga

Email: [email protected]

Season 2 Episode 4: Return of the Bison

Meeteetse Museums

Restoration of bison to tribal lands:

“Restoring Bison to Tribal Lands” The National Wildlife Federation article can be found here

“Boy-zshan Bi-den (Buffalo Return)” short film on YouTube

Cattle Genetics:

American Beefalo Association Website

Beefalo writeup by Oklahoma State University

Ecological Integrity:

Video on ecological integrity and public lands, mostly as pertaining to waterways

"Measuring Ecological Integrity: History, Practical Applications, and Research Opportunities" by Zachary Wurtzebach and Courtney Schultz

Bison as a Keystone Species:

Bison as a Keystone Species webpage by the Ohio Wesleyan University

American Prairie blog entry on "Moving Bison" and their role in the ecosystem

"The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie" by Knapp et al

"Bringing Back the Bison" by Alix Morris, National Geographic

"Managing Bison to Restore Biodiversity" by Joe C. Truett et al 

Paradigm Shift

Legislation

“The Buffalo: A Treaty of Cooperation, Renewal and Restoration” read at the beginning of the episode by Hunter Old Elk found here

U.S. Congress, House. Indian Buffalo Management Act. HR 5153, can be found here.

Pleistocene Park:

https://pleistocenepark.ru/

“Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History’s Most Iconic Extinct Creatures” by Ben Mezrich, available at the Park County Library System