Bison

The Sun Dance, most critical religious function of the Plains Indians of North America and, for itinerant people groups, an event when generally autonomous groups assembled to reaffirm their fundamental convictions about the universe and the otherworldly through customs of individual and group give up. It is a service rehearsed diversely by a few North American Indian Nations, yet a significant number of the functions have highlights in like manner, including moving, singing and drumming, the…

features in all of Yellowstone. Hayden Valley – This valley, centrally located in Yellowstone National Park, is the first place to go to see wildlife in Yellowstone. As you drive along this beautiful, broad valley you are likely to see herds of bison, scattered elk (and the occasional herd), and the occasional grizzly bear. You are also likely to see waterfowl, including ducks, Canadian geese and pelicans, swimming in or lounging near the Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park have…

biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type. “The prairie animals are the American toad, badger, black-footed ferret, bison, black-tailed jack rabbit, bumble bee, burrowing owl, California condor, carrion beetle, common snipe, coyotes, deer, dragonfly’s, eagles, eastern cottontail, elk, ferruginous hawk, fox snake, golden owl, gopher snake, grasshopper, and gray…

Through their unique grazing behavior, bison contribute to changes in plant and animal species composition, alterations of the physical and chemical environment, increased spatial and temporal heterogeneity in vegetation structure, soil resource availability and a variety of ecosystem processes (Knap et. Al. 1999). Many of these lands have become desert land and unable to grow grass prairie lands. Many species of plants and animals have been affected. Bison grazing increases animal diversity…

that Yellowstone was ready to blow but park rangers and scientists reassured everyone that it was improbable. Speculations of that magnitude came from a video someone posted on Youtube which was reposted by other youtubers. Park rangers said that the Bison were back into the park which is something they do everyday. If Yellowstone were to erupt the plants and animals around it would almost certainly not survive the blast much less the 2000 degree fahrenheit…

and livable for everything that lives in it. Plants support each other, the animals in the environment, and the habitat itself. 2. Bison were a huge source of food, and were big with helping cultivate the land for crops and farming. Had they gone fully extinct, I think there would have been a lot of people suffering and starving without the support and help that Bison gave to them. 3. A grasshopper is eaten by a wild mouse on the prairie, the mouse is eaten by a bald eagle. A bumble bee…

Each Welcome Week Leader did a phenomenal job at making myself and other incoming freshman excited about the activities offered and the beginning of our college adventures. For many years I have held Bison Pride and nothing in the past week gave me any reason to doubt my choice college. Along with never feeling disappointed, I was also pleasantly surprised. Throughout high school, we were told that college professors are out to fail their students and…

By the mid-1930’s the gray wolf (Canis lupis) had been extirpated from its natural habitat in Yellowstone National Park through hunting, trapping, and poisoning in attempt to control predator populations (Phillips 1997). Their extirpation allowed elk (Cervus elaphus) populations to reach high numbers because they were no longer mediated by a predator and could not be controlled by human hunting (Kauffman 2010). The park attempted to cull elk numbers after becoming concerned about their impact…

Department of War was responsible for enforcing federal law and was called to handle the situation with the tribes. The tribes refused to negotiate with the BIA or the people who broke the peace treaty. The Department of War encouraged the killing of the bison across the Great Plains to deprive the native people of their primary source of food, clothing, and shelter. The Plains Indians were being pushed further and further away because of the growing United States. The U.S. was selling the…

He shot at grass stalks, grasshoppers, bison turds, anything just to get use to the new bow. They had found a dead crow, and Luke collected the wing feathers for his arrows. Now living off the land was real, not just a hobby as it had been back home in the Ozarks. He now knew he would have to…