Buffalo - ORIGINAL AMERICANS - Poster

Buffalo "ORIGINAL AMERICANS"  Museum quality print on archival, acid-free matte paper. Two sizes: 24X36, 12X18 ABOUT ORIGINAL AMERICANS pays homage to one of the greatest tragedies in the history of human wildlife interaction. It is well known that there were once some 70 million Bison roaming the plains of America.  By their very nature as the largest grazers on the land, they were the keystone animal that provided for a fertile landscape with rich productive soil. It is also well known, that as European settlers expanded west, they brought the bison to the verge of extinction through the introduction of cattle and their diseases, but more egregiously the wanton and indiscriminate killing of animal after animal.  It is a black mark in American history. Today there are only a a few herds remaining, most notably in Yellowstone National Park, but there is a greater movement to restore the American Bison to some of its former range in the great plains.  That, of course is being met by v