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Montana Archive
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Idaho: Wolves and Wilderness Persist in the Bitterroot Mountains
Posted on February 15, 2012 | 1 CommentSince the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the people of the United States have worked to tame the Bitteroot Mountains of Idaho and Montana, but the rushing rivers and wandering wolves still retain the air of the wild. -
Mountain West: Forest Death Affects Climate Moderation
Posted on October 4, 2011 | 1 CommentPines of the Rockies are dying, wildfires racing across the Southwest deep into Texas, and Colorado's aspens have declined due to lack of water. Worldwide the problem stretches from Southern Africa, the Amazon, Siberia, Algeria, and Australia. Without forest, levels of carbon dioxide rises and the climate will continue to warm. -
Grizzly Bears and Humans: Habitat Protection Ensures Coexistence
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsRecently, the paths of grizzly bears and humans have uncomfortably collided. Despite protected lands such as national parks, the former's survival depends upon establishing roaming corridors across private land and highways. The Vital Ground Foundation is doing just that. -
Yellowstone and Glacier Through Native Eyes
Posted on August 4, 2011 | No CommentsFor more than 12,000 years, the intermountain West's native peoples have called the lands known as Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks "home." This program explores modern indigenous perspectives on these great wilderness areas and explores the cultural divide that separates modern times from the not-so-distant past. -
Yellowstone Druids: The Last Valley of the Wolves?
Posted on July 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsAfter centuries of fear and superstition, research has given the wolf a new image as a social creature with an indispensible role in ecosystems. Unfortunately, wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains have been removed from the endangered species list. The Druid Pack of Yellowstone National Park symbolizes the rise and fall of this much maligned predator. -
Life and Death: Lakota Spiritual Practice
Posted on July 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsLakota spiritual leaders speak about dealing with a world out of balance, life after death, and overcoming drugs, money and emptiness. Lakota history and the Seven Sacred Rites are discussed. -
Lakota Vision: White Buffalo Calf Woman and World Harmony
Posted on July 9, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe supernatural appearance of White Buffalo Calf Woman tells of her divine revelations to the Lakota people regarding the Seven Sacred Rites to bring about spiritual rebirth and world harmony. -
Bison Wild Recolonization Stopped With Slaughter – By George Wuerthner
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 1 CommentThe bison slaughter is proposed to appease the intractable and unreasonable demands of Montana's livestock industry to zero tolerance for native bison on Montana soil. All of this is justified in the name of controlling brucellosis, a disease that can cause domestic livestock to abort their first calf. -
White Buffalo Stands – Northern Cheyenne Invocation Prayer
Posted on November 5, 2010 | 4 CommentsBurton Fisher Jr., White Buffalo Stands, performs an invocation prayer song in the tradition of the Northern Cheyenne of Montana and Wyoming. -
Wolf Howls Yellowstone Back to Health – By Chip Ward
Posted on September 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsFifteen years have passed since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and the results are in. The controversial experiment has been a stellar success. Essay by Chip Ward. -
Montana and Idaho Plan Wolf Attacks – By Jack Eidt
Posted on September 2, 2010 | 7 CommentsMontana and Idaho wildlife officials are seeking to resume "conservation hunt" alternatives on the gray wolves despite the packs being relisted for protections under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). -
Tipis, Hot Dance and the Nighthawk Singers at the Crow Fair In Montana
Posted on August 22, 2010 | 1 CommentOn the plains of Montana, down the hill from the Little Bighorn National Monument, is the annual Crow Fair. Thousands of tipis are set up along the Little Bighorn River, said to be the largest gathering in the world. As well, an array of Native American singers and dancers appear over the four-day event in late August.
