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Buffalo Commons

Scott Schlegel reports on a plan to reclaim the ecology of the wild West by turning the Great Plains into a commons where the buffalo roam. The plan has cattle ranchers, farmers and ecologists divided.

Carbon-Sink on the Range?

The World

Interpreting History

Bringing Back Buffalo

Buffalo for the Broken Heart

The World

Bufflalo Bill’s Wild West

Arts, Culture & Media

He was the most famous American in the world ? a showman and spin artist who parlayed a buffalo-hunting gig into an entertainment empire. William F. Cody’s stage show presented a new creation myth for America, bringing cowboys, Indians, settlers, and sharpshooters to audiences who had only read about the West in dime novels. He […]

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West

This was the spectacle that colonized our dreams. He was the most famous American in the world — a showman and spin artist who parlayed a buffalo-hunting gig into an entertainment empire. William F. Cody’s stage show presented a new creation myth for America, bringing cowboys, Indians, settlers, and sharpshooters to audiences who had only […]