How herd and hide spurred return of buffalo to Onondaga Nation

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How herd and hide spurred return of buffalo to Onondaga Nation

Sid Hill eased his pickup truck through a yawning gate and into a snow-hampered pasture.Nearly 70 buffalo cast expectant, snow-tinged glances up at the approaching vehicle. They knew it was feeding time.Hill, the Tadadaho of the Onondaga Nation, had not come to feed the bison, but rather to watch the feeding. As the hungry bison circled Hill’s pickup, their feed began lumbering up the hill behind them. Mitch Laffin drove a tractor front-loaded w…