Step onto the windswept prairie of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and meet Ron Brownotter—Lakota-Yanktonai rancher, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and President of the Tanka Fund Board of Directors. Ron manages North America’s largest Native-owned Buffalo herd—600 powerful animals roaming 20,000 acres of ancestral grassland—and he sees each hoofbeat as a step toward de-colonization and ecological healing.
In this episode we explore:
• Buffalo as Relatives, Not Livestock – why restoring Bison is inseparable from restoring Indigenous ceremony, language, and food sovereignty.
• From Boarding Schools to Boardrooms – Ron’s journey through adversity, military service, and hard-won land stewardship to leading the Tanka Fund’s national Buffalo-restoration movement.
• Economic Empowerment on Tribal Lands – building a sustainable Buffalo business that supports local jobs, USDA contracts, wild hunts, and a forthcoming Standing Rock packing plant.
Grab your favorite beverage, settle in, and discover how a once-nearly-lost species is powering cultural revival and community resilience on the Plains. Kwe’—let’s begin.
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