▁Me ase , ▁Sic ango ▁Lak ota , ▁and ▁Ros al ie ▁Little ▁Th under , ▁the ▁Buff alo ▁Field ▁Camp aign ▁hopes ▁to ▁get ▁b ison ▁migr ating ▁freely ▁in ▁Mont ana ▁and ▁beyond . ▁The ▁Buff alo ▁Field ▁Camp aign ▁challeng es ▁Mont ana ' s ▁D OL ▁officials , ▁who ▁sla ugh tered ▁ 1 6 3 1 ▁b ison ▁in ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 ▁in ▁a ▁search ▁for ▁food ▁away ▁from ▁Y ellow stone ▁National ▁Park . ▁Found er ▁Mike ▁Me ase ▁commented ▁in ▁regards ▁to ▁D OL ▁officials : ▁" It ' s ▁dis he arten ing ▁what ▁they ' re ▁doing ▁to ▁buff alo . ▁It ' s ▁marked ▁with ▁pre jud ice ▁that ▁exists ▁from ▁way ▁back . ▁I ▁think ▁the ▁whole ▁problem ▁with ▁white ▁society ▁is ▁there ' s ▁this ▁fear ▁of ▁anything ▁wild . ▁They ' re ▁so ▁sc ared ▁of ▁anything ▁they ▁can ' t ▁control , ▁whereas ▁the ▁First ▁Nations ▁take ▁pride ▁in ▁being ▁part ▁of ▁it ▁and ▁protect ing ▁the ▁wild ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁importance . ▁Our ▁culture ▁is ▁so ▁far ▁removed ▁from ▁that , ▁and ▁afraid ▁of ▁it ." ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁many ▁smaller ▁trib al ▁groups ▁aim ▁to ▁re int rodu ce ▁b ison ▁to ▁their ▁native ▁lands . ▁The ▁Pon ca ▁Tri be ▁of ▁Neb r aska , ▁which ▁was ▁restored ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁has ▁a ▁her d ▁of ▁roughly ▁ 1 0 0 ▁b