A pair of bison are harvested from the Blackfeet Bison Program herd on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2024. The harvested meat and organs feeds members of the Blackfeet Nation. Hunter D'Antuono | Flathead Beacon
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Blackfeet Bison Program caretaker Joe LaPlant selects a bison for harvest on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blackfeet elder Rusty Tatsey prepares for the pre-bison harvest ceremony at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Smudging herbs burn in a shell in preparation for a pre-bison harvest ceremony at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The Blackfeet Bison Program herd grazes on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The Blackfeet Bison Program herd grazes on the snowy prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blackfeet Bison Program caretaker Adrian Costel approaches the herd in his truck on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blackfeet Bison Program caretaker Adrian Costel approaches the herd in his truck on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blackfeet Bison Program caretaker Adrian Costel takes aim at a bison on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A bison falls to the snow after being shot during a harvest from the Blackfeet Bison Program herd on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A deceased bison after harvest from the Blackfeet Bison Program herd on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Bison herd caretakers Joe LaPlant and Adrian Costel check to see if a bison has expired after being shot as part of a harvest from the Blackfeet Bison Program herd on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Bison herd caretakers Joe LaPlant and Adrian Costel remove the head from a harvested bison from the Blackfeet Bison Program herd on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A bison’s head is severed after harvest from the Blackfeet Bison Program’s herd on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The head of a harvested bison rests in the hay as other bison look on during a Blackfeet Bison Program harvest on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Bison caretakers Joe LaPlant and Adrian Costel heave a harvested bison from the Blackfeet Bison Program herd onto a truck at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Bison Blackfeet Program herd caretaker Adrian Costel loads a harvested bison onto a truck at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The head of a harvested bison from Blackfeet Bison Program herd on the prairie east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Termaine Edmo cuts the tongue out of a bison head east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Eli Neill cuts apart organs from a harvested Blackfeet bison at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A harvested bison from the Blackfeet Bison Program herd is unloaded from a truck east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Heat escapes the chest cavity of a harvested Blackfeet bison at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Eli Neill holds the heart of a bison during a Blackfeet Bison Program harvest at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Termaine Edmo removes partially digested hay from the stomach of a harvested bison at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Termaine Edmo pierces the stomach of a harvested bison during a Blackfeet Bison Program harvest at AMS ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Ryder Still Smoking and Vonn Connelly examine the severed head of a bison during a Blackfeet Bison Program harvest east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Termaine Edmo squeezes the contents out of the intestines of a harvested bison at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Termaine Edmo holds her “iniskim,” or buffalo stone, at a bison harvesting site at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A half moon hangs over members of Blackfeet bison herd peering from on a ridge overlooking the butchering area during a Blackfeet Bison Program harvest at AMS Ranch east of Browning on Feb. 6, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
