In Manitoba, a growing bison herd offers lessons in cultural restoration and community – The Narwhal
March 6, 2026
As a group of once-endangered wood bison join a larger herd in Skownan First Nation, hope for the future of the culturally vital species grows
A large herd of bagwaji-bizhikiwag (wood bison) call Chitek Lake Anishinaabe Provincial Park in Manitoba home — and their community recently grew even larger.
On Feb. 18, the herd welcomed 10 new bulls and cows to their territory nestled between Lake Winnipegosis and Lake Winnipeg — more than 300 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
They’d traveled 12 hours in a massive cattle trailer across provinces, from Elk Island National Park in Alberta.
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