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American Bison-Tennial

"Ten Years as America's Official Mammal"

May 9, 2026
Tenth Anniversary
National Bison Legacy Act

July 2026
National Bison Month

November 7, 2026
National Bison Day

Bison Allies and Resources

Bison Stories: The National Park Service newsletter "Bison Bellows"

NPS Bison Photos
Several dozen high quality bison photographs.

Bison Books
Many to choose from, some highlights

National Bison Legacy Act Official Text
"Establishment and Adoption of the North American Bison as the National Mammal"
Read all twenty three reasons Congress gave for enshrining the bison as our national mammal.

National Bison Association

All Nations Gathering Center
Official 2026 Host for May 9th "Bison-Tennial"
Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Heroes Named in the 2016
National Bison Legacy Act

InterTribal Buffalo Council
Indispensable stewards of our national mammal and all that represents: legacy, history, regeneration and rebirth.

American Bison Society
Founded in 1905 by icons of the American conservation movement. Chief focus of efforts to save the near-extinct American Bison. Succeeded by the World Conservation Society

William Temple Hornady and the Smithsonian Institution
Center for Hornaday's 1889 ground-breaking book, "The Extermination of the American Bison", famous taxidermy display of buffalo family and later hosting live buffalo in subsequent years.

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