KarunaNews Story

Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma took his cello to a meadow on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana to play for a herd of bison. It’s part of his Our Common Nature project, which celebrates the connection between humans and the landscape. When Ma heard that the Blackfeet Tribe was reestablishing a free roaming bison herd, he wanted to see for himself. About two dozen bison were released into the wild last year, and more will be soon. They will roam over contiguous Blackfeet Lands, Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. Christina Mormorunni, of the Blackfeet nonprofit Indigenous Led, says this work doesn't stop in Montana. “We have so much to do because this relative belongs to all of Indian country.”