"On the open plains of the Fort Peck Reservation, Robert Magnan leaned out the window of his truck, set a rifle against the door frame and then "pop!" - a bison tumbled dead in its tracks. Magnan and a co-worker shot two more bison, also known as buffalo, and quickly field dressed the animals before carting them off for processing into ground beef and cuts of meat for distribution to members of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in northern Montana."
"As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., plodded toward resolving the record government shutdown that interrupted food aid for tens of millions of people, tribal leaders on rural reservations across the Great Plains were culling their cherished bison herds to help fill the gap. About one-third of Fort Peck's tribal members on the reservation depend on monthly benefit checks, Chairman Floyd Azure said."
On the Fort Peck Reservation tribal stewards shot and field-dressed bison, processing the meat into ground beef and cuts for distribution to tribal members. The tribal government authorized killing 30 bison, yielding about 12,000 pounds of meat; half had been shot by Tuesday. About one-third of Fort Peck tribal members depend on monthly benefit checks and received only partial SNAP payments in November after federal officials halted program funds during the shutdown. Fort Peck had previously bolstered its herd with animals from Yellowstone amid rancher objections over disease. Tribal leaders continue distributing buffalo meat while SNAP payments remain disrupted.
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