Bison Day Bandana

“Wear the glory and block the chill! This limited edition cotton bandana commemorating the Chicago Bison Obstinacy’s “Bison or Bust! The Second Stampede” National Bison Day ride is limited to 100 pieces. Every penny of your purchase will go towards funding one elder and one youth from the Potawotami tribe (for whom the ride’s destination Nachusa Grasslands is ancestral) to join the Buffalo Field Campaign’s field operations. The Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) protects Yellowstone bison roaming outside the park from Montana cattle ranchers, who kill the bison on sight. The BFC also facilitates the redistribution of bison from federal herds to those of tribal peoples. Attending this field immersion is critical for Indigenous People to witness the complexities of the Interagency Bison Management Plan's (IBMP) bison culling to arguably arbitrary wild Buffalo population targets. The components of the spring cull include; MT zero tolerance of wild bison, hazing and roundup of bison into capture facilities and shipment to slaughter & quarantine/translocation, MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks hunting permits and Indigenous treaty purpose harvest. BFC and our partners advocate for Tribal Co-stewardship of Yellowstone Buffalo. Through outreach & education to Indigenous Communities like the Potawatomi, the BFC builds a growing coalition for the promotion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the management of our last wild bison. The bandana depicts route waypoints including Metric Coffee, Fermilab, Nachusa Grasslands, and White Pines Forest State Park, as well as the Chicago Bison Obstinacy’s enthusiastic bison tifosi, who are also depiected on the commemorative CBO patch. {link to patch}