Bison Gallery

Sioux grave on the northern plains

Sioux grave with bison skulls, on the banks of the Yellowstone River, eastern Montana, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Great Falls on the Missouri River

Bison overlooking the Great Falls of the Missouri River, Montana, before settlement.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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