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MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2001

"For as far as the eye could see, herds and herds of huge beasts moved almost as one across the prairie, like reddish brown insects on a giant anthill. That is how some of the early explorers and settlers described the magnificent buffalo on the Plains and in North Dakota.

Fast forward 10 or 20 years, to a black and white photo of a man standing atop a pile of sun-bleached bones -- piled higher than the boxcar in the background of the photo. In the midst of that pile is a skull -- with horns out stretched like arms -- looking at the world from deep, dark orbs -- a spirit from the another world. . ."

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COLUMNIST DORREEN YELLOW BIRD: Spirit of the buffalo grows strong once again (The Grand Forks Herald 12/15)