Where millions once roamed and then nearly vanished, the American bison has returned to Yellowstone in numbers that would have seemed impossible a century ago — and now, in a quiet expansion of that miracle, more than 600 animals have been transferred to tribal nations across thirteen states, restoring not just a species but a relationship between people and land that was nearly severed forever. The conservation challenge has shifted from rescue to stewardship, from saving a remnant to deciding what a recovered wild population means for the broader landscape and the sovereign communities who h