Bison in Canada Discover Ancient Petroglyphs

Bison herd with one of the newly discovered petroglyphs overlaid on the sky. Wanuskewin Heritage Park

The elders of the Wahpeton Dakota Nation had long prophesized that the return of the plains bison to their ancestral lands would portend a welcome turn of events for Canada’s First Nation peoples. They may not have known, however, that it would take just eight months for this prediction to come true.

Read more: Smithsonian Magazine