Restoring a Cultural Keystone Species

About this episode

Remington Bracher discusses the reintroduction of bison to Canada and its significance to his culture and career in wildlife conservation.

For Remington Bracher, working on the reintroduction of bison back to Canada is not only a win for his wildlife career, but also for his culture as a Nêhiyaw (Cree) member of Muskoday First Nation. In this episode of “Our Wild Lives,” Bracher, an Indigenous Liaison with Parks Canada and graduate student at the University of British Columbia, shares how growing up hunting and fishing led him into wildlife conservation. His current research combines policy analysis with quantitative popul...

People in this episode

Guest: Remington Bracher

Topics covered

• bison reintroduction
• Indigenous culture
• wildlife conservation
• policy analysis
• quantitative population studies

Keywords

• bison
• wildlife conservation
• Indigenous
• Nêhiyaw
• Muskoday First Nation
• Parks Canada
• policy analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Parks Canada, University of British Columbia

Places: Canada, Muskoday First Nation

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