News & Stories
Updates, reflections, and media highlighting our journey of cultural revitalization, Land rematriation, and Buffalo restoration.
Native Nonprofit Day: 3 Campaigns You Can Back Today
In honor of Native Nonprofit Day, the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project (TTBP) invites you to support three pivotal campaigns advancing Indigenous sovereignty and ecological restoration in Texas. Your involvement can help:
Buffalo Rematriation: Purchase Native-raised bison meat using EBT SNAP benefits, supporting sustainable food systems and cultural reconnection.
Iyane’e House Fund: Contribute to the creation of a cultural hub for buffalo care education, Indigenous foodways, and regenerative agriculture by funding critical structural repairs.
Land Back in Texas: Aid in the reclamation of 150 acres of ancestral land in Floresville, Texas, facilitating buffalo stewardship, land-based education, and community healing.
Your support fosters a regenerative, land-based economy and strengthens Indigenous-led initiatives for a sustainable future.
The Heart of the Herd: Indigenous Women Leading the Way
In “The Heart of the Herd,” Julysa Sosa captures the profound journey of Indigenous women leading the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project. This initiative not only reintroduces buffalo to ancestral lands but also revitalizes cultural practices, strengthens community bonds, and promotes ecological balance. Through evocative storytelling and imagery, Sosa highlights the resilience and leadership of these women in fostering a harmonious relationship between people, animals, and the environment.
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Podcast Interviews
With Lucille Contreras, Executive Director, Texas Tribal Buffalo Project
Down to Earth Podcast “Lipan Apache: Bringing Back the Buffalo in Texas”
KGNU Hemispheres interview with Winona LaDuke and Lucille Contreras
Hidden F&B Podcast with Lucille Contreras
BBC Sounds “Restoring the Buffalo to the Buffalo Nation”
Native American Calling Podcast “Tribal Bison Restoration”
Healing Generations Podcast “Yelders: Lucille R. Contreras - The Power of the Buffalo”
Making History
As an Indigenous woman-led movement, Texas Tribal Buffalo Project is reintroducing rematriation and kinship between Texas Indigenous communities and connection to our buffalo relatives.
Lucille Contreras CEO and Founder of Texas Tribal Bison Project Speaks at The 54th Comparative Literature Symposium “Perspectives on Water on the Llano Estacado”
See To Act, has been dedicated to providing to the world, access to a repository of filmed stories to help indigenous people reconnect with their own culture, traditions and families.
Lucille and her son Joséhuauhtli, from the Lipan Apache tribe in central Texas lend their voices by sharing their own personal experiences with the world.
The Texas Tribal Buffalo Project in Waelder sits on 77 acres with 15 head of bison. After nearly three centuries, the buffalo are roaming once again.
Meet Lucille Contreras, an Apache woman reintroducing bison to Texas as a way to revive traditional Native culture.
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A panel regarding the importance of restoring Indigenous agriculture, as well as work done by Indigenous leaders in the space. Featuring Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson, Helga Garcia, and Lucille Contreras.
For this lecture, Lucille Contreras, enrolled member of the Lipan Apache, will talk about the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project (TTBP). TTBP is working to honor their ancestors and inspire a reclamation of Lipan Apache language, traditional food, and other cultural practices through restoration of their relatives, the buffalo, on their homelands in south central Texas.
Texas Tribal Buffalo Project
Reconnecting with Iyanee’ camp 2022
Rising together in strength for the future generations
The Return of Buffalo in Texas Healing Texas Indigenous Communities