Tanka Impact
Tanka Impact
Podcast Description
Welcome to Tanka Impact, the official podcast of Tanka Fund, where we explore the powerful connection between Buffalo restoration, Native food sovereignty, and sustainable agriculture. Join us as we dive into stories from the heart of Indian Country, interviewing Native leaders, agricultural experts, and community members working to heal the land and restore the buffalo. Each episode offers fresh insights on cultural heritage, environmental stewardship, and economic empowerment for Native communities. Tune in to discover how the Buffalo is not just an icon of the past, but a vital part of our future. Perfect for listeners interested in Indigenous culture, environmental advocacy, and food systems, Tanka Impact brings you inspiring conversations that foster real change.
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The podcast focuses on themes such as buffalo restoration, Native food sovereignty, sustainable agriculture, and community empowerment, with episodes exploring individual stories from Native leaders, the ecological impact of buffalo on land restoration, and collaborative projects, like the coordination between Tanka Fund and the Minnesota Zoo for buffalo reintroduction.
Welcome to Tanka Impact, the official podcast of Tanka Fund, where we explore the powerful connection between Buffalo restoration, Native food sovereignty, and sustainable agriculture. Join us as we dive into stories from the heart of Indian Country, interviewing Native leaders, agricultural experts, and community members working to heal the land and restore the buffalo. Each episode offers fresh insights on cultural heritage, environmental stewardship, and economic empowerment for Native communities. Tune in to discover how the Buffalo is not just an icon of the past, but a vital part of our future.
Perfect for listeners interested in Indigenous culture, environmental advocacy, and food systems, Tanka Impact brings you inspiring conversations that foster real change.
Step onto the windswept prairie of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and meet Ron Brownotter—Lakota-Yanktonai rancher, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and President of the Tanka Fund Board of Directors. Ron manages North America’s largest Native-owned Buffalo herd—600 powerful animals roaming 20,000 acres of ancestral grassland—and he sees each hoofbeat as a step toward de-colonization and ecological healing.
In this episode we explore:
• Buffalo as Relatives, Not Livestock – why restoring Bison is inseparable from restoring Indigenous ceremony, language, and food sovereignty.
• From Boarding Schools to Boardrooms – Ron’s journey through adversity, military service, and hard-won land stewardship to leading the Tanka Fund’s national Buffalo-restoration movement.
• Economic Empowerment on Tribal Lands – building a sustainable Buffalo business that supports local jobs, USDA contracts, wild hunts, and a forthcoming Standing Rock packing plant.
Grab your favorite beverage, settle in, and discover how a once-nearly-lost species is powering cultural revival and community resilience on the Plains. Kwe’—let’s begin.
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