Brooke Bierhaus

Documentary Filmmaker, Photographer, Visual Storyteller
     Native Land Regeneration  by Brooke Bierhaus 
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Biography: Brooke Bierhaus is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and visual storyteller. Creator of the feature length documentary, The Connected Cup, Brooke specializes in narrative driven storytelling with an immersive approach. Documenting local... MORE
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Native Land Regeneration
brooke bierhaus
Apr 8, 2021
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“It depends on who you’re talking to....Tribal members will refer to them as Buffalo since we have a Buffalo clan in Quapaw. The scientific name is Bison.”
We’re in Northeastern Oklahoma, right at the tri-state intersection with Missouri and Kansas. There is a five meter high fence surrounding the 200 acres of grassland where the massive herd of bison roam. Mitch Albright, Director of Agriculture for the Quapaw Nation, looked thoughtfully at the two 400 kg bison staring at us through the fence . “Although our ancestors wouldn’t have called them either of those names. The Quapaw word for buffalo is ‘te’.”
Grazing the ancient soil
Returning bison to the Quapaw Land | By Brooke Bierhaus
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