Funded: Provide Winter Hay for the Charging Buffalo Herd
This initiative has been successfully funded. We've secured feed for the Buffalo up to January 2027.
Thank you to all the donors who contributed to the efforts.
The Buffalo is the cornerstone of Lakota culture. Bamm's Charging Buffalo House has been fighting to bring back the Buffalo to the Lakota. He's been growing a herd on the Pine Ridge Reservation, supplying our pantries with healthy, culturally essential, protein. However, extreme, ongoing droughts have decimated the natural grazing grasses. The situation has become so severe that Bamm Brewer has been forced to reduce the herd size by nearly half over the past year. As the harsh South Dakota winter approaches, the remaining herd cannot survive on the drought-depleted pastures alone.
We cannot control the rain, but we can protect the remaining herd. Your support will directly purchase commercial round bales of hay and winter feed for the Charging Buffalo herd. This immediate intervention ensures the buffalo stay healthy through the snow season, stabilizing the herd's numbers and protecting the community's primary source of independent, sustainable food for the coming year.
How you can help the herd:
Small Square Bales: About $15.00 per bale (approx. 50–70 lbs).
Large Round Bales: About $130.00 per bale (approx. 1,000–1,500 lbs).
Per-Ton Estimates: The South Dakota average sitting right around $180.00 per ton.
Delivery fees are high and hard to estimate, Pine Ridge is isolated and far from usual trucking routes.
