THANK YOU to all of our buffalo supporters! Special thanks to Cindy and Scott from Florence, NJ who donated four (4) 750lbs round bails

Our buffalo commemorate the robust culture they once lived. In order to continue in this remembrance we ask you to keep the tradition alive. The “Buffalo Alliance” is committed to keeping our buffalo healthy so they will be around for years to come. For those who are interested in supporting the cultural aspect of the buffalo and an opportunity to build a coalition with one of the premier Native American tribes in New Jersey, you can visit them right here at the Rankokus Reservation in New Jersey. To date, we are the only Indian Reserve with buffalo, on the east coast. The Buffalo Alliance needs your donations to aid the care of our buffalo. Today the American Bison holds as an Icon. The survival of the buffalo was an important part of Native American culture. Many tribes that relied on the buffalo for their daily living had all but perished due to the near annihilation of the buffalo and were forced to rely on the U. S. government for what they needed to survive.

We invite you to our Annual festival in October to view more of our culture as Indigenous people of North America and to experience traditions and ceremony as was taught to us by our ancestors. Also, take the tour of our museum, visit the buffalo, enjoy nature as there are numerous amounts of wildlife roaming the area.

The buffalo remind us of a time long ago, but not forgotten. Come and celebrate life with us, carry the new tradition, join the Buffalo Alliance today.

The buffalo, the original nomad of north America roamed from Canada to as far south as Mexico and from Oregon almost to the Atlantic Ocean, taking its subspecies into account. Its two subspecies are the Plains Bison distinguished by its smaller size and more rounded hump, and the Woodland Bison (Bison bison athabascae) also known as the Eastern Bison is distinguished by its larger size and taller square hump.

These days raising of buffalo has changed from a novelty enterprise to a profitable one for some of our western, native cousins. Buffalo may be marketed for their meat and by-products, for recreational hunting, and as breeding stock. The total buffalo (bison) population in North America is estimated at 90,000 and about 85 percent of these animals are owned by private entities. Their robust heritage that once was, is now a more meager managed affair. But there are still wild herds that roam national parks.

The slaughter of buffalo was seen as a closed chapter in the history books of America. With the Indians on reservations and the buffalo gone, the eastern states considered them to be extinct, end of story. Or is it? By the Twentieth Century they viewed the slaughter as a necessary but somewhat regrettable evil; something that had to be done in the name of progress for American civilization. The realization of the near extinction of the buffalo was a harsh reality.

The Buffalo may no longer roam the eastern seaboard due to human population, but they are not extinct. Most folks only know the buffalo as an imprint on a nickel or an image on the History Channel or maybe in the zoo. Native Americans have always celebrated our co-existence with nature and today is no different. Even though we no longer hunt the buffalo for food, clothing or various tools, we still hold a deep, abiding appreciation and respect which is often displayed in our crafts and our regalia.