{"id":10014,"date":"2020-05-29T06:38:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/new-blog-launches-buffalo-tales-trails\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T06:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:38:55","slug":"new-blog-launches-buffalo-tales-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/new-blog-launches-buffalo-tales-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blog launches \u2018Buffalo Tales & Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HETTINGER, ND \u2013 \u201cBuffalo Tales & Trails,\u201d a new Blog and website focusing on America\u2019s new national mammal, the bison, or buffalo, will launch May 5. Subscriptions are available free at www.buffalotalesandtrails.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The blog is written by Francie M. Berg, author of 3 books on buffalo. Her latest book \u201cBuffalo Heartbeats Across the Plains\u201d published in 2018 by the Dakota Buttes Visitors Council in Hettinger, ND, won three national awards.
\nWhat is a blog? Google defines a blog as a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, written in an informal or conversational style. Wikipedia explains further, \u201cA blog is a discussion or informational website. . . Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order, so the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to make sure of receiving every online issue, interested persons will need to request a free subscription, which they may cancel at any time.<\/p>\n

A new issue of Buffalo Tales & Trails will deliver every Tuesday, with a fresh Blog and \u201cStory of the Week,\u201d as well as news items. The first Blog post will be an introduction and welcome. The second issue focuses on the perplexing question: Buffalo vs Bison\u2014what shall we call them?<\/p>\n

The first story of the week, Noble Fathers rescue Newborn Calf, highlights the way bulls protect buffalo cows and calves against wolf threats. The second, Buffalo Hunting Accident tells the personal story of Bears Arm, a second chief of the Hidatsa, who risked his life in a hunt striving for the largest bull hide.<\/p>\n

The buffalo blog is made to order for teachers of American History and their students, especially Native American youth, and is also aimed at \u201ceveryone with a soft spot in their heart for buffalo,\u201d from parents and grandparents to such experts as Native American tribal buffalo managers to Park rangers and buffalo ranchers.<\/p>\n

The author, Francie M. Berg is a teacher, historian and author of 17 books, with strong homestead and ranching roots in the Old West. Born at home in the Missouri River Breaks, she grew up on a Montana ranch and lives in Hettinger ND, within a few miles of her grandparents\u2019 South Dakota homestead and the center of a fascinating buffalo heritage of which she writes.<\/p>\n

Berg has worked as a county extension agent, and taught high school, college and adult education. A licensed nutritionist and graduate of Montana State University in Bozeman, she has a master\u2019s degree in Family Social Studies and Anthropology from the U. of Minnesota. For over 35 years she has been researching buffalo, read widely on the subject, visited many public, commercial and tribal herds, talked and visited with bison ranchers, climbed US and Canadian buffalo jumps in the Rocky Mountains and wrote three books about the buffalo.<\/p>\n

The blog is interactive and readers are encouraged to share comments, questions and their own buffalo stories. For more information visit the website or contact the author at fmberg@ndsupernet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nFrancie Berg<\/p>\n

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HETTINGER, ND \u2013 \u201cBuffalo Tales & Trails,\u201d a new Blog and website focusing on America\u2019s new national mammal, the bison, or buffalo, will launch May 5. Subscriptions are available free at www.buffalotalesandtrails.com. The blog is written by Francie M. Berg, author of 3 books on buffalo. Her latest book \u201cBuffalo <\/p>\n

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