About Wolakota
The 28,000 acre Wolak̇ota Buffalo Range, home to over 1,000 buffalo, is the largest Native-owned bison herd in the world. Wolak̇ota supports the regeneration of the land, people, and economy of the Siċaŋġu Lak̇ota Oyate.
Wolak̇ota centers a Lak̇ota worldview while addressing two of humanity’s great existential crises: climate change and social inequity.
As the largest native species in the grassland prairie, the bison plays a healing and restorative role in a healthy ecosystem. And as an animal recognized by the Sicangu Lakota as a relative, the buffalo plays a healing and restorative role in the Native cultural economy. When the buffalo is healthy, the Sicangu Oyate is healthy.
The Wolak̇ota Regenerative Buffalo Range will provide meaningful cultural and educational opportunities, initiate ecological regeneration, combat climate change, strengthen food sovereignty, and create economic opportunity.
Be a part of this healing story
We invite you to join World Wildlife Fund, the US Department of the Interior, and the many corporate and individual donors and investors who helped bring the Wolak̇ota vision to life.
