Lorenzo Gudino is a Spring 2016 In These Times editorial intern. He is a member of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Nation and has ancestry in the Spirit Lake Sioux. He is a senior at Northwestern University’s Medill School.
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Rural America
Bison’s National Mammal Status Delivers Nothing More than a Title
Lorenzo Gudino