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  • Book examines tallgrass prairies' ecological history, effects on Indigenous cultures

    Dec 14, 2022 11:45 am by Jodi HeckelInsights
    Bison at Midwein National Tallgrass Prairie, Will County, Illinois. Photo by Richard Short, USDA Forest Service

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    • Bison at Midwein National Tallgrass Prairie, Will County, Illinois. Photo by Richard Short, USDA Forest Service

    History professor Robert Morrissey writes about how the ecology of the tallgrass prairie shaped the culture and created unique opportunities for the Indigenous people who lived there.