Fast Creek Fluorite Buffalo CarvingThe American bison roamed the Great Plains in numbers that once seemed infinite an estimated 30 to 60 million animals whose presence shaped the land, the seasons, and the lives of the Indigenous peoples who depended on them. To the plains nations, the buffalo was not simply prey; it was a sacred relative, a provider of life in every form. Carving the buffalo in stone is an act of remembrance honoring an animal whose near extinction and slow return