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IntroductionA non-profit foundation for the preservation, protection, and return of their cultural heritage to Native peoples, especially children, and founded on the conviction that the loss of cultural identity – the theft of the sacred – is the most insidious and dangerous threat to the survival of Native American culture in our time. Led by N. Scott Momaday and a
distinguished Native American board, the Buffalo Trust develops and supports
programs in partnership with Native communities across the United States and the
national borders of the circumpolar north. The Trust, with tribal and community
partners, is involved in the recording and sharing of story, song, art, and
history; convocations of elders and traditional leaders across tribal and
national lines; repatriation and preservation initiatives; and, above all,
programs that provide young Native Americans with opportunities to experience
and lay claim to their inheritance, to define themselves in terms of their
collective and individual cultural identity. The Buffalo Trust is concerned to enable Native American children to know their cultural inheritance, instill confidence in that identity, and to claim their place in the world. It is the conviction of the Buffalo Trust that we have a crucial and moral obligation to work for the achievement of this purpose. It is a cause of the greatest importance and urgency. Let us acknowledge, embrace, and celebrate that cause.
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