Fire as a tool promoted growth. The Eastern Shoshone people knew that if you burned an area, it would promote new growth and that would call in the buffalo. The need for indigenous fire management helps in buffalo restoration. Jason Baldes, Eastern Shoshone Buffalo Restoration Manager says: “With the great mystery circle teaching to put back what is lost or destroyed into the wheel of life will bring good.” Plant medicines from lightning and fire all play into the wheel of life where Jason Baldes works to restore buffalo and heal the land and the people through a connection to the land.
