Out Our Way: Fighting brucellosis - Matthew 7:15

Out our way, we do look a "gift horse in the mouth," especially when it comes to disease. A few years ago, the bison in Yellowstone National Park had become too numerous for the amount of grazing and the federal government offered many of the herd to various Native reservations. For the plains tribes like the Assiniboine, Gros Ventre, Cheyenne, Chippewa Cree, Crow and other Montana tribes, the offer was much appreciated for the bison was and remains a crucial part of their history and culture. But even so, the offer was not immediately accepted.

You see, there is a disease that is common among...