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since the 1990s, many plains tribes have had successful intertribal cooperatives in the areas of buffalo restoration and indian agriculture. the intertribal buffalo council, with fifty - eight member tribes in nineteen states, in 1992 launched a plan to bring the sacred bison back to reservation land for cultural, subsistence, and spiritual purposes. that effort became one of the country’s most successful natural resource restoration projects.
“this is all about the tribes,” says dianne amiotte - seidel, the council’s project director and marketing coordinator. “we are bringing all the tribes together as one, because they have the same belief in one thing, and that’s the buffalo.”
the council manages a collective herd of more than 15,000 buffalo. its goal is to engage in education and training programs on herd management and marketing. it works with the national park service to relocate surplus bison to tribal land, and provides buffalo meat to reservation people.
from mark anthony rolo, “new economies for native nations.” ©2016 by the progressive inc.
question
the passage can best be described as
a journalistic account of an organization’s purpose, mission, and work
an academic report summarizing successful marketing strategies
a policy proposal for increasing the buffalo population in the plains region
a historical analysis of an organization’s environmental practices

Explanation:

The passage presents factual information about the InterTribal Buffalo Council, including its purpose (bringing bison back for cultural, subsistence, and spiritual purposes), mission (education, training, working with the National Park Service), and work (managing a buffalo herd, providing meat). It reads like a journalistic account as it reports on the organization without delving into academic - level marketing strategy summaries (no in - depth analysis of marketing techniques), it is not a policy proposal (no call for new policies or steps to be taken in a formal policy - making sense), and it is not a historical analysis (no in - depth look at past environmental practices over time with a historical lens).

Answer:

a journalistic account of an organization’s purpose, mission, and work