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With thanks to former Head Archivist Jennifer Rutkair, whose research and planning files were extensively consulted for this project.

Bringing Back the Buffalo pamphlet. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, Canadian National Parks Branch, ca. 1926. 04.2 B77 Pam, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

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The Last of the Buffalo souvenir booklet, 1908.  Luxton Foundation fonds, LUX / I / D4 / 10 / 9, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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Lothian, W.F.  History of Canada's National Parks: Volume IV. (Published by authority of
the Minister of the Environment,1987) 

http://parkscanadahistory.com/publications/history/lothian/eng/vol4/chap7.htm

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Ogilvie, Sheilagh. The Park Buffalo (Calgary - Banff: National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada, 1979). 04.2 Og4.

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Markewicz, Lauren. "Like Distant Thunder: Canada’s Bison Conservation Story." Parks Canada, https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/elkisland/nature/eep-sar/bison.

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This exhibit was made possible through the support of the Eleanor Luxton Historical Foundation and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

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