In coordination with Pyramid Communications of Seattle, Honor the Earth organized a sign-on letter to Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbit about Yellowstone buffalo. The letter supported Native peoples' requests for an end to the killings and for meaningful participation in decision making around the future of the herd. More than 45 national, regional and local organizations added their names to this letter (see signers, below).

Despite this show of support, federal agencies have again closed the door on Native peoples. Babbit's office will not discuss the Yellowstone issue with tribes, the National Park Service will hold no further consultation meetings and the final Environmental Impact Statement, now at the editors, will include capture and slaughter in all of the management alternatives proposed. Please express your outrage at this injustice! Send an e-mail letter to Babbit by sending a postcard , or write: Secretary Babbit, Department of Interior, Washington, DC.

Groups endorsing an end to the Yellowstone buffalo slaughter and supporting increased Native participation in decision-making around the future of the herd.

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
Alliance for the Wild Rockies
American Civil Liberties Union
American Friends Service Committee
American Indian Friends Coalition
Americans for Indian Opportunity
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Buffalo Field Campaign
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for Environmental Citizenship
Center for Women Policy Studies
Church Women United
Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers
Cultural Survival, Inc.
Dream Catcher Films
Earth Island Institute International Marine Mammal Project
EarthKeepers
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Friends of the Earth
Frontiers International
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Indian Lands Working Group
Indigenous Environmental Network
Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism
Indigenous Women's Network
International Indian Treaty Council
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Marion County Humane Society
National Congress of American Indians
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.
Native American Community Council
Native American Public Telecommunications
Native American Rights Fund
Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
Natural Resources Defense Council
North American Farm Alliance
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Rural Advancement Fund
Rural Coalition
Sierra Club
Sierra Student Coalition
Sublette Riders Association
The Ecology Center, Inc
United Church of Christ-Office for Church in Society
United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society
Utah Environmental Congress
Working Circle Indians Today