agriculture,”Mechanization has reduced the number of jobs in agriculture andencouraged the consolidation of ownership. Increasingly,corporations own the farms of the Great Plains.• These days the only Great Plains rural counties with increasingpopulations are those with significant numbers of Native Americans.• Native Americans lead a revival of sustainability: Mike Faith, a Siouxtrained in animal science, manages a large bison herd at StandingRock Reservation, not far from where Sitting Bull was killed in 1890.Bison meat, which is low in cholesterol, may help control obesity

agriculture,”Mechanization has reduced the number of jobs in agriculture andencouraged the consolidation of ownership. Increasingly,corporations own the farms of the Great Plains.• These days the only Great Plains rural counties with increasingpopulations are those with significant numbers of Native Americans.• Native Americans lead a revival of sustainability: Mike Faith, a Siouxtrained in animal science, manages a large bison herd at StandingRock Reservation, not far from where Sitting Bull was killed in 1890.Bison meat, which is low in cholesterol, may help control obesity

arecognized problem among Native Americans.”