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The American Buffalo

Accounts of that herd'sorigins differ, but according totribal oral history, sometime in...

Accounts of that herd's
origins differ, but according to
tribal oral history, sometime in the 1870s,
a young man named Latatí traveled east
over the Rocky Mountains to the buffalo plains
and brought back 6 calves

Full Transcript

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Accounts of that herd's origins differ,
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but according to tribal oral history,
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sometime in the 1870s, a young man named Latatí
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traveled east over the Rocky Mountains
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to the buffalo plains and brought back 6 calves.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:14
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
S01 • E01 And then the conveyer belt was the railroads - The American Buffalo 00:12
And then the conveyer belt was the railroads
S01 • E01 It was a factory, and the-- and the buffalo hunters, - The American Buffalo 00:12
It was a factory, and the-- and the buffalo hunters,
S01 • E01 [Continuing gunshots] It had this metronomic, - The American Buffalo 00:08
[Continuing gunshots] It had this metronomic,
S01 • E01 Relentless, relentless, - The American Buffalo 00:07
Relentless, relentless,
S01 • E02 Charles Allard was part Indian - The American Buffalo 00:08
Charles Allard was part Indian
S01 • E01 Narrator: More than a million hides made their way - The American Buffalo 00:16
Narrator: More than a million hides made their way
S01 • E02 Michel Pablo was born on the Blackfeet Reservation - The American Buffalo 00:10
Michel Pablo was born on the Blackfeet Reservation
S01 • E02 Pablo: My great-great- grandfather, Michel Pablo, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Pablo: My great-great- grandfather, Michel Pablo,
S01 • E01 If they shot the buffalo more than once, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If they shot the buffalo more than once,
S01 • E01 If the skinners were not good at their work, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If the skinners were not good at their work,
S01 • E01 If the hides were staked out and there was a rainstorm, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If the hides were staked out and there was a rainstorm,
S01 • E02 So, he was half Blackfeet, half Spaniard, or Mexican. - The American Buffalo 00:06
So, he was half Blackfeet, half Spaniard, or Mexican.
S01 • E01 Insects came along and chewed on the hides. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Insects came along and chewed on the hides.
S01 • E02 I mean, he saw the buffalo when there were lots of them. - The American Buffalo 00:05
I mean, he saw the buffalo when there were lots of them.
S01 • E01 So, by one estimate, it-- - The American Buffalo 00:14
So, by one estimate, it--
S01 • E02 Narrator: The Pablo-Allard herd flourished - The American Buffalo 00:11
Narrator: The Pablo-Allard herd flourished
S01 • E01 ["The Shores of Ogygia" by Bobby Horton playing] - The American Buffalo 00:10
["The Shores of Ogygia" by Bobby Horton playing]
S01 • E02 With 50 calves born each year, their herd kept expanding. - The American Buffalo 00:07
With 50 calves born each year, their herd kept expanding.
S01 • E02 When Allard died in 1896, his family began - The American Buffalo 00:10
When Allard died in 1896, his family began
S01 • E01 [Calf crying] - The American Buffalo 00:07
[Calf crying]