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The American Buffalo

And from a conservationperspective, you know, that's a very importanteffort to get animals...

And from a conservation
perspective, you know, that's a very important
effort to get animals restored from their ecological keystone
role on the landscape, but also ensure that you know,
we're thinking about the-the important genetics of
places like Yellowstone

Full Transcript

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And from a conservation perspective, you know,
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that's a very important effort to get animals restored
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from their ecological keystone role on the landscape,
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but also ensure that you know, we're thinking about the-the
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important genetics of places like Yellowstone.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:11
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
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 They became sort of the symbols - The American Buffalo 00:08
They became sort of the symbols
S01 • E02 It's saying they'll be allowed to exist - The American Buffalo 00:12
It's saying they'll be allowed to exist
S01 • E01 Man: "It is a melancholy contemplation - The American Buffalo 00:37
Man: "It is a melancholy contemplation
S01 • E02 Even today, people say, "Well, it was inevitable, - The American Buffalo 00:08
Even today, people say, "Well, it was inevitable,
S01 The, were the-the remnants of those once vast herds - The American Buffalo 00:27
The, were the-the remnants of those once vast herds
S01 • E02 It provided for each Indian family to be given - The American Buffalo 00:14
It provided for each Indian family to be given
S01 • E01 Narrator: The artist George Catlin spent six years - The American Buffalo 00:11
Narrator: The artist George Catlin spent six years
S01 And that relationship that we as people have - The American Buffalo 00:20
And that relationship that we as people have
S01 • E02 But then, all the remaining tribal land - The American Buffalo 00:11
But then, all the remaining tribal land
S01 • E01 He thrilled at joining the Lakotas in a bison hunt, - The American Buffalo 00:13
He thrilled at joining the Lakotas in a bison hunt,
S01 • E02 Tribal ownership-- and the tribes themselves-- - The American Buffalo 00:08
Tribal ownership-- and the tribes themselves--
S01 • E02 Before the Allotment Act, some 150 million acres - The American Buffalo 00:09
Before the Allotment Act, some 150 million acres
S01 And in that, we have to restore land that's land acquisition. - The American Buffalo 00:07
And in that, we have to restore land that's land acquis...
S01 • E01 Then he had a vision. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Then he had a vision.
S01 • E01 Man as George Catlin: And what a splendid contemplation, too, - The American Buffalo 00:28
Man as George Catlin: And what a splendid contemplation, too...
S01 • E02 Within 20 years, 2/3 of their land had been taken. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Within 20 years, 2/3 of their land had been taken.
S01 Many of our lands on our on our reservation have been - The American Buffalo 00:16
Many of our lands on our on our reservation have been
S01 • E02 Woman: The Allotment Act was one of the most - The American Buffalo 00:09
Woman: The Allotment Act was one of the most
S01 • E02 They didn't understand private land ownership. - The American Buffalo 00:05
They didn't understand private land ownership.
S01 • E02 You didn't own land. The land you were a part of; - The American Buffalo 00:10
You didn't own land. The land you were a part of;