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The American Buffalo

And it opens up thisidea of just how conflicted the symbol is

And it opens up this
idea of just how conflicted the symbol is

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And it opens up this idea of just how conflicted
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the symbol is.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:13
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 Along the Missouri River and its tributaries, - The American Buffalo 00:27
Along the Missouri River and its tributaries,
S01 • E02 A settler's cabin was surrounded by Indians - The American Buffalo 00:08
A settler's cabin was surrounded by Indians
S01 We look at it and we see a symbol of wilderness and - The American Buffalo 00:10
We look at it and we see a symbol of wilderness and
S01 • E02 A re-enactment of the Battle of the Little Bighorn-- - The American Buffalo 00:14
A re-enactment of the Battle of the Little Bighorn--
S01 You look at that old nickel, there's a buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:05
You look at that old nickel, there's a buffalo.
S01 At one time, they almost wiped them to extinction. - The American Buffalo 00:06
At one time, they almost wiped them to extinction.
S01 • E02 Each performance also included a stampede of buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:13
Each performance also included a stampede of buffalo
S01 Why did the European put that buffalo on that nickel? - The American Buffalo 00:05
Why did the European put that buffalo on that nickel?
S01 • E01 Preparing a buffalo robe for market took time and hard work, - The American Buffalo 00:16
Preparing a buffalo robe for market took time and hard work,
S01 Was it just a curiosity or was it something that kind of meant - The American Buffalo 00:08
Was it just a curiosity or was it something that kind of mea...
S01 So, in my confusion, and my need to understand is: - The American Buffalo 00:07
So, in my confusion, and my need to understand is:
S01 • E01 The semi-nomadic tribes were already killing more buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:15
The semi-nomadic tribes were already killing more buffalo
S01 Do you have to destroy the things you love? - The American Buffalo 00:07
Do you have to destroy the things you love?
S01 • E02 And he became the Great Plains' first roadside hustler. - The American Buffalo 00:10
And he became the Great Plains' first roadside hustler.
S01 NARRATOR: By 1933, the - The American Buffalo 00:16
NARRATOR: By 1933, the
S01 • E02 Narrator: A million people attended his shows - The American Buffalo 00:07
Narrator: A million people attended his shows
S01 • E01 Now they killed even more - The American Buffalo 00:08
Now they killed even more
S01 • E02 Another million paid to see him that winter - The American Buffalo 00:12
Another million paid to see him that winter
S01 • E01 When large steamboats replaced smaller keelboats and canoes, - The American Buffalo 00:11
When large steamboats replaced smaller keelboats and canoes,
S01 Half of them were grazing in now nine - The American Buffalo 00:07
Half of them were grazing in now nine