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The American Buffalo

"As I now thinkupon those days," a Cheyenne named Wooden Legremembered, "it seems thatno...

"As I now think
upon those days," a Cheyenne named Wooden Leg
remembered, "it seems that
no people in the world ever were any richer
than we were." But the Cheyenne prophet
Sweet Medicine had also given his people
a warning

Full Transcript

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"As I now think upon those days,"
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a Cheyenne named Wooden Leg remembered,
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"it seems that no people in the world
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ever were any richer than we were."
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But the Cheyenne prophet Sweet Medicine
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had also given his people a warning.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:30
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
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 The belief that the West is so vast, - The American Buffalo 00:10
The belief that the West is so vast,
S01 • E02 They did manage to capture a small calf, - The American Buffalo 00:13
They did manage to capture a small calf,
S01 But it was so much in front of them what was happening - The American Buffalo 00:08
But it was so much in front of them what was happening
S01 It became more and more difficult to find buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:05
It became more and more difficult to find buffalo.
S01 • E02 He was back in Montana by September, - The American Buffalo 00:09
He was back in Montana by September,
S01 • E01 Their skins are light-colored, and their ways are powerful. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Their skins are light-colored, and their ways are powerful.
S01 Like, they would find herds that were comprised - The American Buffalo 00:08
Like, they would find herds that were comprised
S01 • E01 These people do not follow the way of our great-grandfather. - The American Buffalo 00:06
These people do not follow the way of our great-grandfather.
S01 • E02 After two months, he and his crew finally found and killed - The American Buffalo 00:12
After two months, he and his crew finally found and killed
S01 But there also was a capacity to deny and to believe - The American Buffalo 00:09
But there also was a capacity to deny and to believe
S01 Gone into the next territory. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Gone into the next territory.
S01 • E02 In its body, Hornaday found 4 bullets from previous hunters. - The American Buffalo 00:08
In its body, Hornaday found 4 bullets from previous hunters.
S01 • E01 Narrator: In 1492, Christopher Columbus, - The American Buffalo 00:14
Narrator: In 1492, Christopher Columbus,
S01 And, so, all of that kind of mixes together. - The American Buffalo 00:05
And, so, all of that kind of mixes together.
S01 NARRATOR In Miles City, in the fall of 1883, - The American Buffalo 00:15
NARRATOR In Miles City, in the fall of 1883,
S01 • E01 Nothing would ever be the same - The American Buffalo 00:09
Nothing would ever be the same
S01 They came back in the spring, - The American Buffalo 00:07
They came back in the spring,
S01 • E01 For the Indigenous populations of the Americas, - The American Buffalo 00:08
For the Indigenous populations of the Americas,
S01 • E02 Perhaps you think a wild animal has no soul, - The American Buffalo 00:08
Perhaps you think a wild animal has no soul,
S01 RINELLA: There are people in Miles City who had been - The American Buffalo 00:10
RINELLA: There are people in Miles City who had been