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The American Buffalo

Well, let me justriff off Dan for a second and just go back tothat 1913 nickel, right

BURNS: Well, let me just
riff off Dan for a second and just go back to
that 1913 nickel, right

Full Transcript

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BURNS: Well, let me just riff off Dan for a second and
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just go back to that 1913 nickel, right.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:46
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 • E02 But after 4 months with Cody, Sitting Bull had seen - The American Buffalo 00:08
But after 4 months with Cody, Sitting Bull had seen
S01 • E01 In 1846, a decade-long drought began, - The American Buffalo 00:09
In 1846, a decade-long drought began,
S01 On both sides of that coin that we are now beginning to - The American Buffalo 00:10
On both sides of that coin that we are now beginning to
S01 • E02 He could not understand why beggars were ignored - The American Buffalo 00:12
He could not understand why beggars were ignored
S01 • E01 The bison herds, - The American Buffalo 00:09
The bison herds,
S01 It's a, it's-it's obscene in a way. - The American Buffalo 00:05
It's a, it's-it's obscene in a way.
S01 • E01 [Man chanting in Native language] - The American Buffalo 00:12
[Man chanting in Native language]
S01 We've spent the last century doing everything we can - The American Buffalo 00:08
We've spent the last century doing everything we can
S01 • E02 Back at the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory, - The American Buffalo 00:11
Back at the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory,
S01 And our buffalo policy and our Native American policy - The American Buffalo 00:18
And our buffalo policy and our Native American policy
S01 • E01 The Kiowas prepared for a great antelope drive, - The American Buffalo 00:11
The Kiowas prepared for a great antelope drive,
S01 • E01 A Blackfeet band marked 1854 - The American Buffalo 00:28
A Blackfeet band marked 1854
S01 • E02 But sometimes there'd be - The American Buffalo 00:07
But sometimes there'd be
S01 Somewhere along the line, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Somewhere along the line,
S01 • E02 You can have this emptiness and you can't identify it. - The American Buffalo 00:07
You can have this emptiness and you can't identify it.
S01 • E02 It's only an emptiness, you know, - The American Buffalo 00:09
It's only an emptiness, you know,
S01 You know, you can go back to Theodore Roosevelt, - The American Buffalo 00:07
You know, you can go back to Theodore Roosevelt,
S01 • E02 But, also, we got a lot of things - The American Buffalo 00:06
But, also, we got a lot of things
S01 He did not have any respect for native peoples whatsoever. - The American Buffalo 00:06
He did not have any respect for native peoples whatsoever.
S01 He assumed that the buffalo's extermination would heed the - The American Buffalo 00:11
He assumed that the buffalo's extermination would heed ...