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The American Buffalo

I've long thought thatwhen buffalo were finally gone, and this would certainlyhave been...

FLORES: I've long thought that
when buffalo were finally gone, and this would certainly
have been true for almost all Native people who had been
engaged with buffalo for-for so many centuries

Full Transcript

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FLORES: I've long thought that when buffalo were finally gone,
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and this would certainly have been true for almost all
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Native people who had been engaged with buffalo for-for
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so many centuries.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:00
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 Man: We always say, "We're just like the buffalo." - The American Buffalo 00:07
Man: We always say, "We're just like the buffalo.&...
S01 • E02 And, when, when the zoos first started, - The American Buffalo 00:08
And, when, when the zoos first started,
S01 • E01 And a lot of people - The American Buffalo 00:08
And a lot of people
S01 • E01 Narrator: More than a million cattle and sheep - The American Buffalo 00:18
Narrator: More than a million cattle and sheep
S01 • E02 They put us on reservations," and we couldn't get - The American Buffalo 00:07
They put us on reservations," and we couldn't get
S01 That and certainly true, I think, - The American Buffalo 00:09
That and certainly true, I think,
S01 It was as if some titanic sound that reached - The American Buffalo 00:16
It was as if some titanic sound that reached
S01 • E02 There are stories about old men - The American Buffalo 00:07
There are stories about old men
S01 • E01 In what is now Wyoming, the overland trails crossed - The American Buffalo 00:10
In what is now Wyoming, the overland trails crossed
S01 • E02 You can imagine the fence - The American Buffalo 00:06
You can imagine the fence
S01 • E01 Man: "Since the white man has made a road across our land - The American Buffalo 00:12
Man: "Since the white man has made a road across our la...
S01 • E02 Pretty soon, those buffalo come over and they stand in front of him. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Pretty soon, those buffalo come over and they stand in front...
S01 And it was a shock, I think, to many people... - The American Buffalo 00:07
And it was a shock, I think, to many people...
S01 • E02 There was numerous stories like that, where the buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:09
There was numerous stories like that, where the buffalo
S01 Obviously, Native people were-were the ones who bore - The American Buffalo 00:11
Obviously, Native people were-were the ones who bore
S01 • E01 "Our women and children cry for food, - The American Buffalo 00:10
"Our women and children cry for food,
S01 But many other people felt it as well. - The American Buffalo 00:06
But many other people felt it as well.
S01 • E02 They saw, by that point, an almost total - The American Buffalo 00:13
They saw, by that point, an almost total
S01 I think that's why we ended up with an - The American Buffalo 00:15
I think that's why we ended up with an
S01 • E01 Narrator: New waves of epidemics from Europe - The American Buffalo 00:08
Narrator: New waves of epidemics from Europe