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The American Buffalo

I mean, in the early 1920s, even people thatanthropologist at the Smithsonian were...

I mean, in the early 1920s, even people that
anthropologist at the Smithsonian were arguing
that Indigenous people had only been in North America for a
couple of thousand years before Europeans arrived

Full Transcript

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I mean, in the early 1920s,
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even people that anthropologist at the
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Smithsonian were arguing that Indigenous people had only
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been in North America for a couple of thousand years before
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Europeans arrived.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:52
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 Woman: You don't just go out and kill a buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Woman: You don't just go out and kill a buffalo.
S01 But we discovered in-in Folsom, New Mexico, a site, - The American Buffalo 00:23
But we discovered in-in Folsom, New Mexico, a site,
S01 • E01 And you ask for the gift of a buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:06
And you ask for the gift of a buffalo.
S01 • E01 [Native people chant to "Lakota Powwow"] - The American Buffalo 00:06
[Native people chant to "Lakota Powwow"]
S01 • E01 You do everything in prayer, - The American Buffalo 00:08
You do everything in prayer,
S01 • E02 Through his friendship with Grinnell, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Through his friendship with Grinnell,
S01 • E01 Narrator: During the mass extinction - The American Buffalo 00:10
Narrator: During the mass extinction
S01 And a few years later, - The American Buffalo 00:19
And a few years later,
S01 • E02 Man: Those guys first started introducing - The American Buffalo 00:09
Man: Those guys first started introducing
S01 • E01 For hundreds of generations after that, - The American Buffalo 00:13
For hundreds of generations after that,
S01 • E02 And that was a revolutionary idea. - The American Buffalo 00:05
And that was a revolutionary idea.
S01 • E02 This idea that we have wildlife that is owned by the public. - The American Buffalo 00:06
This idea that we have wildlife that is owned by the public.
S01 We had sort of thought even 100 years ago that - The American Buffalo 00:10
We had sort of thought even 100 years ago that
S01 • E01 Hunting buffalo was difficult and dangerous. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Hunting buffalo was difficult and dangerous.
S01 • E02 Like, the American people own wildlife. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Like, the American people own wildlife.
S01 • E01 To get close enough with a bow and arrow or a lance, - The American Buffalo 00:14
To get close enough with a bow and arrow or a lance,
S01 • E02 And the government, state and federal governments, - The American Buffalo 00:08
And the government, state and federal governments,
S01 And suddenly now, only 100 years ago, - The American Buffalo 00:11
And suddenly now, only 100 years ago,
S01 And so over that past hundred years, - The American Buffalo 00:09
And so over that past hundred years,
S01 • E01 In winter, hunters wearing shoes webbed with buffalo sinew - The American Buffalo 00:10
In winter, hunters wearing shoes webbed with buffalo sinew