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The American Buffalo

I mean, to me, one of the things thatwas happening in America at this time is thatwe were...

I mean, to me, one of the things that
was happening in America at this time is that
we were still tending to model ourselves after the old world
after Great Britain and France and Germany and all
those countries had lost all their big, wild,
charismatic animals

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I mean, to me,
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one of the things that was happening in America
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at this time is that we were still tending to model
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ourselves after the old world after Great Britain and France
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and Germany and all those countries had lost
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all their big, wild, charismatic animals.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:14
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 Narrator: The elk and grizzly bears that survived - The American Buffalo 00:08
Narrator: The elk and grizzly bears that survived
S01 • E01 Kiowa calendars noted one year as the Smallpox Winter. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Kiowa calendars noted one year as the Smallpox Winter.
S01 • E01 The summer of 1849 was remembered - The American Buffalo 00:16
The summer of 1849 was remembered
S01 • E02 Bighorn sheep disappeared from the Dakota Badlands. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Bighorn sheep disappeared from the Dakota Badlands.
S01 • E02 Market hunters killed millions of antelope. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Market hunters killed millions of antelope.
S01 • E02 Herds of cattle and sheep now grazed - The American Buffalo 00:08
Herds of cattle and sheep now grazed
S01 And even though Teddy Roosevelt had - The American Buffalo 00:21
And even though Teddy Roosevelt had
S01 • E01 Germaine White: Disease came in waves. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Germaine White: Disease came in waves.
S01 • E02 With the bison gone, the prairie itself - The American Buffalo 00:06
With the bison gone, the prairie itself
S01 • E02 Millions of acres of soil - The American Buffalo 00:06
Millions of acres of soil
S01 • E01 When one in the family got it, another and another and another, - The American Buffalo 00:08
When one in the family got it, another and another and anoth...
S01 • E02 Wheat, corn, and other crops replaced the native grasses. - The American Buffalo 00:08
Wheat, corn, and other crops replaced the native grasses.
S01 • E01 They had a continuous grave. - The American Buffalo 00:06
They had a continuous grave.
S01 • E02 Buffalo wallows--where vital rainwater had once pooled-- - The American Buffalo 00:07
Buffalo wallows--where vital rainwater had once pooled--
S01 • E01 Narrator: At the same time, - The American Buffalo 00:31
Narrator: At the same time,
S01 Bison certainly represented, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Bison certainly represented,
S01 • E02 On the southern Plains, in 1886, - The American Buffalo 00:19
On the southern Plains, in 1886,
S01 That's why the bison has become our national mammal here - The American Buffalo 00:07
That's why the bison has become our national mammal her...
S01 But we didn't want to allow it to be a wild creature. - The American Buffalo 00:07
But we didn't want to allow it to be a wild creature.
S01 • E02 In 1887, they were able to hold their sacred ritual - The American Buffalo 00:10
In 1887, they were able to hold their sacred ritual