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The American Buffalo

I think that's whywe ended up with an American Bison Society that attempted to...

I think that's why
we ended up with an American Bison Society that attempted to restore
buffalo or at least preserve them as an emblem
of what we had lost

Full Transcript

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I think that's why we ended up with an
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American Bison Society
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that attempted to restore buffalo or at least preserve
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them as an emblem of what we had lost.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:56
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 Narrator: New waves of epidemics from Europe - The American Buffalo 00:08
Narrator: New waves of epidemics from Europe
S01 But that's essentially about as far as their thinking ever got. - The American Buffalo 00:07
But that's essentially about as far as their thinking e...
S01 • E02 It was sort of destruction after destruction - The American Buffalo 00:07
It was sort of destruction after destruction
S01 I mean, to me, - The American Buffalo 00:23
I mean, to me,
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 • 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 Millions of acres of soil - The American Buffalo 00:06
Millions of acres of soil
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,