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In the end, the bone trade
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The American Buffalo

In the end,the bone trade would generate more profits--for the bone pickers, the...

In the end,
the bone trade would generate more profits--
for the bone pickers, the railroads,
and the industries-- than the buffalo hides
ever had

Full Transcript

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In the end, the bone trade
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would generate more profits-- for the bone pickers,
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the railroads, and the industries--
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than the buffalo hides ever had.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:48:38
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
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 Momaday: Even what remained of them - The American Buffalo 00:07
Momaday: Even what remained of them
S01 • E02 But we aren't looking at the future. - The American Buffalo 00:05
But we aren't looking at the future.
S01 • E01 It was--it was, like, uh, - The American Buffalo 00:07
It was--it was, like, uh,
S01 • E02 We're looking at right now. And that's not far enough. - The American Buffalo 00:05
We're looking at right now. And that's not far eno...
S01 • E01 It just strikes me as--as, uh... - The American Buffalo 00:05
It just strikes me as--as, uh...
S01 • E02 And we destroy that, we're destroying ourselves. - The American Buffalo 00:05
And we destroy that, we're destroying ourselves.
S01 • E01 A society trying to clean up, - The American Buffalo 00:08
A society trying to clean up,
S01 • E01 This is the murder of buffalo, - The American Buffalo 00:08
This is the murder of buffalo,
S01 • E02 But its story is unfinished and still being written, - The American Buffalo 00:14
But its story is unfinished and still being written,
S01 • E01 Let's get not only the buffalo out, - The American Buffalo 00:07
Let's get not only the buffalo out,
S01 • E01 Baker: So they took everything from us, - The American Buffalo 00:10
Baker: So they took everything from us,
S01 • E02 Being saved from extinction is not the same as - The American Buffalo 00:07
Being saved from extinction is not the same as
S01 • E01 They're taking away our grocery store, - The American Buffalo 00:08
They're taking away our grocery store,
S01 • E02 Today, the United States is home to more than - The American Buffalo 00:08
Today, the United States is home to more than
S01 • E01 They killed the spirit of the buffalo, - The American Buffalo 00:06
They killed the spirit of the buffalo,
S01 • E02 Native peoples oversee 20,000 of them. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Native peoples oversee 20,000 of them.
S01 • E01 That's why our people got stronger; they had to. - The American Buffalo 00:05
That's why our people got stronger; they had to.
S01 • E02 20,000 more are protected in federal and state preserves. - The American Buffalo 00:07
20,000 more are protected in federal and state preserves.
S01 • E01 If they didn't, we would have been killed off - The American Buffalo 00:07
If they didn't, we would have been killed off
S01 • E02 But the rest exist in private herds, - The American Buffalo 00:12
But the rest exist in private herds,