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The American Buffalo

It was devastating, and it was heartbreaking

It was devastating, and it was heartbreaking

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It was devastating,
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and it was heartbreaking.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:45:45
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 We had the songs, but no buffalo to sing 'em to. - The American Buffalo 00:06
We had the songs, but no buffalo to sing 'em to.
S01 • E01 It's like a spiritual trauma. - The American Buffalo 00:06
It's like a spiritual trauma.
S01 • E01 Woman as Pretty Shield: "Nobody believed, even then, - The American Buffalo 00:14
Woman as Pretty Shield: "Nobody believed, even then,
S01 • E02 They didn't know about ecosystems. - The American Buffalo 00:06
They didn't know about ecosystems.
S01 • E02 They thought, if you got a buffalo, you've saved him. - The American Buffalo 00:05
They thought, if you got a buffalo, you've saved him.
S01 • E02 That's not it. You got to save their habitat. - The American Buffalo 00:05
That's not it. You got to save their habitat.
S01 • E01 "Not believing their own eyes, - The American Buffalo 00:34
"Not believing their own eyes,
S01 • E02 One of them, a little bull, - The American Buffalo 00:09
One of them, a little bull,
S01 • E02 A white buffalo is so sacred - The American Buffalo 00:13
A white buffalo is so sacred
S01 • E02 Just a huge blessing. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Just a huge blessing.
S01 • E02 It was a tremendous gift from Creator. - The American Buffalo 00:06
It was a tremendous gift from Creator.
S01 • E01 "A death wind for my people." - The American Buffalo 00:08
"A death wind for my people."
S01 • E01 That would have been the most heartbreaking thing. - The American Buffalo 00:05
That would have been the most heartbreaking thing.
S01 • E02 But to the Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles - The American Buffalo 00:14
But to the Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles
S01 • E01 I couldn't imagine the people, - The American Buffalo 00:15
I couldn't imagine the people,
S01 • E02 It had special spiritual power and sacred meaning. - The American Buffalo 00:06
It had special spiritual power and sacred meaning.
S01 • E01 "I got to take care of my clan, I got to take care - The American Buffalo 00:13
"I got to take care of my clan, I got to take care
S01 • E02 It was considered "big medicine"-- - The American Buffalo 00:08
It was considered "big medicine"--
S01 • E02 My grandpa and my dad took me to the bison range - The American Buffalo 00:07
My grandpa and my dad took me to the bison range
S01 • E01 Millions of buffalo skulls and bones - The American Buffalo 00:12
Millions of buffalo skulls and bones