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The American Buffalo

It's saying they'll beallowed to exist as long as they don'tstay what they are, as long as...

It's saying they'll be
allowed to exist as long as they don't
stay what they are, as long as they become
what we want them to be

Full Transcript

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It's saying they'll be allowed to exist
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as long as they don't stay what they are,
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as long as they become what we want them to be.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:19
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 Man: "It is a melancholy contemplation - The American Buffalo 00:37
Man: "It is a melancholy contemplation
S01 • E02 Even today, people say, "Well, it was inevitable, - The American Buffalo 00:08
Even today, people say, "Well, it was inevitable,
S01 The, were the-the remnants of those once vast herds - The American Buffalo 00:27
The, were the-the remnants of those once vast herds
S01 • E02 It provided for each Indian family to be given - The American Buffalo 00:14
It provided for each Indian family to be given
S01 • E01 Narrator: The artist George Catlin spent six years - The American Buffalo 00:11
Narrator: The artist George Catlin spent six years
S01 And that relationship that we as people have - The American Buffalo 00:20
And that relationship that we as people have
S01 • E02 But then, all the remaining tribal land - The American Buffalo 00:11
But then, all the remaining tribal land
S01 • E01 He thrilled at joining the Lakotas in a bison hunt, - The American Buffalo 00:13
He thrilled at joining the Lakotas in a bison hunt,
S01 • E02 Tribal ownership-- and the tribes themselves-- - The American Buffalo 00:08
Tribal ownership-- and the tribes themselves--
S01 And in that, we have to restore land that's land acquisition. - The American Buffalo 00:07
And in that, we have to restore land that's land acquis...
S01 • E02 Before the Allotment Act, some 150 million acres - The American Buffalo 00:09
Before the Allotment Act, some 150 million acres
S01 • E01 Then he had a vision. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Then he had a vision.
S01 • E01 Man as George Catlin: And what a splendid contemplation, too, - The American Buffalo 00:28
Man as George Catlin: And what a splendid contemplation, too...
S01 • E02 Within 20 years, 2/3 of their land had been taken. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Within 20 years, 2/3 of their land had been taken.
S01 Many of our lands on our on our reservation have been - The American Buffalo 00:16
Many of our lands on our on our reservation have been
S01 • E02 Woman: The Allotment Act was one of the most - The American Buffalo 00:09
Woman: The Allotment Act was one of the most
S01 • E02 They didn't understand private land ownership. - The American Buffalo 00:05
They didn't understand private land ownership.
S01 • E02 You didn't own land. The land you were a part of; - The American Buffalo 00:10
You didn't own land. The land you were a part of;
S01 You know, the majority of our young people are - The American Buffalo 00:13
You know, the majority of our young people are
S01 • E01 Narrator: But on the Plains, - The American Buffalo 00:14
Narrator: But on the Plains,