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The American Buffalo

[Man chantingA Lakota calendar commemorated a special ceremony meantto bring the buffalo...

[Man chanting
in Native language] Narrator:
A Lakota calendar commemorated a special ceremony meant
to bring the buffalo back

Full Transcript

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[Man chanting in Native language]
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Narrator: A Lakota calendar commemorated
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a special ceremony meant to bring the buffalo back.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:06
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 We've spent the last century doing everything we can - The American Buffalo 00:08
We've spent the last century doing everything we can
S01 • E02 Back at the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory, - The American Buffalo 00:11
Back at the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory,
S01 And our buffalo policy and our Native American policy - The American Buffalo 00:18
And our buffalo policy and our Native American policy
S01 • E01 The Kiowas prepared for a great antelope drive, - The American Buffalo 00:11
The Kiowas prepared for a great antelope drive,
S01 • E01 A Blackfeet band marked 1854 - The American Buffalo 00:28
A Blackfeet band marked 1854
S01 • E02 But sometimes there'd be - The American Buffalo 00:07
But sometimes there'd be
S01 Somewhere along the line, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Somewhere along the line,
S01 • E02 You can have this emptiness and you can't identify it. - The American Buffalo 00:07
You can have this emptiness and you can't identify it.
S01 • E02 It's only an emptiness, you know, - The American Buffalo 00:09
It's only an emptiness, you know,
S01 You know, you can go back to Theodore Roosevelt, - The American Buffalo 00:07
You know, you can go back to Theodore Roosevelt,
S01 • E02 But, also, we got a lot of things - The American Buffalo 00:06
But, also, we got a lot of things
S01 He did not have any respect for native peoples whatsoever. - The American Buffalo 00:06
He did not have any respect for native peoples whatsoever.
S01 He assumed that the buffalo's extermination would heed the - The American Buffalo 00:11
He assumed that the buffalo's extermination would heed ...
S01 • E01 West: That's a lot of bison, - The American Buffalo 00:06
West: That's a lot of bison,
S01 • E02 Narrator: In 1890, a summer drought killed - The American Buffalo 00:09
Narrator: In 1890, a summer drought killed
S01 • E01 And there would remain to be a lot of bison there - The American Buffalo 00:11
And there would remain to be a lot of bison there
S01 • E02 The government had already cut rations at every reservation - The American Buffalo 00:07
The government had already cut rations at every reservation
S01 And so, I think in the arc of the life of Theodore Roosevelt, - The American Buffalo 00:12
And so, I think in the arc of the life of Theodore Roosevelt...
S01 • E02 Whooping cough and influenza - The American Buffalo 00:08
Whooping cough and influenza
S01 WOODRUFF: Roz, I mean, - The American Buffalo 00:14
WOODRUFF: Roz, I mean,