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Momaday: The Sun Dance was an indispensable part
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The American Buffalo

The Sun Dancewas an indispensable part of the Kiowa life

Momaday: The Sun Dance
was an indispensable part of the Kiowa life

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Momaday: The Sun Dance was an indispensable part
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of the Kiowa life.
Duration
7 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:36
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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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 And the buffalo was the sacrificial victim - The American Buffalo 00:07
And the buffalo was the sacrificial victim
S01 • E02 Nijhuis: Roosevelt wanted to preserve - The American Buffalo 00:08
Nijhuis: Roosevelt wanted to preserve
S01 So, 100 years ago that we understood that Native people - The American Buffalo 00:10
So, 100 years ago that we understood that Native people
S01 • E01 Could not have a Sun Dance without killing a buffalo bull - The American Buffalo 00:08
Could not have a Sun Dance without killing a buffalo bull
S01 • E02 He wanted to preserve it in order to protect - The American Buffalo 00:14
He wanted to preserve it in order to protect
S01 • E01 What more valuable a sacrifice could you make - The American Buffalo 00:12
What more valuable a sacrifice could you make
S01 I mean, in the early 1920s, - The American Buffalo 00:16
I mean, in the early 1920s,
S01 • E01 Woman: You don't just go out and kill a buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Woman: You don't just go out and kill a buffalo.
S01 But we discovered in-in Folsom, New Mexico, a site, - The American Buffalo 00:23
But we discovered in-in Folsom, New Mexico, a site,
S01 • E01 And you ask for the gift of a buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:06
And you ask for the gift of a buffalo.
S01 • E01 [Native people chant to "Lakota Powwow"] - The American Buffalo 00:06
[Native people chant to "Lakota Powwow"]
S01 • E01 You do everything in prayer, - The American Buffalo 00:08
You do everything in prayer,
S01 • E02 Through his friendship with Grinnell, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Through his friendship with Grinnell,
S01 • E01 Narrator: During the mass extinction - The American Buffalo 00:10
Narrator: During the mass extinction
S01 And a few years later, - The American Buffalo 00:19
And a few years later,
S01 • E02 Man: Those guys first started introducing - The American Buffalo 00:09
Man: Those guys first started introducing
S01 • E01 For hundreds of generations after that, - The American Buffalo 00:13
For hundreds of generations after that,
S01 • E02 And that was a revolutionary idea. - The American Buffalo 00:05
And that was a revolutionary idea.
S01 • E02 This idea that we have wildlife that is owned by the public. - The American Buffalo 00:06
This idea that we have wildlife that is owned by the public.
S01 We had sort of thought even 100 years ago that - The American Buffalo 00:10
We had sort of thought even 100 years ago that