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The American Buffalo

But on the Plains, the nation's relentlessmovement westward was beginningto hem in the...

Narrator: But on the Plains, the nation's relentless
movement westward was beginning
to hem in the bison and the native people
who relied on them

Full Transcript

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Narrator: But on the Plains,
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the nation's relentless movement westward
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was beginning to hem in the bison
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and the native people who relied on them.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:45
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 So how do we create a better future for our people - The American Buffalo 00:07
So how do we create a better future for our people
S01 You know, restoring that relationship - The American Buffalo 00:11
You know, restoring that relationship
S01 • E01 George Horse Capture Jr.: With the westward expansion, - The American Buffalo 00:06
George Horse Capture Jr.: With the westward expansion,
S01 • E02 Horse Capture, Jr.: Well, since the beginning, - The American Buffalo 00:08
Horse Capture, Jr.: Well, since the beginning,
S01 • E01 You've probably seen the old painting, - The American Buffalo 00:14
You've probably seen the old painting,
S01 For the very first time this year, - The American Buffalo 00:09
For the very first time this year,
S01 • E02 Just like my people, their people suffered from - The American Buffalo 00:17
Just like my people, their people suffered from
S01 Is that's a very critical step in restoring that relationship - The American Buffalo 00:24
Is that's a very critical step in restoring that relati...
S01 • E01 When the Europeans come in, everything that's natural - The American Buffalo 00:09
When the Europeans come in, everything that's natural
S01 • E01 It just, it's just a matter of fact. - The American Buffalo 00:05
It just, it's just a matter of fact.
S01 • E01 Duncan: There is a phrase that, as settlement moved West, - The American Buffalo 00:24
Duncan: There is a phrase that, as settlement moved West,
S01 • E02 Narrator: In the buffalo's place, the government supplied - The American Buffalo 00:09
Narrator: In the buffalo's place, the government suppli...
S01 So, as we restore them to the land which they obviously - The American Buffalo 00:11
So, as we restore them to the land which they obviously
S01 • E02 At one Lakota Reservation, when the cattle were released - The American Buffalo 00:14
At one Lakota Reservation, when the cattle were released
S01 WOODRUFF: The circle of life is and, you know, - The American Buffalo 00:17
WOODRUFF: The circle of life is and, you know,
S01 • E01 And that is the starkest way I can try to describe - The American Buffalo 00:18
And that is the starkest way I can try to describe
S01 • E02 Eventually, the agent put an end to that, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Eventually, the agent put an end to that,
S01 • E02 The Lakotas burned the slaughterhouse down. - The American Buffalo 00:05
The Lakotas burned the slaughterhouse down.
S01 FLORES: I've long thought that when buffalo were finally gone, - The American Buffalo 00:19
FLORES: I've long thought that when buffalo were finall...
S01 • E02 Man: We always say, "We're just like the buffalo." - The American Buffalo 00:07
Man: We always say, "We're just like the buffalo.&...