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The American Buffalo

To help him carry on the fight against this commercialdestruction of bird life, Grinnell...

To help him carry on the fight against this commercial
destruction of bird life, Grinnell founded an organization
named in honor of his mentor and her husband:
the Audubon Society

Full Transcript

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To help him carry on the fight
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against this commercial destruction of bird life,
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Grinnell founded an organization named in honor of
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his mentor and her husband: the Audubon Society.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:19
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 Narrator: "Do not ask us to give up the buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:09
Narrator: "Do not ask us to give up the buffalo
S01 • E01 "Do not speak of it more." - The American Buffalo 00:32
"Do not speak of it more."
S01 • E02 But he never lost his focus on the American buffalo. - The American Buffalo 00:06
But he never lost his focus on the American buffalo.
S01 • E02 Punke: Every saloon in America wants to have - The American Buffalo 00:10
Punke: Every saloon in America wants to have
S01 • E01 The Kiowa calendar for that year showed an Indian and a white man - The American Buffalo 00:11
The Kiowa calendar for that year showed an Indian and a whit...
S01 • E02 And the market for buffalo heads goes through the roof. - The American Buffalo 00:08
And the market for buffalo heads goes through the roof.
S01 • E02 And, uh, what used to be a $4.00 shot - The American Buffalo 00:14
And, uh, what used to be a $4.00 shot
S01 • E01 West: The government comes away from that treaty thinking - The American Buffalo 00:14
West: The government comes away from that treaty thinking
S01 • E02 And the response to that is poachers descend upon - The American Buffalo 00:13
And the response to that is poachers descend upon
S01 • E01 The Comanches and Kiowas come away from that treaty - The American Buffalo 00:13
The Comanches and Kiowas come away from that treaty
S01 • E02 Narrator: By 1894, the last surviving herd - The American Buffalo 00:12
Narrator: By 1894, the last surviving herd
S01 • E01 Narrator: A year later, farther north, - The American Buffalo 00:12
Narrator: A year later, farther north,
S01 • E02 But the superintendent reported that poachers - The American Buffalo 00:14
But the superintendent reported that poachers
S01 • E01 In exchange for the government - The American Buffalo 00:18
In exchange for the government
S01 • E02 The Army was responsible for stopping - The American Buffalo 00:22
The Army was responsible for stopping
S01 • E01 The treaty also contained a clause stating - The American Buffalo 00:12
The treaty also contained a clause stating
S01 • E01 General William Tecumseh Sherman, - The American Buffalo 00:10
General William Tecumseh Sherman,
S01 • E02 Their only recourse was a warning, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Their only recourse was a warning,
S01 • E01 "This may lead to collisions," Sherman wrote his brother, - The American Buffalo 00:26
"This may lead to collisions," Sherman wrote his b...
S01 • E02 No one understood the threat to Yellowstone and its wildlife - The American Buffalo 00:10
No one understood the threat to Yellowstone and its wildlife