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The American Buffalo

Wildlife "seemed to beeverywhere"-- and "in astonishing numbers,"Meriwether Lewis wrote,...

Wildlife "seemed to be
everywhere"-- and "in astonishing numbers,"
Meriwether Lewis wrote, particularly the buffalo

Full Transcript

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Wildlife "seemed to be everywhere"--
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and "in astonishing numbers," Meriwether Lewis wrote,
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particularly the buffalo.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:43
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 And what efforts are being made to preserve and restore the - The American Buffalo 00:09
And what efforts are being made to preserve and restore the
S01 • E01 Man as Meriwether Lewis: The whole face of the country - The American Buffalo 00:11
Man as Meriwether Lewis: The whole face of the country
S01 To have this conversation, - The American Buffalo 00:12
To have this conversation,
S01 • E01 The buffalo frequently approach us - The American Buffalo 00:17
The buffalo frequently approach us
S01 An indigenous writer, and ethnobotanist, - The American Buffalo 00:33
An indigenous writer, and ethnobotanist,
S01 • E02 Why, then, seek to complete in a few decades - The American Buffalo 00:10
Why, then, seek to complete in a few decades
S01 • E01 Narrator: Less than a century later, in 1887, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Narrator: Less than a century later, in 1887,
S01 • E02 Why, in your hurry to subdue and utilize Nature, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Why, in your hurry to subdue and utilize Nature,
S01 • E01 They hoped to find some buffaloes to kill - The American Buffalo 00:11
They hoped to find some buffaloes to kill
S01 • E02 You have opportunities such as mankind has never had before, - The American Buffalo 00:10
You have opportunities such as mankind has never had before,
S01 • E01 They searched for three months without seeing a single one. - The American Buffalo 00:08
They searched for three months without seeing a single one.
S01 Let's begin with a look at a clip from this 4-hour film, - The American Buffalo 00:18
Let's begin with a look at a clip from this 4-hour film...
S01 • E01 ["Way of Life" by Lakota Thunder playing] - The American Buffalo 00:14
["Way of Life" by Lakota Thunder playing]
S01 • E01 "Their tepees were made of buffalo hide, - The American Buffalo 00:08
"Their tepees were made of buffalo hide,
S01 RINELLA: If you see one out grazing, it looks so, "slow." - The American Buffalo 00:09
RINELLA: If you see one out grazing, it looks so, "slow...
S01 • E01 "They ate buffalo meat. - The American Buffalo 00:05
"They ate buffalo meat.
S01 • E02 Because I really do think that they have seen - The American Buffalo 00:10
Because I really do think that they have seen
S01 • E01 "Most of all, the buffalo was part of the Kiowa religion. - The American Buffalo 00:07
"Most of all, the buffalo was part of the Kiowa religio...
S01 They can jump, - The American Buffalo 00:07
They can jump,
S01 • E01 "The priests used parts of the buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:11
"The priests used parts of the buffalo