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With the bison gone, the prairie itself
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The American Buffalo

With the bison gone,the prairie itself began changing

With the bison gone,
the prairie itself began changing

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With the bison gone, the prairie itself
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began changing.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:38
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 • E02 Millions of acres of soil - The American Buffalo 00:06
Millions of acres of soil
S01 • E01 When one in the family got it, another and another and another, - The American Buffalo 00:08
When one in the family got it, another and another and anoth...
S01 • E02 Wheat, corn, and other crops replaced the native grasses. - The American Buffalo 00:08
Wheat, corn, and other crops replaced the native grasses.
S01 • E01 They had a continuous grave. - The American Buffalo 00:06
They had a continuous grave.
S01 • E02 Buffalo wallows--where vital rainwater had once pooled-- - The American Buffalo 00:07
Buffalo wallows--where vital rainwater had once pooled--
S01 • E01 Narrator: At the same time, - The American Buffalo 00:31
Narrator: At the same time,
S01 Bison certainly represented, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Bison certainly represented,
S01 • E02 On the southern Plains, in 1886, - The American Buffalo 00:19
On the southern Plains, in 1886,
S01 That's why the bison has become our national mammal here - The American Buffalo 00:07
That's why the bison has become our national mammal her...
S01 But we didn't want to allow it to be a wild creature. - The American Buffalo 00:07
But we didn't want to allow it to be a wild creature.
S01 • E02 In 1887, they were able to hold their sacred ritual - The American Buffalo 00:10
In 1887, they were able to hold their sacred ritual
S01 And that kind of becomes the-the story that takes - The American Buffalo 00:09
And that kind of becomes the-the story that takes
S01 • E01 Some of them began hunting buffalo, too. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Some of them began hunting buffalo, too.
S01 WOODRUFF: Ken Burns, there's so much to think about here. - The American Buffalo 00:06
WOODRUFF: Ken Burns, there's so much to think about her...
S01 • E01 In the Southwest, New Mexican ciboleros-- - The American Buffalo 00:15
In the Southwest, New Mexican ciboleros--
S01 What-what ultimately do you want your, - The American Buffalo 00:13
What-what ultimately do you want your,
S01 • E01 And from Canada, the Métis-- - The American Buffalo 00:15
And from Canada, the Métis--
S01 Its relationship to this country and how we should think - The American Buffalo 00:08
Its relationship to this country and how we should think
S01 BURNS: Well, let me just riff off Dan for a second and - The American Buffalo 00:10
BURNS: Well, let me just riff off Dan for a second and
S01 • E02 But after 4 months with Cody, Sitting Bull had seen - The American Buffalo 00:08
But after 4 months with Cody, Sitting Bull had seen