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Woman: There was a system in place
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The American Buffalo

There wasa system in place in the 19th centurythat was both enslaving people and it was...

Woman: There was
a system in place in the 19th century
that was both enslaving people and it was also taking
Indigenous people's land and landscape
to feed kind of this capitalistic machine

Full Transcript

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Woman: There was a system in place
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in the 19th century that was both enslaving people
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and it was also taking Indigenous people's
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land and landscape to feed kind of
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this capitalistic machine.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:17
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 Flores: He's got 50 people with him, - The American Buffalo 00:08
Flores: He's got 50 people with him,
S01 • E01 He's got six wagons and 21 carts - The American Buffalo 00:08
He's got six wagons and 21 carts
S01 • E01 What it's all about, of course, is allowing - The American Buffalo 00:09
What it's all about, of course, is allowing
S01 • E02 Uh, it was not inevitable. It was planned. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Uh, it was not inevitable. It was planned.
S01 • E01 Narrator: During his three years traversing the West, - The American Buffalo 00:27
Narrator: During his three years traversing the West,
S01 • E02 Narrator: Well-meaning reformers in the East, - The American Buffalo 00:18
Narrator: Well-meaning reformers in the East,
S01 And what Indigenous people were sharing was this deep, - The American Buffalo 00:17
And what Indigenous people were sharing was this deep,
S01 • E02 Man: Our belongings were taken from us, - The American Buffalo 00:11
Man: Our belongings were taken from us,
S01 But including that story with Bison, - The American Buffalo 00:16
But including that story with Bison,
S01 • E01 His destruction of wildlife was so wanton, - The American Buffalo 00:15
His destruction of wildlife was so wanton,
S01 • E02 Everything was placed in a heap and set afire. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Everything was placed in a heap and set afire.
S01 • E02 Narrator: Children as young as 5 years old - The American Buffalo 00:16
Narrator: Children as young as 5 years old
S01 I mean, how do you pick up on this, - The American Buffalo 00:15
I mean, how do you pick up on this,
S01 • E01 Dayton Duncan: At the end of his three-year journey, - The American Buffalo 00:14
Dayton Duncan: At the end of his three-year journey,
S01 How do you how do you pick up the story from here? - The American Buffalo 00:05
How do you how do you pick up the story from here?
S01 • E01 So they showed up there, and they were met by - The American Buffalo 00:09
So they showed up there, and they were met by
S01 • E02 All vestiges of their traditional culture - The American Buffalo 00:06
All vestiges of their traditional culture
S01 BALDES: Well, we have to consider that there's 350,000 - The American Buffalo 00:12
BALDES: Well, we have to consider that there's 350,000
S01 • E01 "This is our sacred place. You can't be here. - The American Buffalo 00:06
"This is our sacred place. You can't be here.
S01 • E01 "You either fight us or give us your guns, - The American Buffalo 00:18
"You either fight us or give us your guns,