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WOODRUFF: And Ken, going back to your really
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The American Buffalo

And Ken,going back to your really the first part of this film, the first hour, whereyou...

WOODRUFF: And Ken,
going back to your really the first part of this film, the first hour, where
you so clearly establish what happened when the
Europeans came on the scene, it-it happened so quickly over
the span of time and completely changed the-the
presence of the buffalo on the American continent

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WOODRUFF: And Ken, going back to your really
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the first part of this film,
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the first hour, where you so clearly establish
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what happened when the Europeans came on the scene,
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it-it happened so quickly over the span of time and completely
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changed the-the presence of the buffalo on
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the American continent.
Duration
25 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:06
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
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 • E01 Narrator: From the moment a Plains Indian child was born - The American Buffalo 00:20
Narrator: From the moment a Plains Indian child was born
S01 • E02 Then he began experimenting, - The American Buffalo 00:14
Then he began experimenting,
S01 • E02 Too many cows died in calving; - The American Buffalo 00:11
Too many cows died in calving;
S01 • E01 In winter, when the bison's fur was the thickest, - The American Buffalo 00:11
In winter, when the bison's fur was the thickest,
S01 BURNS: So, Dan talked about the economic relationship, - The American Buffalo 00:08
BURNS: So, Dan talked about the economic relationship,
S01 • E02 But Buffalo Jones would have much better success-- - The American Buffalo 00:18
But Buffalo Jones would have much better success--
S01 And then later bones are going to conspire in a kind of - The American Buffalo 00:09
And then later bones are going to conspire in a kind of
S01 • E01 In the summer, when the hides had less hair, - The American Buffalo 00:10
In the summer, when the hides had less hair,
S01 This unbelievable tragedy of the slaughter of the buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:12
This unbelievable tragedy of the slaughter of the buffalo
S01 • E01 Stretched over a frame of curved willow branches, - The American Buffalo 00:12
Stretched over a frame of curved willow branches,
S01 • E02 I really like the fact that Buffalo Jones - The American Buffalo 00:09
I really like the fact that Buffalo Jones
S01 And it is a story that we kind of have to be reminded - The American Buffalo 00:07
And it is a story that we kind of have to be reminded
S01 • E01 A buffalo's bladder became a water container; - The American Buffalo 00:12
A buffalo's bladder became a water container;
S01 • E02 He confronted his culpability and took on himself - The American Buffalo 00:12
He confronted his culpability and took on himself
S01 And we also have to begin to see that our relationship - The American Buffalo 00:08
And we also have to begin to see that our relationship
S01 • E01 Buffalo teeth became ornaments. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Buffalo teeth became ornaments.
S01 And when I say our I mean the European and-and-and - The American Buffalo 00:08
And when I say our I mean the European and-and-and
S01 • E01 Some women painted their faces with buffalo grease - The American Buffalo 00:14
Some women painted their faces with buffalo grease
S01 WOODRUFF: And when, as you say, when it comes to the buffalo, - The American Buffalo 00:11
WOODRUFF: And when, as you say, when it comes to the buffalo...
S01 And that's what we are confronted with in this film. - The American Buffalo 00:06
And that's what we are confronted with in this film.