Mon., Oct. 16, 2023 at 8pm; repeat at 10pm
The American Buffalo: Blood Memory
The dramatic story of how America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people, was driven to the brink of extinction. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world.
Tue., Oct. 17, 2023 at 8pm; repeat at 10pm
The American Buffalo: Into The Storm
By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is teetering on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.
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An unlikely collection of Americans rescues the national mammal from extinction.
America’s national mammal, once numbering millions, is driven to near extinction.
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The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions how we think of the American West.
Grinnell fought the destruction of birds and other wildlife, including the buffalo.
More than 250 Lakotas – mostly women and children – were killed by U.S. soldiers.
By 1889, Buffalo Bill Cody was the most famous American in the world.
The scale of wild animal loss during the 1800s is the largest in known human history.
The U.S. government made treaties with Indigenous people when it was convenient.
After the Civil War, Americans set out with renewed energy to unite the East and West.
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The Rosebud Indian Reservations Wolakota Project aims to bring the buffalo home.
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