The Great American Buffalo
The Great American Buffalo - Part One
Episode 1 of 2
Part one of two. For thousands of years, America's national mammal numbered in the tens of millions, sustaining the Native people of the Great Plains, whose cultures became spiritually intertwined with the animal. By the 1880s, the buffalo had been driven to the brink of extinction by newcomers to the continent. Ken Burns recounts this collision
The Great American Buffalo airs on BBC Four HD at 11:45 PM, Tuesday 22 April. (Subtitles.)
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Peter Coyote
Narrator
Julie Dunfey
Producer
Ken Burns
Producer
Dayton Duncan
Writer