History

The American Buffalo

The dramatic story of America’s national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world—and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.
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Schedule

  • The American Buffalo: Blood Memory: TVSS: Iconic

    The American Buffalo

    Blood Memory

    Saturday
    May 2

    2 Hours

    A look at how America's national mammal, once numbering in the tens of millions, was driven to the brink of extinction.
  • The American Buffalo: Into the Storm: TVSS: Iconic

    The American Buffalo

    Into the Storm

    Saturday
    May 2

    2 Hours

    By the late 1880s, the buffalo teeters on extinction; a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the mammal from extinction.

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