The American Buffalo
“Spirit of a people. A story of resilience.”
About
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.
Cast
N. Scott Momaday
as Narrator (voice)
Peter Coyote
as Narrator (voice)
Adam Arkin
as (voice)
Tantoo Cardinal
as (voice)
Tim Clark
as (voice)
Tokala Black Elk
as (voice)
Jeff Daniels
as (voice)
Hope Davis
as (voice)
Paul Giamatti
as (voice)
Murphy Guyer
as (voice)
Michael Horse
as (voice)
Derek Jacobi
as (voice)
Gene Jones
as (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
as (voice)
Craig Mellish
as (voice)
Jon Proudstar
as (voice)
Chaske Spencer
as (voice)
Richard Ray Whitman
as (voice)
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Blood Memory
For untold generations, America's national mammal sustained the lives of Native people, whose cultures were intertwined with the animal. Newcomers to the continent bring a different view of the natural world, and the buffalo are driven to the brink of extinction.
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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