American Buffalo
American Buffalo is a TV show on NITV. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 4 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2025.
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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.
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With the buffalo teetering on the brink of extinction, a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans comes to the rescue by starting small herds in different locations - and for different reasons. 51:48 Expired
By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions have been reduced to fewer than 1,000 and teeter on the brink of extinction. 51:45 Expired
By the 1880s newcomers to the continent had driven the buffalo to the brink of extinction. Ken Burns recounts the collision--and tragic consequences––of two opposing views of the natural world.