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.

• miniseries
• mass extinction
• extinction
• exterminator
• indigenous community
• north america
• indigenous peoples
• human extinction
• historical reinterpretation
• wildlife crime
• great plains
• historical documentary
• indigenous tribes