The American Buffalo

The American Buffalo

A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.

Genre: DocumentaryHistory

Cast:Peter CoyoteTantoo CardinalMichael PunkeGeorge Horse Capture Jr.Dustin TahmahkeraN. Scott MomadayGermaine WhiteCraig MellishGerard BakerMarcia PabloRosalyn LaPierRon ParkerHope DavisJeff DanielsPaul GiamattiDerek JacobiAdam ArkinTatanka Means


1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Blood Memory

Sun, Oct 15, 2023

America's national mammal, once numbering millions, is driven to near extinction.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Into the Storm

Mon, Oct 16, 2023

By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions is on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.

101Season 1

S1.E101 ∙ The American Buffalo: A Story Of Resilience

Mon, Aug 14, 2023

Judy Woodruff moderates a one-hour conversation with filmmaker Ken Burns and three experts: Jason Baldes, Rosalyn LaPier, and Dan Flores.