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Sitting Bull and the Wounded Knee Massacre

Season 1 Episode 2 | 6m 21s

U.S. concern over a new Ghost Dance ceremony prompted the arrest of the Lakota Chief Sitting Bull. Dozens ended up dead, including Sitting Bull. Several hundred Lakotas headed toward the Black Hills to end things peaceably with the U.S. Army. En route, they camped at a creek called Wounded Knee. The next morning, more than 250 Lakotas – mostly women and children – were killed by U.S. soldiers.

Corporate funding for The American Buffalo was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and its following members: The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation fund at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierley; The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment; John and Catherine Debs; Kissick Family Foundation; Fred and Donna Seigel; Jacqueline Mars; John and Leslie McQuown; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones. Funding was also provided by The Volgenau Foundation.
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These short films weave together Native voices and perspectives relating to buffalo.
The Rosebud Indian Reservations Wolakota Project aims to bring the buffalo home.
An intimate look at the only indigenous tribal-led buffalo drive in North America.
Iniskim follows a young woman’s journey to recovery by reconnecting with the buffalo.
The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions how we think of the American West.
Grinnell fought the destruction of birds and other wildlife, including the buffalo.
By 1889, Buffalo Bill Cody was the most famous American in the world.
Ken Burns, Julie Dunfey and Dayton Duncan on creating their latest documentary.
Examining the center of one of the country’s most mythic and heartbreaking tales.
America’s national mammal, once numbering millions, is driven to near extinction.
An unlikely collection of Americans rescues the national mammal from extinction.