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# The American Buffalo
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-american-buffalo/
- Published: 2024-03-27T18:09:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-05T22:15:26.000Z
- Description: The dramatic story of the American Buffalo's near extinction—and the people who saved it. A film by Ken Burns.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The American Buffalo, #show, #ZZZ_Show_1ec5c238-aa2e-43c7-96c7-3ddd218249b9, #showpage, #episodic_show, #v1.26

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.