Documentarian Dayton Duncan discussed how Ernest Harold Baynes helped save the American Buffalo from extinction by establishing herds in game reserves and forming the American Bison Society.

Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ ...

Ron Brownotter, shown here at one of his pastures on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, is believed to run the nation's largest American Indian owned buffalo herds. He 'started with nothing' 25 ...

In his latest docuseries, the five-time Emmy winner explores the near-extinction of the buffalo in the context of the Native American experience The post Ken Burns on ‘The American Buffalo ...

Thursdays, July 31 and Aug. 7, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! This two-part, four-hour series, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North ...

McLaughlin, who had Native American police arrest white hunters who were poaching buffalo on the reservation, admired the Sioux hunter’s restraint, suggesting they intended to conserve the herd.

“They’re hardy; they’re strong.” Today, the Brownotter Buffalo Ranch on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation sprawls over 20,000 acres, home to a herd of 600.

From fast casual to fine dining, bison is increasingly a Colorado menu staple. The hearty creatures, once systemically slaughtered by European settlers to the detriment of Native American tribes, are ...

THE AMERICAN BUFFALO is the biography of an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of the country’s most mythic and heartbreaking tales. The series, which has been ...