The series examines the buffalo in parallel with American expansion and our nation ... wild specimens in what Burns calls “the greatest slaughter of wildlife” in the history of the world.

As the buffalo were exterminated, Tribes suffered forced relocations onto reservations, lost prosperity, and starvation.

The American buffalo occupies the very heart of this ... and as one observer put it, the “slaughter was terrible beyond any description. . . . the scene was truly pitiable.” ...

Beyond the technology, the United States government also encouraged the slaughter of the buffalo as a strategy to conquer the American plains Indians. American General Phil Sheridan said ...

The protagonist: the American buffalo. The documentary will undoubtedly ... and the overhunting and mass slaughter of bison for commercial purposes. It became official US government policy to ...