This is such a wonderful thing to see happen for these long suffering people. My heart skipped a beat when Jonny talked about how the Sioux and other nations almost became extinct just like the buffalo. European and US colonialism tore the native peoples to pieces literally and figuratively. I’m overwhelmed by the beauty of this story.
No words can express the beauty of releasing the Buffalo back where they belong. The buffalo herd needs to grow as it did back in the day. Bless the community who put this together and made it happen. 🌈⭐️🌈⭐️
Home at last - where they evolved. Pound for pound the Bison is the strongest animal on Earth. With a little help they will flourish. Thank you for the story!
@@veramae4098 People sometimes wish for a return to “the old days” without realizing what that would actually mean. A migrating herd of even 10,000 would be impossible today. How do we move goods reliably across this wide country? I’ve loved the American bison since trips “out West” in the mid 60s, but a group of 100 is something to be very careful around.
I am so proud of these folks who are reclaiming the native wildlife indigenous to our country. As I see it the Yellowstone bison are partially a success, when the Canadian Bison ate also released there the restoration of this country can become complete. I understand That like the Alaskan and Canadian moose are much larger. Personally I believe that it is our responsability to reestablish the original state of our country.
Awesome! Thanks to the reservations hard work they're getting a more balanced ecosystem. Thank you for doing the hard work to make this happen. I'm sure it's only the start.
I had tears in my eyes as this native city gal watched those majestic creatures RETURN HOME! Notice, no prodding necessary. They simply ran free and back into nature as the majestic cloud, commonly called fog, embraced them. Oh what a lasting display of a clouds hovering as if witnesses gathered to usher and embrace them back home. ❤
Thank you to the People for their efforts, and this Lady for speaking truth. Hold on to your dreams. I'ver never seen the animal up-close, in person. Must have been frightening to early hunters, laying low in the grass, hunting with a stick or rock- Stone Age man style....
nothing, this is a braindead idea. They need tons of grass, that's why they migrated over large areas of turf. Stick them in a scraggly dusty lot up in North Dakota and they're bound to starve. This is just animal cruelty
I'm non native, but I would very much like to see the Bison population of North America surpass the numbers they're sitting at now and get back into the millions again and I'm sure that would be very beneficial for the Native tribes and the eco system. I'm positive it can be done.
Hau hankashi. Le lakota makoce kin tatanka oyate na ikche wichasa oyate tawa kin pelo. Ohinyan tawa kin pelo! Thank you sister, thank you for your magic. Hankashi, wopila tanka eciciye. What you did is sacred. Your tears are my tears and the tears of the people (Assiniboine, Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, Crow, Blackfeet, Arapaho, Shoshoni, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Atsina, Kalispel, Nes Perces, Kootenai, Yakima, Cayuse, Bannock, Cree, Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa, Iowa, Missoura, Ponca, Otoe, Omaha, Konzas, Arkonzas, Osage, Ute, Comanche, Kiowa, Apache, Navajo, Hopi and so many others like the stars in the sky ).
I want to see cattle removed from public lands and bison retuned to every state they were roaming before. Antelope also. I’d rather eat bison than beef. My family raised beef in the past. Time to let them go.
A story about true Spirituality. In this day and age. The power and ability to believe in something of the natural world, one hundred and forty years on. The symbolism of this is giant. Am thinking of what if anything, today, holds anything that's equivalent in the White man's world can represent our evolution as closely. What of this world that we occupy that's living do we have as strong, as durable a belief in we have a symbiotic relationship.
Imagine that sound of his small herd thundering into the wild multiplied thousands of times. The sound of the some 30 million buffalo that once roamed the plains. The thundering heard of 30 million animals. In many ways our government is wonderful. In other ways the treatment of our native peoples by this government leaves me speechless, angry, sad and disgusted.
I wonder how many species of Buffalo (Bison) already went extinct before environment Canada and environmental departments in the U.S. government too finally started doing something about it. I wonder if that had anything to do at all with for example Al Omeing's game farm too which was in way a very expensive start-up to try and finally convince colonialist minded governance in the Americas that something had to be done different soon enough. Or to do at all with in another example a 'hobby farm' run by Zoologists researchering about the diminishing Muskox herds too.
Some call it the American buffalo. We know this. And what is your point? You were in grade school decades ago taught by the whyte dominated culture. READ UP ON THE ORIGINS of how the word "buffalo" started being used. IT WAS THE POPULAR MANNER OF DESCRIBING THEM.....even if Bison might be the technical word. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT IS THE POPULARIZED WORD BACK IN THE DAY??? There is an explanation for how the word "buff-"alo came to be.
She states that it isn't merely about a food source. It represents a Spirituality to their culture. Which should be our culture as we all moved on to their lands. The beauty of seeing them run free is without words.
oh plese... This is nothing but propaganda. Bisons and Buffallos have been roaming wild in America for decades now. Sure it's new to this reservation, but not new to America! Anyway, great for the reservation. PBS just needs to stop propaganda.
This is such a wonderful thing to see happen for these long suffering people. My heart skipped a beat when Jonny talked about how the Sioux and other nations almost became extinct just like the buffalo. European and US colonialism tore the native peoples to pieces literally and figuratively. I’m overwhelmed by the beauty of this story.
My thoughts exactly 💯
Very nicely said!
No words can express the beauty of releasing the Buffalo back where they belong. The buffalo herd needs to grow as it did back in the day. Bless the community who put this together and made it happen. 🌈⭐️🌈⭐️
I am tearful watching this... gratitude to those who made it possible.
Home at last - where they evolved. Pound for pound the Bison is the strongest animal on Earth. With a little help they will flourish. Thank you for the story!
It’s a beautiful sight! Home at long last.
I hope I’m alive when the next report is on how this herd flourished beyond expectations and now fills the land like they did in the past.
"Like they did in the past." You mean, no more farms? Villages? Homes?
Think this thru.
@@veramae4098 People sometimes wish for a return to “the old days” without realizing what that would actually mean. A migrating herd of even 10,000 would be impossible today. How do we move goods reliably across this wide country? I’ve loved the American bison since trips “out West” in the mid 60s, but a group of 100 is something to be very careful around.
@@veramae4098
Yes
None of it belongs
-COMANCHE NATION
I'm happy for both the animals and the people. ❤
Wonderful story, they are home at last.❤
Yes. So much, YES! I'm so happy for the buffalo and for the tribes. So, so happy. 💗
Welcome home to Tatanka.
They are so strong to keep fighting for the future and their past
Touched my soul.
What a great accomplishment! I’m not Indian but I thank you.
My great-great paternal and maternal grandmas were native people. This is the coolest thing to experience!
Awesome ❣ Congratulations 👏
What a beautiful sight! ❤
I am so proud of these folks who are reclaiming the native wildlife indigenous to our country. As I see it the Yellowstone bison are partially a success, when the Canadian Bison ate also released there the restoration of this country can become complete. I understand That like the Alaskan and Canadian moose are much larger. Personally I believe that it is our responsability to reestablish the original state of our country.
It is about time.❤
Awesome! Thanks to the reservations hard work they're getting a more balanced ecosystem. Thank you for doing the hard work to make this happen. I'm sure it's only the start.
Incredible!
So proud of all your hard work, blessings to see. Why didn't you release them in the spring for better survival and food?
The web of life! Thank you for bringing back the Buffalo.
I had tears in my eyes as this native city gal watched those majestic creatures RETURN HOME! Notice, no prodding necessary. They simply ran free and back into nature as the majestic cloud, commonly called fog, embraced them. Oh what a lasting display of a clouds hovering as if witnesses gathered to usher and embrace them back home. ❤
great!!
I would love to see them back in the wild. They are a symbol of America! Just like the native Americans!
They know they’re home. Awesome video
I saw this in a dream, this part. And it gets way better.
Thank you to the People for their efforts, and this Lady for speaking truth. Hold on to your dreams. I'ver never seen the animal up-close, in person. Must have been frightening to early hunters, laying low in the grass, hunting with a stick or rock- Stone Age man style....
A miracle for the life and health of the plains.
Formidable !!! One specie out of the many we need to protect and reintroduce.
❤❤❤❤ praying 🙏 for long journeys
America would be a better place if Native Americans were put in charge of protecting the environment.
hahaha great joke
What do they eat in the snow-covered ground❓
They dig through the snow to eat the grass underneath
nothing, this is a braindead idea. They need tons of grass, that's why they migrated over large areas of turf. Stick them in a scraggly dusty lot up in North Dakota and they're bound to starve. This is just animal cruelty
Beautiful ❤️❤️
so awesome, I love Buffalo!
I'm non native, but I would very much like to see the Bison population of North America surpass the numbers they're sitting at now and get back into the millions again and I'm sure that would be very beneficial for the Native tribes and the eco system. I'm positive it can be done.
Hau hankashi. Le lakota makoce kin tatanka oyate na ikche wichasa oyate tawa kin pelo. Ohinyan tawa kin pelo! Thank you sister, thank you for your magic. Hankashi, wopila tanka eciciye. What you did is sacred. Your tears are my tears and the tears of the people (Assiniboine, Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, Crow, Blackfeet, Arapaho, Shoshoni, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Atsina, Kalispel, Nes Perces, Kootenai, Yakima, Cayuse, Bannock, Cree, Arikara, Mandan, Hidatsa, Iowa, Missoura, Ponca, Otoe, Omaha, Konzas, Arkonzas, Osage, Ute, Comanche, Kiowa, Apache, Navajo, Hopi and so many others like the stars in the sky ).
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Excellent video 😊
Wonderful we need them for healthy prarie and water 💦.
is a bison
I want to see cattle removed from public lands and bison retuned to every state they were roaming before. Antelope also. I’d rather eat bison than beef. My family raised beef in the past. Time to let them go.
A story about true Spirituality. In this day and age. The power and ability to believe in something of the natural world, one hundred and forty years on. The symbolism of this is giant. Am thinking of what if anything, today, holds anything that's equivalent in the White man's world can represent our evolution as closely. What of this world that we occupy that's living do we have as strong, as durable a belief in we have a symbiotic relationship.
Why would they release a herd of animals in a new location in the middle of winter ? Wouldn't spring or summer have been a better idea ?
Bison are adapted to live in cold environments. They regularly live through blizzards just fine.
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Imagine that sound of his small herd thundering into the wild multiplied thousands of times. The sound of the some 30 million buffalo that once roamed the plains. The thundering heard of 30 million animals.
In many ways our government is wonderful. In other ways the treatment of our native peoples by this government leaves me speechless, angry, sad and disgusted.
They are Bison, not buffalo. Fact check.
We had names for them before they were called bison.
@@nlinder6075Thank you.
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Why did this PBS documentary neglect to mention that buffalo disappeared as a result of systematic extermination by the United States government?
I wonder how many species of Buffalo (Bison) already went extinct before environment Canada and environmental departments in the U.S. government too finally started doing something about it. I wonder if that had anything to do at all with for example Al Omeing's game farm too which was in way a very expensive start-up to try and finally convince colonialist minded governance in the Americas that something had to be done different soon enough. Or to do at all with in another example a 'hobby farm' run by Zoologists researchering about the diminishing Muskox herds too.
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PBS, they are not buffalo, they are bison. We learned that in grade school. Duh!
Some call it the American buffalo. We know this. And what is your point? You were in grade school decades ago taught by the whyte dominated culture. READ UP ON THE ORIGINS of how the word "buffalo" started being used. IT WAS THE POPULAR MANNER OF DESCRIBING THEM.....even if Bison might be the technical word. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT IS THE POPULARIZED WORD BACK IN THE DAY??? There is an explanation for how the word "buff-"alo came to be.
It's been 150 years since Native Americans hunted Buffalo as their main food source.
She states that it isn't merely about a food source. It represents a Spirituality to their culture. Which should be our culture as we all moved on to their lands. The beauty of seeing them run free is without words.
@sueprator9314 Just hard to imagine it's been that long. It will be interesting to see how this develops over time.
oh plese... This is nothing but propaganda. Bisons and Buffallos have been roaming wild in America for decades now. Sure it's new to this reservation, but not new to America! Anyway, great for the reservation. PBS just needs to stop propaganda.