For millennia, tens of millions of buffalo sustained the Native peoples of the Great Plains, their lives and spirits deeply connected. By the 1880s, settlers had driven the species to near extinction. Ken Burns explores this devastating clash between Indigenous reverence and Western exploitation of nature.

Episode Two continues the story of America's national mammal, once numbering in the tens of millions and sustaining the Native peoples of the Great Plains. By the 1880s, settlers had driven the buffalo to near extinction. Ken Burns reveals the lasting consequences of this tragic clash between reverence and exploitation of nature.

By the late 1880s, fewer than 1,000 buffalo remained, nearly extinct. In Episode Three, a diverse group of Americans-ranchers, conservationists, and visionaries-begin raising small herds across the country. By the early 1900s, their efforts unite into a movement that saves America's national mammal from vanishing forever.

By the late 1880s, fewer than 1,000 buffalo remained, facing extinction. In Episode Four, a diverse and unlikely group of Americans begins raising small herds across the country. By the early 1900s, their combined efforts form a movement that saves the national mammal from vanishing forever.