At times it seems like the earth is so upset about what happened to the American buffalo that it literally vomits up the remains. It's amazing how bones continue to pop out of the ground. I found my ...

The population of bison, North America's signature charismatic mammal, went from around 60 million in 1800 to just 300 by the dawn of the 20th century. Therein lies one hell of a story, told ...

This wasn’t the first time I doubted Ken Burns could make a subject interesting. The first time was when a friend urged me to watch the documentarian’s 1994 series Baseball. Though I took a mild, ...

Mr. Duncan is the writer of the recent Ken Burns documentary “The American Buffalo.” In 1805, when the Lewis and Clark expedition reached the border of what is now North Dakota and Montana, they found ...

For centuries Native tribes of North America had seamlessly woven the buffalo into all aspects of life, from clothing and food to tools and costuming.

"A Bison original"--P. [4] of cover. Contents A relationship from time immemorial -- Saving the buffalo nation -- Indians and buffalo, 1890-1990s -- The intertribal bison cooperative -- The ...