Mouse and the Buffalo
Clip: 10/2/2025 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
A Blackfeet cowboy’s efforts to protect the herd clash with rising tensions in the community.
After years of conflict over the management of the buffalo, the Blackfeet tribe turned to an elder -- a cowboy named Mouse to corral the herd and teach them new habits. Despite his dedication, growing tension between the tribal council and local ranchers led to a painful decision: to round up and sell most of the herd, marking another chapter in the tribe’s ongoing struggle to reclaim balance.
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Mouse and the Buffalo
Clip: 10/2/2025 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
After years of conflict over the management of the buffalo, the Blackfeet tribe turned to an elder -- a cowboy named Mouse to corral the herd and teach them new habits. Despite his dedication, growing tension between the tribal council and local ranchers led to a painful decision: to round up and sell most of the herd, marking another chapter in the tribe’s ongoing struggle to reclaim balance.
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Aiskótáhkapiyaaya (Bring Them Home)
Bring Them Home reveals how the buffalo, once central to Blackfeet identity, spirituality, and survival, were nearly wiped out by settlers — an assault that devastated both the land and the people. For the Blackfeet, restoring the buffalo means reclaiming balance, kinship, and cultural healing.After mor than a decade of this conflict, the tribe enlisted a Blackfeet cowboy to corral the herd and teach them new habits.
Despite mouse' best efforts, as time went on, the tension with individual Blackfee ranchers and farmers only grew until it reached a point where the tribe's leadership, the tribal council, decided to round up and sell most of the herd.
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Preview: 11/24/2025 | 30s | Follow a group of Blackfoot working to right historic wrongs by returning wild bison to their lands. (30s)
All My Relations: The Blackfoot Way of Seeing the World
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Clip: 10/2/2025 | 1m 26s | Dr. Leroy Little Bear explains the sacred kinship and shared spirit between humans and buffalo. (1m 26s)
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Clip: 10/2/2025 | 3m 10s | Riders of the Blackfeet Nation unite in a powerful fall buffalo drive honoring heritage and spirit. (3m 10s)
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