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Timeline Clip #5 Dustin Tahmahkera

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By 1889, Buffalo Bill Cody was the most famous American in the world.

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The scale of wild animal loss during the 1800s is the largest in known human history.

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The U.S. government made treaties with Indigenous people when it was convenient.

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After the Civil War, Americans set out with renewed energy to unite the East and West.

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Did you know a buffalo can clear a six-foot fence?

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The 1913 Buffalo Nickel raises important questions how we think of the American West.

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Grinnell fought the destruction of birds and other wildlife, including the buffalo.

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More than 250 Lakotas – mostly women and children – were killed by U.S. soldiers.

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Celebrate Black Excellence with the Block Party hosted by PBS!

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Henry Lewis Gates Jr. remembers two titans of the Civil Rights movement.

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See the evolution of the PBS logo, from 1970 to 2019.