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The buffalo war / Bullfrog Films presents ; produced by Sweetspot Pictures and Buffalo Jump Pictures ; produced in association with the Independent Television Service ; a film by Matthew Testa.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Montana. Department of Livestock.
- Montana.
- American bison--Yellowstone National Park.
- American bison.
- Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
- Indians of North America.
- Animal rights--Montana.
- Animal rights.
- Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Animal welfare.
- Ranchers--Montana.
- Ranchers.
- Environmental protection--Montana--Citizen participation.
- Environmental protection.
- Brucellosis in animals--Yellowstone National Park.
- Brucellosis in animals.
- Brucellosis in animals--Montana.
- Public lands--Montana--Management.
- Public lands.
- Manners and customs.
- Management.
- Political participation.
- Sioux Nation--Social life and customs.
- Sioux Nation.
- Genre:
- Environmental films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- THE BUFFALO WAR is the moving story of the Native Americans, ranchers, government officials and environmental activists currently battling over the yearly slaughter of America's last wild bison. Yellowstone National Park bison that stray from the park in winter are routinely rounded up and sent to slaughter by agents of Montana's Department of Livestock, who fear the migrating animals will transmit the disease brucellosis to cattle, despite the federal Department of Agriculture's urging that this is unlikely. This film explores the controversial killing by joining a 500-mile spiritual march across Montana by Lakota Sioux Indians who object to the slaughter. Led by Lakota elder Rosalie Little Thunder, the marchers express their cultural connection to bison and display the power of tradition and sacrifice.
- Credits:
- Produced, photographed and directed by Matthew Testa ; editor, Bernadine Colish ; music, Marcelo Zarvos.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Buffalo Jump Pictures Inc., ©2001.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 1, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-buff Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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