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Ken Burns and Professor Rosalyn LaPier on ‘The American Buffalo’
The PBS documentary, “The American Buffalo" produced by Ken Burns traces the animal’s evolution, its significance to the Indigenous people, its near extinction, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink. Indegenous writer and University of Illinois history professor Rosalyn LaPier was featured prominently in the film.