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The American Buffalo (2023–2023)
TV Mini-series | 234 min | Documentary, History

The American Buffalo (2023–2023)

TV Mini-series | 234 min | Documentary, History

A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.

Seasons

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Creator

Ken Burns (created by)

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 15, 2023

Release date (First episode)

Oct 16, 2023 (United States)

Awards

1 win

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Cast	+ Add Cast
36 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Peter Coyote Narrator / Self - Narrator Narrator / Self - Narrator See fewer	3	Bitter Moon (1992)
N. Scott Momaday Self / Self - Kiowa Self / Self - Kiowa See fewer	2	House Made of Dawn (1972)
Rosalyn LaPier Self / Self - Blackfeet-Métis Self / Self - Blackfeet-Métis See fewer	2	The American Buffalo (2023)
Dayton Duncan Self / Self - Writer Self / Self - Writer See fewer	2	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Steven Rinella Self / Self - Writer Self / Self - Writer See fewer	2	One Week in November (2021)
Dan Flores Self / Self - Historian Self / Self - Historian See fewer	2	The American Buffalo (2023)
Michael Punke Self / Self - Writer Self / Self - Writer See fewer	2	The Revenant (2015)
Sara Dant Self / Self - Historian Self / Self - Historian See fewer	2	The American Buffalo (2023)
Germaine White Self / Self - Salish-Kootenai Self / Self - Salish-Kootenai See fewer	2	The American Buffalo (2023)
Gerard Baker Self / Self - Mandan-Hidatsa Self / Self - Mandan-Hidatsa See fewer	2	Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)
Marcia Pablo Self / Self - Pend d'Oreille-Kootenai Self / Self - Pend d'Oreille-Kootenai See fewer	2	The American Buffalo (2023)
George Horse Capture Jr. Self / Self - Aaniiih Self / Self - Aaniiih See fewer	2	The American Buffalo (2023)
Clay Jenkinson Self / Self - Historian Self / Self - Historian See fewer	2	Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
Andrew C. Isenberg Self / Self - Historian Self / Self - Historian See fewer	2	The American West (2016)
Dan O'Brien Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	2	To What Remains (2021)
Ron Parker Self / Self - Great-Grandson Self / Self - Great-Grandson See fewer	2	The American Buffalo (2023)
Jeff Daniels John Cook / Self John Cook / Self See fewer	2	The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Tantoo Cardinal Self Self See fewer	2	Wind River (2017)
Dustin Tahmahkera Self Self See fewer	2	Prey (I) (2022)
Craig Mellish Billy Dixon / Teddy Blue Abbott Billy Dixon / Teddy Blue Abbott See fewer	2	The Dust Bowl (2012)
Elliott West Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	Kevin Costner's the West (2025)
Paul Giamatti Self Self See fewer	1	Sideways (2004)
Hope Davis Self Self See fewer	1	American Splendor (2003)
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Murphy Guyer Self Self See fewer	1	Arthur (I) (2011)
Michelle Nijhuis Self Self See fewer	1	Vox Conversations (2021)
Tim Clark Self Self See fewer	1	The American Buffalo (2023)
Elliot West Self Self See fewer	1	The Beauties of Nature (2022)