"Buffalo Crossing" 2022
An Ivy League drop-out travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk. Based on the highly acclaimed novel by John Williams.
Stars.. Nicolas Cage, Fred Hechinger, Jeremy Bobb
The show is based in the early 1870's. It covers the Great Slaughter of the Buffalo ..
Honestly it is one of that does inform one how the demise of the Buffalo came to be.. In 1860 there was an approximately 30--60 million Buffalo. at the lowest point there were less than a 1,000. Now around 420,000. Now the largest herd lives in Yellowstone National Park.. which is between 5,000-6,000.
I did watch the whole movie but unless one is just wanting to know how the Wild West survived at times and a little history many might not find the movie interesting..
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462759/
Interesting in one way but I think I find it too emotionally upsetting to watch.
I remember seeing a black & white photo of a white idiot in the 19th century standing in front of an enormous pile of buffalo skulls with his rifle with a proud grin on his face.
Made me wanna puke and cry my eyes out at the same time.
The other day I read that white army men decided to kill off buffalo as it was Native Americans' food supply. They wanted to get rid of them and/or out of the area so they could build their railroad in piece. Killing their food supply was a great way to do that.
They promoted everyone to come and kill buffalo.
I never knew that. Sickening.
The command to do this didn't come from Washington but men higher up in the army made the decision. Washington (I mean the government/president, not the man Washington) knew, but turned a blind eye.
Like you say, there were millions, white man comes, buffalo as good as gone. I often truly am ashamed to be white. All the atrocities white man has committed ... disgusting.
I lived it up close and personal when I lived in -and worked for- an Aboriginal community in Aus. The guilt and shame almost did me in.
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SparklingCrystal 💖💎
on Sun 09/13/26 02:34 PM
