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Facing The Storm

1h 17m

Directed by Drury Gunn Carr, Doug Hawes-Davis • Documentary • 2010 • 78 minutes

FACING THE STORM is the epic account of our tempestuous relationship with the iconic symbol of wild America. It explores the visionary quest to protect and restore bison and details the inextricable relationship of the Plains Indians with the animal. The film also recounts the harrowing near-destruction of the species in the late nineteenth century -- from an estimated 30 million bison to a mere 23 individuals by 1885. It explores the epic vision -- and monumental obstacles -- to restore bison to immense tracts of the Great Plains.

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20th century, american (u.s.) studies, american history, american west, bison, buffalo, bullfrog films, conservation, conservation and protection, cultural anthropology, docuseek, ecology, endangered species and extinction, environmental anthropology, environmental history, environmental sociology, expository, facing the storm, grasslands and prairies, great plains, historical anthropology, historical sociology, human geography, indigenous spirituality and religion, indigenous studies, kiowa, mammal, mammals, manifest destiny, national park, native americans, north america, oklahoma, ovid, ovid_ca, s_0001, s_0065, s_0079, s_0091, s_0096, s_0129, s_0136, s_0149, s_0155, s_0156, s_0182, s_0279, s_0591, s_0600, s_0603, s_0642, s_0652, s_0659, spirituality, the prairie and great plains, title_f, u.s. history, yellowstone
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