TED-Ed
Why did the US try to kill all the bison? - Andrew C. Isenberg
2023 • E94 Nov 21, 2023 5m
By the mid-1700s, many Plains nations survived on North America’s largest land mammals: bison. They ate its meat, made the hides into winter coats and blankets, and used the bones and horns for tools. But in the following decades, millions of bison would be deliberately slaughtered, threatening the survival of Plains societies. Andrew C. Isenberg shares what led to the animal's near-extinction.
Lesson by Andrew C. Isenberg, directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist.
Lesson by Andrew C. Isenberg, directed by Rémi Cans, Atypicalist.