What killed all the bison? - Andrew C. Isenberg

Explore how the US government hunted bison to near-extinction in the 1800s to force Native Americans onto reservations.
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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.
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[@wesleybantugan5604]

The extreme anti-native sentiment of early Americans never fails to shock me with how much they wanted to completely eliminate a rich culture and lifestyle that predated their own

[@DOSFS]

The 'Old way' to solve problems died hard. Humans can be incredibly crude just a few hundred years back, only recently and only a few places even be able to change and at least recognize and amend their past actions, The US is a few of them even if they still aren't all and not perfect but at least it is the first step.

[@HIFLY01]

IDF to Hamas be like

[@richarddawkins4607]

@@HIFLY01 is. lam is a cu. rse for humanity

[@mrcat6433]

Don't be mistaken the anti-native sentiment hasn't gone away. Because the Reservations are free from state regulations, they become targets for water contamination, waste dumping, air pollution, mining waste etc. The responsibility of dealing with it usually ends up falling on the local tribal governments.

[@rhysioeren3203]

Well, it happened with native Americans, it happened with afro americans and it is still happening with those 2 groups and other groups as well. So, it is not the "old way" it is what is still happening and it is something that is getting stronger throughout the country.

[@micahbush5397]

What's ironic is that the U.S. government began styling itself as savior of the bison around the time they were approaching extinction (with natives confined to reservations, the tourist appeal of the bison outweighed subjugation concerns). Classic U.S. politics.

[@tuongtang8974]

Atleast they actually try to reserve the bison. Now they're not endangered animals anymore Unlike the Soviet whaling humpback whale to almost extinction

[@leebulger7112]

​@@tuongtang8974I have heard a lot of stories like this with near extinction of animals and the genocide of native people across the world and it makes me sick to hear it every time.

[@andrewreynolds912]

​@@leebulger7112exactly as an american, I hate what my country did to these people

[@tiesdehaan8974]

@@tuongtang8974That is like saying: Hey you really screwed that person over, but at least they are still alive. There is nothing heroic about the way European settlers have treated the Americas. There is a severe lack of taking responsibility by institutions such as the American government, especially when it comes to their contribution to the extreme loss of habitats and cultural diversity in the Americas

[@irfahim2255]

​@@tuongtang8974are you kidding me?

[@gutsdw]

The one dude who was so passionate about his distain for the natives and bison that he killed 5000 bison in two months and went deaf, eventually developing severe medical issues are the kinds of people who just don’t let anyone have nice things.

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

There are many people who think like him today unfortunately.

[@sahilsakure2382]

​@@Toomuchbullshittpeople of such mentality existed and still exists and will most likely exist in future as well, what can me or you as an individual do is don't become like that

[@amitrana9090]

This was genuinely hard hitting. Humans never fails to surprise/disaapoint me...😢

[@arnoldmbuthia2687]

certain people.

[@lawliet91819]

Ummmm hmmmm.......You mean American greed?

[@jigsaw2253]

White people*

[@Angelo-Rules]

100 years later, they will make a similar video about the Palestinians 😢

[@stratospheric37]

Because of Americans' settlers depravity you condemn all of humanity? The problem is clearly the cruelty of American colonialism.

[@dentistrider3874]

I can never unlearn the horrifying truths from the Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. That day they had a comprehensive exhibit about the treaties that Indian nations made with European settlers from the colonial period well into the 19th century. The story begins OK, but over time as America becomes more powerful the treaties become more transactional and their violation more common. Our country is "built" on values of freedom, liberty justice and whatnot, which sounds genuinely absurd, as the entire country was stolen from a people who were slaughtered and displaced, to make way for a people who were also displaced to work as slaves for the powerful white minority. This country was built on a stagnant pool of blood. The founders extolled enlightenment values at the same time that they were oppressing every non-white non-male group.

[@dosadoodle]

Thank you for this note. Learning this history does not mean someone should feel shame for being a US citizen. However, refusing to learn this history or barring others from learning this history is shameful. The electorate can choose how to proceed with this knowledge, whether to accept the past while making no changes, or to help undo a small fraction of the harms done to families who have less because their ancestors were oppressed. Whatever the decision, I hope people can be brave and honest to make decisions with their eyes wide open.

[@Dantick09]

Freedom, liberty and justice… for some

[@Kriya_raj]

@@Dantick09^

[@gaminghighlights2481]

Just outrageous what humanity can do to benefit themselves.

[@jigsaw2253]

White people*

[@Fushishou]

"Humanity" = white people. The native americans were doing fine by themselves.

[@Proletariat-intifada]

Not *humans*, but european settlers. Native americans coexisted with them and had them as their main source of food for centuries without endangering them

[@Angelo-Rules]

100 years later, they will make a similar video about the Palestinians 😢

[@stratospheric37]

How were bison population numbers doing for 27000 of indigenous coexistence? If "humanity" was the problem, then bison wouldn't have existed for such a long time, yet in less than a century their existence nearly ended due to American colonialism, not "humanity".

[@esculturaronaldestabaya8508]

TED-Ed never disappoints with its animations. Topnotch!❤

[@doornumb]

Uhh last video tho...

[@perpetualbystander4516]

@doornumb You didn't like the one about the Fermi bubbles?

[@mattrinne]

The only thing more predictable than the quality of a Ted Ed video is the predictability of someone commenting on the quality of Ted Ed videos.

[@kingmaple9252]

Most TED-Ed vids have really good animation but the video before this was something unique. A TED-Ed video with bad animation.

[@lampoilsalesman]

the history of the us should be labelled as a horror book

[@captain_improbability5690]

Look at the history of England or France. It is so much worse and it lasts so much longer.

[@ChilSquad]

Not only just the us

[@princesslupi4136]

It's quite barbaric and gruesome for so-called civilized humans.😢

[@AnahuacMex]

​@@captain_improbability5690Your neighbors' crimes do not take away yours

[@captain_improbability5690]

@@AnahuacMex Of course, but we should not forget that others did worse.

[@3452te]

Sometimes I am glad Bisons are still alive, but what the US did was unforgivable, trying to get rid of a species that survived the last Ice Age, only for it be at the edge of extinction. I remembered reading the same thing about Wisents in the Caucasus, that unfortunately went extinct, while the European Bison only managed to survive in Poland. But the biggest tragedy in wild cattle are the Aurochs, the Aurochs faced a devastated loss up until the second half of the 17th to the first half of the 18th century when the last wild Auroch became extinct, whereas the African Aurochs became extinct during the Roman Empire. Sometimes I just wish I could see those last remaining ice age megafauna in our modern world.

[@3452te]

@@lysmrtz really, it seems that you're projecting something that you assume that I hate people. I think you need to get your eyes checked out, because there is no way I wrote that. I only stated that it sucks that I cannot see any Ice Age megafauna in the modern world, Hence the Aurochs and Caucasian Wisents of which both are extinct.

[@lysmrtz]

@@3452te ig i did accuse you of something you didnt do, but, actually nvm im in the wrong

[@AsokaTw-mz3lr]

whites caused them all.

[@velku]

There's also a Bison reservation in Mexico (the country's only one) in Janos, a town on the northern state of Chihuahua. It started 14yrs ago with 23, so far they got to over 300

[@terramater]

Very informative and interesting to know. There are now around 500,000 bison in the USA, but most live on reserves or ranches. Until recently, our crew got on camera the conservation efforts that made it possible to release the first bison group into the wilderness of Badlands National Park.

[@mahapatrasohamm]

Holy cow. I wanna see it!!!!!

[@leocremonezi]

It is shocking the amount of atrocities committed against the indigenous communities in all countries of the Americas. Here in Brazil it is no different, the suffering continues and the indigenous people are continuously abused. Hopefully the bison population will grow again and recreate its bonds with the Native Americans.

[@dickhardpicard]

I had bison burgers last night 😂

[@nathangrey6236]

​@@dickhardpicardeating is okay but mass extinction is not

[@dickhardpicard]

@@nathangrey6236 bisons can't be extinct if I had a bison burger the other night 🤔🤦🙄

[@saltrxn]

@@dickhardpicardu trying too hard to troll lil bro

[@dickhardpicard]

@@saltrxn trying too hard check someone bruh. Shove that turkey down ya throat and mind ya bizness bish

[@Thiago100Zwetsch]

I am speechless how low greedy people can get. So frustrating. Hope the Bisons recover someday!

[@dionjohn1744]

The bisons might might but the tribals are doomed. Soon enough, their legacy too will vanish. So sad

[@Thiago100Zwetsch]

@@dionjohn1744 indeed you are so right as well

[@Nebotek1]

It's horrible that we killed so many innocent bison to do an even more horrible act

[@IBTU]

Cows are okay?

[@kaninerflagg9998]

​@@IBTUAre cows more important to you than indigenous tribes? Troll elsewhere.

[@captain_improbability5690]

@@mister_r447 "To do an even more horrible act". Get your eyes checked. The commentor clearly meant starving and driving out the Native Americans.

[@captain_improbability5690]

@@kaninerflagg9998 By indigenous tribes you mean underdeveloped people that do nothing but complain about how we stole their land when we got it by right of conquest? It is not our fault the best weapons they had were bows and a sharp stick.

[@sendoh7x]

@@mister_r447 why? can't swallow the truth?

[@shnope]

With the current political climate, we need to know how the native populations have been treated in the past by colonial settlers all over the world. Ted ed never disappoints.

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

yes...we need to know to pay repatriations

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

*Conservatives reading this comment:* Reeeeeeeeeee!!

[@velku]

One of your best topics yet and the animation is even greater. What a good job you did on this video

[@starmaker75]

It was sad that the American bison was almost extinct and how it was used to basically cultural genocide the natives.

[@lilysenpai8604]

I’m glad Ted-ed is talking about public speaking. As a student, when I was younger I just felt like my voice was never heard sometimes. You really feel empowered when you can speak about things publicly and bring change. ❤

[@bobpritham2660]

The photo of the guy with all those skulls terrified me. Left me with distraught. 😢

[@murph_mustela]

This played out almost exactly like the Irish Potato 'Famine'. In fact during this time period the Choctaw people sent aid to help the starving people in Ireland. In Co. Cork they have built a statue in gratitude of the Choctaw. It's called 'Kindred Spirits'. Like the Native Americans, the Irish were driven off their own land. When the 'famine' occurred we could not even forage or hunt on our own land since it was owned by the British. We did not even own the crops we grew, since they 'belonged' to the British landowners. When the Choctaw people heard of such a similar plight they sent the money to Ireland.

[@isabellaassasin4452]

Thank you so much for talking about this topic!

[@jakuburban6289]

Its sad that this story never ended, it just plays out on repeat, changes but a few names.

I’ve first heard about this bison problem when i was playing RDR a few years ago. Feels good to get the full context now.

[@gregorygranger6481]

And what do you think

[@PhuongNguyen-xw5jm]

Thanks for the video. It's eye-opening. So sad about the history of killing the bison.

[@justinblin]

I love the uniqueness of the art in each video!

[@hadesbig]

thanks for making so many education videos that helps learn so many topics

[@smallFrie43]

The animation is just, wow! It’s amazing.

[@iamnotabot8158]

Bison in an alternate universe: drives humanity (mostly Americans) to near extinction

[@spingleboygle]

oh god

[@paleoph6168]

Bison has triumphed, undoubtedly due to his Psycho Power.

[@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667]

Dont worry in our timeline Tambora volcano (or Toba) almost exterminate all of us during our cave people years. We almost got dinosaur fate. That was close

[@awesomebroke]

US only i guess.

[@carlopean5068]

It wasn’t humanity. It was the United States government.

[@ismailchoudhary7441]

As an Indian I had a chapter in literature here in India that explains a story of a guy who thinks gonna be a farmer and horse trainer when he grows up and he decides to quit school. Later his father takes him to a native Indian colonies ruins where he shows him a room where the native population used to run schools and teach small kids and he says even the Indians gave education such importance even though they didn't had back then what we have now yet they studied.. that's my first introduction of the native Indian population of the Americas...

[@afifasiddiqui9191]

Interesting. Please tell us the title of the story.

[@blondjon]

Very sordid history that I never knew about. Thanks for sharing.

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Great animations as always.

[@nourshokr3291]

A young buffalo builds up the courage to finally come out to his father... The father buffalo smiles and says, ''thank you for confiding in me, I always thought you were bison.''

[@TheOneWhoKnocks70]

Sad to see the painful history with powerful animations

[@AsliddinNormamatov-ir7ok]

Thanks for the teded and the owners ,to create these kind of short and animation vedios which have not been only help us by developing english knowledge , but also they can rich potentially our attitude for the nature and its biodiversity , thanks a lot for you 😊

[@debbiej.2168]

Looks like your English is coming along well, based on this comment.

[@ajaygopal2208]

The animation is top-notch. Simply a joy to learn like this.

[@simranjitsingh7740]

Same happened in Australia with emus and dingos.

[@tiotiwilliams8311]

Koalas

[@Faisaltm2]

Shame, some people don’t respect the values of life (not for humans or animals)

[@dingdin]

we also should not respect that type of peoples lives.

[@modkip25]

That was my thought as well, they did not respect life. I just can't understand that kind of mentality. A completely selfish and detached lifestyle to everything surrounding them.

[@S6891H]

Please make a video about the Trail of Tears. There's not enough educational content on this subject.

[@AudioTruyenLangQue]

It's a pleasure to watch your video, it's a great video, very well conveyed, thank you very much.

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks

[@tylergust8881]

Glad I learned this in school and wasn't forced to learn about it on youtube...

[@mohidrehan3351]

that image of mountain of bison skull got me😔

[@thunderblossom8114]

Always breaks my heart/makes me feel really bad about what happened, even though this was centuries ago

[@paigewhitfield3624]

It's amazing (yet not surprising) how no animal was extinct until colonists came. I love how the video shows how the Indigenous Americans respected nature and the animals, which is likely why even though there were millions of Indigenous Americans, the animals they used never went extinct. P.S. recent times as in 1600s onward

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

That’s very true

[@HIFLY01]

The mammoths were killed off by natives way before colonialism? And horses? Only reason native Americans had horses was because the Europeans brought them back over

[@micahbush5397]

​@@HIFLY01Climactic changes likely played a role in those extinctions; it's doubtful that the megafauna died solely from human hunting.

[@paigewhitfield3624]

@@HIFLY01 I'm talking as recent as the 1600s, not the Ice Age

[@IBTU]

Have you never studied history? Thousands of species have gone extinct

[@justinehercthehuman]

I saw that photo when I was looking up random stuff after I watched the movie Prey (yes, the latest Predator movie with a lead Native American). It still breaks my heart seeing multiple bisons skinned and just left to rot.

[@ethansoderstrom8287]

Should've released this video on Bison Day. I participated in a bison festival, showcasing my art work.

[@zennyfieldster4220]

An absolute brutal genius idea that was so close to working. It’s a scar that’ll take possibly hundreds of years to heal. It’s terrifying that if we as a species wants something dead, we’ll be dam sure of that.

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@playhousefilmsofficial]

Definitely the one part of our history i wish we could change.

[@nigelp5352]

The passenger pigeon was also driven to extinction by extraordinary methods.

[@derkaiser420]

You know you are messed up when the British tell you to calm down. What he didn't go on to say the British officer told the Colonel that he thought the Americans should negotiate with the Natives instead of killing them. The officer said that would never happen.

[@davea6314]

A lot of people don't realize that the Spanish invaders in the 17th century first introduced the riding horse to Native Americans. Before that Native Americans would hunt bison 🦬 using tactics such as driving bison off a cliff.

[@BCSEbadulIslam]

Are you here after watching the ALPHA movie ..? 🙂🙂

[@davea6314]

@@BCSEbadulIslam No

[@uanime1]

The natives also didn't use all the bison and in some cases only took the tongues from the herd they drove over a cliff.

[@davea6314]

@@uanime1 I'm guessing that there might have been situations where the number of bison 🦬 driven off a cliff exceeded a Native American tribe's ability to use all of the dead bison meat at the bottom of the cliff. Perhaps a Native American tribe has an oral history that was written down about this...

[@cenewman007]

The 'Buffalo jump" or impound was rarely used, and then only by Tribes living in the plains. Before European invasion, Bison were numerous from Canada down to Florida, and most Tribes did not use those techniques at all.

[@cikgutinghuaeechannel4782]

The same thing happened now in the middle east. I'm not surprised.

[@jedimindtrixr4kidz294]

Just watched Burn My Heart At Wounded Knee, good timing.

[@katherineknapp4370]

This video broke my heart 💔

[@2.4TrillionAngryLocusts]

YOOO NEW TED ED JUST DROPPED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@megatjmega]

I'm not going to say anything, but this story is SO familiar in 2023. My heart goes for those people.

[@BallotBoxer]

The fingerprint textures are a nice touch (pun intended)

[@rajumiah1501]

I can see the modern day Americans supporting In Isreal what their not so distant ancestors did to these poor people.

[@HIFLY01]

The only people supporting them are the ones who are paid by them or related to them. The average person either doesn't care about either side or doesn't care about the IDF

[@captain_improbability5690]

Our ancestors were different people. Why do we deserve shame because of what our ancestors did? It was not our own actions that caused that.

[@loki2240]

​@@captain_improbability5690- Our governments are continuing to unduly harm Native Americans and other marginalized groups today, in addition to not making amends for past mistreatment. And the point of the original post is that people like you don't feel shame and continue to support the same and similar behavior.

[@Dheeraj5373]

Bison were targeted as a way to subdue Native American populations who relied on them for food, shelter, and cultural purposes. Additionally, the expansion of railroads and settlement led to bison being seen as a hindrance, as their massive herds obstructed railway tracks and grazing land for cattle. The decimation of bison herds was also a tactic to control and weaken Indigenous peoples, as well as to open up the land for settlement and development.

[@user-bp4nv3qp4d]

Your work is excellent, good job

[@madchatter4032]

Can you do a video explaining the fear of holes trypophobia?

[@sinoroman]

USA in a nutshell: anything I don’t like must go bye bye

[@dickhardpicard]

Wrong we love bison meat in the usa😂

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

​@@dickhardpicardhe was talking about the native americans.....🙄

[@dickhardpicard]

@@TojiFushigoroWasTaken they still around 🤷‍♂️

[@GenerationX1984]

​@@dickhardpicardBut in much smaller numbers and mostly on or near the reservations.

[@dickhardpicard]

@@GenerationX1984 American bison, also known as buffalo, have bounced back from their near extinction due to commercial hunting in the 1800s.

[@tasfiqahammed7805]

Why the history is so familiar? Have seen or heard somewhere else?

[@akarijiang9191]

A bloody history

[@eleazarloyo8473]

4:54 It is premature to say that the group of young people from Montana "won" the case. The state of Montana is appealing, and the judgment could be reversed. See, e.g., Juliana v. United States, 947 F.3d 1159 (9th Cir. 2020).

[@jonathanmorris2452]

People should never just kill animals just because they feel like it.

[@kushagrasrivastava1443]

btw hows the sundays chicken?

[@jonathanmorris2452]

@@kushagrasrivastava1443 I know we have to eat, but we should not just kill animals for no reason.

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

​@@jonathanmorris2452everytime there's a chick that is born as a rooster they are sent to grinders when they are a few hours old...the reason is that its not profitable for those companies to feed them and take care of them

[@LaifaCanyonLurker]

@@kushagrasrivastava1443i don’t think killing thousands of animals for no reason or to drive bison and indigenous people into extinction is the same as eating meat.

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

nice video

[@xpireangle]

Nice timing, relatable with the the situation of Palestine, Israelli settlers are killing them just how they explain in this video, from 1:30

[@farel3392]

part of the story sounds familiar like one that is happening lately, 🤔i wonder....

[@jaraddusterwald4306]

As I said to my boy the other day, they went Bye, son

[@clementlettuce]

art is amazing again

[@mohammedabbou3547]

The hestory is repeating it self 😢🇵🇸

[@AnimalLivesMatter588]

That land was stolen from Israel

[@saporano5267]

Babe, wake up Ted-ed just dropped a new video.

[@taqikhan8575]

I don't want to turn this immensely useful video of American history into a screaming match but in light of the recent Israel-Palestine conflict going on, you can't help but notice the similarities. It's the same formula. Push people off into isolated areas. Cut off their means of survival and watch every move of theirs with mistrust and prejudice. For the natives, it was bison. For the Palestinians, it's olives. It's just a repetition of the same heartless and sadistic rules. Great work as always to the Ted-Ed team.

[@MOOTEZ-]

true

[@jayl5032]

You guys aren't suppose to make me depressed this year, you promised.

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

Go on walks in the park or work out in the gym....it helped me overcome it. Whenever i had one of those episodes it would take me months to come back to normal....now it takes a couple of hours or a day at most.....pls consider this and live a happy life

[@jayl5032]

@@TojiFushigoroWasTaken Tanks Petah.

[@thenewongoam2486]

Can you made a History of Human Zoo.

[@abdurrehmanmahoo966]

And European’s tell other’s to protect Animals. What a hypocrisy.

[@awasall3806]

Perfect vidéo. #freepalestine.

[@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo]

"If one dies, many more will dies.Like an domino,if one is move,all will move" -Armando Enfectana Jr.

[@rolf-joachimschroder917]

Then two of the best US generals of the 19th century are no better than all the butchers who followed in the 20th century?

[@mikestaub]

There is a paddock in SF Golden Gate park where the Bison population was saved.

[@stobbitt.3731]

I saw the title without the picture and thought, "appa is real?"

[@JMATXUKA]

Es curioso las similitudes que se pueden encontrar si sustituimos nativos americanos por palestinos, bisontes por edificios y Estados Unidos por Israel.

[@gs4ndy175]

What..?! That Carnagie guy involved too..?!

[@CharlotteXMoon]

I hate it when people hurt other people and animals! It makes me SICK!!!!

[@asankajayaweera7212]

It's horrific.

[@sneaky6820]

Native-american genocide! Why didn't I ever learn about this in school?

[@stewiezjonder3924]

Same happened to pigeons around that time.

[@armaanmadari5075]

Being an indigenous Indian must be the worst thing

[@HiEyGurl]

It is Hard Because it's Hard to learn your language and Hard to Get up really early and Pray with the Morning star 😅😅cause it's so early like that's the Time I Go to Bed 😅

[@armaanmadari5075]

@@HiEyGurl what…?

[@tsarbomb_chan2537]

Unpopular opinion and I might even get banned for it, but.... West Bank and Gaza are basically modern reservations

[@auramariarendon8986]

Actions that seek to preserve the few forms of life that remain in the ecosystems that colonizers and industrialized societies have damaged are important. However, ecosystems are not the same again. The extinction of a species or the critical decline of a population has irreversible effects on ecosystems.

[@darthveatay]

The bison are why I am a wildlife conservationist

[@18kukki]

The dark truths of USA.

[@dardobartoli]

It's hard to know at what point America has ever been great.

[@DJMarkCorneliusThaDon]

Can kids even see this video in Florida? Texas? Arkansas?

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

yes...they can all over the world

[@DJMarkCorneliusThaDon]

@@TojiFushigoroWasTaken - In Florida, Texas, and Arkansas the state government has enacted programs so that white people don't feel bad about things like this that have happened in the past. That's why I asked my original question.

[@windygrass9807]

This is just so cruel. Idk what to say.

[@kierendaleylaursen8967]

This is not taught in schools. Kids deserve to know the truth about the past.

[@Manowar458]

Oh no

[@cw4608]

I find it ironic, how concerned Americans are in regards to immigration. Are we afraid immigrants will do to us what we did to the Indigenous peoples?