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Lily Gladstone Champions Blackfeet Buffalo Return in PBS Documentary 'Bring Them Home'

The PBS documentary traces Blackfeet efforts to restore buffalo to tribal land after the species’ near-extinction.

Overview

  • Bring Them Home premiered on PBS on Nov. 24 and is available to watch now.
  • Lily Gladstone narrates and serves as an executive producer on the seven-year project.
  • The film documents the Blackfeet-led reintroduction that released 49 buffalo at Chief Mountain in 2023.
  • National Park Service data cited in the film notes bison numbers fell from an estimated 30–60 million to a few hundred by the late 1880s.
  • Coverage highlights the animal’s central place in Blackfeet culture, historic uses numbering in the hundreds, and opposition from ranchers during restoration efforts.