Singing Back the Buffalo

This eye-opening documentary explores how the buffalo, once driven to extinction by government in the 19th century, are proving more resilient than once feared. It centers First Nations across the prairies, their deep connection to the buffalo today, and the truly inspiring efforts between Indigenous nations in Canada and the United States to restore buffalo herds to the land. Through personal reflections, animated stories, interviews, and stunning nature footage, students learn of the deeply profound cultural, spiritual, and powerful ecological impacts of the buffalo’s return, and the ripple effects of this remarkable revival.

Filmmaker Bio: Tasha Hubbard
Dr. Tasha Hubbard is a writer, filmmaker and associate professor at the University of Alberta. She is from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty Four Territory and has ties to Thunderchild First Nation in Treaty Six Territory. Her academic research has focussed on Indigenous efforts to return the buffalo to the lands and Indigenous film in North America. Her first solo writing/directing project, Two Worlds Colliding, about Saskatoon’s infamous “starlight tours,” premiered at imagineNATIVE in 2004 and won the Canada Award at the Gemini Awards in 2005. In 2017, Tasha directed the feature documentary Birth of a Family, about a Sixties Scoop family coming together for the first time during a holiday in Banff. nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, a personal exploration of the cost of the death of Colten Boushie, won multiple accolades and has been recognized as one of the key Canadian documentaries of the last few years.