WEBVTT 00:00.200 --> 00:00.467 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5%   00:01.835 --> 00:08.675 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 00:16.683 --> 00:23.523 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% (drumming) 00:26.726 --> 00:30.230 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% HEAVYRUNNER: When the buffalo was wiped out, 00:30.230 --> 00:33.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% they didn't just leave the land. 00:33.833 --> 00:37.537 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% They left us. 00:38.204 --> 00:43.343 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% When they disappeared, a storm came and fell on our spirits. 00:45.545 --> 00:49.315 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% A cold that's been here ever since. 00:54.454 --> 00:58.391 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 01:05.598 --> 01:09.335 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% When my cousin dropped me off at the Buffalo Drive, 01:09.335 --> 01:12.439 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% I was pissed. 01:13.339 --> 01:17.343 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% He said it would be good for me to be around the buffalo, 01:17.343 --> 01:21.181 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% that the buffalo spirit is medicine. 01:21.181 --> 01:24.350 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% But I didn't believe him. 01:24.350 --> 01:26.719 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% This whole thing was crazy. 01:26.719 --> 01:31.691 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% These people giving their lives to a big, dumb animal? 01:31.691 --> 01:35.595 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% But my cousin told me, "You have a soul wound 01:35.595 --> 01:38.832 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and the buffalo can heal you. 01:38.832 --> 01:42.335 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You don't even know that you're looking for help. 01:43.036 --> 01:46.206 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% But they're here to help you." 01:46.873 --> 01:50.610 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I thought it was stupid and I didn't trust any of it. 01:52.178 --> 01:56.883 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So I found a horse and just got out of the way. 02:00.453 --> 02:07.293 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 02:18.972 --> 02:25.712 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 02:39.759 --> 02:46.633 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 02:47.033 --> 02:52.238 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Seeing the buffalo run was like nothing else. 02:59.379 --> 03:03.183 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% The animals was like a magnet, pulling me. 03:04.617 --> 03:09.355 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Couldn't stop watching them, following them. 03:09.355 --> 03:12.859 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% It was like I was part of the herd. 03:14.727 --> 03:17.931 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Whatever they did, I did. 03:22.869 --> 03:29.642 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 03:37.951 --> 03:40.053 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% It's hard to describe 03:40.053 --> 03:43.423 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% but the buffalo woke something up in me. 03:43.423 --> 03:46.693 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Part of me that I didn't even know was there. 03:46.693 --> 03:49.896 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And this new thing started doing stuff on its own, 03:49.896 --> 03:53.833 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and led me to the camp. 04:00.940 --> 04:07.814 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 04:20.893 --> 04:27.600 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 04:36.409 --> 04:43.049 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 04:49.622 --> 04:53.926 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% That night, something happened. 04:56.496 --> 05:02.769 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (speaking in native language). 05:03.736 --> 05:08.708 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (speaking in native language). 05:08.708 --> 05:14.547 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (speaking in native language). 05:15.882 --> 05:22.722 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 05:25.124 --> 05:31.964 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 05:33.666 --> 05:37.437 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 05:39.739 --> 05:43.910 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% HEAVYRUNNER: Hearing that song opened something. 05:43.910 --> 05:47.580 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Something that I've been pushing away 05:47.580 --> 05:51.484 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and trying to run from. 05:53.586 --> 05:59.058 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% The buffalo and the people, it was like they set fire to me. 06:00.426 --> 06:04.564 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Burning the old me. 06:05.665 --> 06:11.003 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% But as the flames and smoke faded... 06:14.107 --> 06:17.677 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% I saw the sky again. 06:23.449 --> 06:29.889 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 06:34.527 --> 06:41.167 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 06:43.536 --> 06:50.410 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 06:54.080 --> 06:56.749 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% HEAVYRUNNER: We have a story from another time that the 06:56.749 --> 06:59.852 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% buffalo disappeared. 06:59.852 --> 07:03.089 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% It was deep winter and a young girl from our people found a 07:03.089 --> 07:09.162 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% sacred stone, what we call an iniskim, a buffalo stone. 07:11.998 --> 07:15.568 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That stone and the songs that it taught us, 07:15.568 --> 07:17.837 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% brought the buffalo back. 07:17.837 --> 07:21.007 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 07:21.007 --> 07:25.144 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% HEAVYRUNNER: An elder gave me one at the end of the drive. 07:25.144 --> 07:29.549 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% He told me the meaning of the iniskim is different today. 07:29.549 --> 07:31.651 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% That there's many meanings. 07:33.186 --> 07:36.022 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Now, it's protection. 07:37.123 --> 07:40.793 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% It's community. 07:41.928 --> 07:44.931 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% It's healing. 07:46.866 --> 07:53.673 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% And for me, it's a reminder. 07:53.673 --> 08:00.513 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 08:01.747 --> 08:05.651 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (singing in native language). 08:11.991 --> 08:16.696 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% (music plays through credits) 09:04.810 --> 09:11.150 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% ♪ ♪ 09:27.366 --> 09:28.601 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5%