1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:00,467 2 00:00:01,835 --> 00:00:08,675 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:23,523 (drumming) 4 00:00:26,726 --> 00:00:30,230 HEAVYRUNNER: When the buffalo was wiped out, 5 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:33,833 they didn't just leave the land. 6 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:37,537 They left us. 7 00:00:38,204 --> 00:00:43,343 When they disappeared, a storm came and fell on our spirits. 8 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:49,315 A cold that's been here ever since. 9 00:00:54,454 --> 00:00:58,391 ♪ ♪ 10 00:01:05,598 --> 00:01:09,335 When my cousin dropped me off at the Buffalo Drive, 11 00:01:09,335 --> 00:01:12,439 I was pissed. 12 00:01:13,339 --> 00:01:17,343 He said it would be good for me to be around the buffalo, 13 00:01:17,343 --> 00:01:21,181 that the buffalo spirit is medicine. 14 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:24,350 But I didn't believe him. 15 00:01:24,350 --> 00:01:26,719 This whole thing was crazy. 16 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:31,691 These people giving their lives to a big, dumb animal? 17 00:01:31,691 --> 00:01:35,595 But my cousin told me, "You have a soul wound 18 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:38,832 and the buffalo can heal you. 19 00:01:38,832 --> 00:01:42,335 You don't even know that you're looking for help. 20 00:01:43,036 --> 00:01:46,206 But they're here to help you." 21 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:50,610 I thought it was stupid and I didn't trust any of it. 22 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:56,883 So I found a horse and just got out of the way. 23 00:02:00,453 --> 00:02:07,293 ♪ ♪ 24 00:02:18,972 --> 00:02:25,712 ♪ ♪ 25 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:46,633 ♪ ♪ 26 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:52,238 Seeing the buffalo run was like nothing else. 27 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:03,183 The animals was like a magnet, pulling me. 28 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:09,355 Couldn't stop watching them, following them. 29 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:12,859 It was like I was part of the herd. 30 00:03:14,727 --> 00:03:17,931 Whatever they did, I did. 31 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:29,642 ♪ ♪ 32 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:40,053 It's hard to describe 33 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:43,423 but the buffalo woke something up in me. 34 00:03:43,423 --> 00:03:46,693 Part of me that I didn't even know was there. 35 00:03:46,693 --> 00:03:49,896 And this new thing started doing stuff on its own, 36 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:53,833 and led me to the camp. 37 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:07,814 ♪ ♪ 38 00:04:20,893 --> 00:04:27,600 ♪ ♪ 39 00:04:36,409 --> 00:04:43,049 ♪ ♪ 40 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:53,926 That night, something happened. 41 00:04:56,496 --> 00:05:02,769 (speaking in native language). 42 00:05:03,736 --> 00:05:08,708 (speaking in native language). 43 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:14,547 (speaking in native language). 44 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:22,722 (singing in native language). 45 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:31,964 (singing in native language). 46 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:37,437 (singing in native language). 47 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:43,910 HEAVYRUNNER: Hearing that song opened something. 48 00:05:43,910 --> 00:05:47,580 Something that I've been pushing away 49 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:51,484 and trying to run from. 50 00:05:53,586 --> 00:05:59,058 The buffalo and the people, it was like they set fire to me. 51 00:06:00,426 --> 00:06:04,564 Burning the old me. 52 00:06:05,665 --> 00:06:11,003 But as the flames and smoke faded... 53 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:17,677 I saw the sky again. 54 00:06:23,449 --> 00:06:29,889 ♪ ♪ 55 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:41,167 (singing in native language). 56 00:06:43,536 --> 00:06:50,410 (singing in native language). 57 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,749 HEAVYRUNNER: We have a story from another time that the 58 00:06:56,749 --> 00:06:59,852 buffalo disappeared. 59 00:06:59,852 --> 00:07:03,089 It was deep winter and a young girl from our people found a 60 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:09,162 sacred stone, what we call an iniskim, a buffalo stone. 61 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:15,568 That stone and the songs that it taught us, 62 00:07:15,568 --> 00:07:17,837 brought the buffalo back. 63 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:21,007 (singing in native language). 64 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:25,144 HEAVYRUNNER: An elder gave me one at the end of the drive. 65 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:29,549 He told me the meaning of the iniskim is different today. 66 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:31,651 That there's many meanings. 67 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:36,022 Now, it's protection. 68 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:40,793 It's community. 69 00:07:41,928 --> 00:07:44,931 It's healing. 70 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:53,673 And for me, it's a reminder. 71 00:07:53,673 --> 00:08:00,513 (singing in native language). 72 00:08:01,747 --> 00:08:05,651 (singing in native language). 73 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:16,696 (music plays through credits) 74 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:11,150 ♪ ♪ 75 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:28,601