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4 days ago · The American Great Plains, a vast region of North America, has long held a place of significant ecological and cultural importance. From the sweeping grasslands that stretch for miles to the area's complex history, the Great Plains offer a wealth of stories waiting to be told through the medium of documentary film.
Jun 30, 2024 · The history of movie Westerns more or less begins with the end of the Old West itself. We run down the 50 best examples of the genre.
- 6 min
- Keith Phipps
5 days ago · These classic cowboy movies (and modern takes on classic cowboy movies) range from 'The Power of the Dog' to 'The Harder They Fall' to 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs' and more.
- Gwynne Watkins
Jun 21, 2024 · Stretching across five U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, this vast expanse of short- and mixed-grass prairie is truly a sight to behold. The Great Plains, spanning over 180 million acres, is one of the few remaining intact temperate grasslands in the world.
Jun 24, 2024 · In the heart of the country, Great Plains farmers and ranchers produce a quarter of all U.S. crops and 40 percent of its beef. But they rely on a resource that has been slowly drying up,...
- 8 min
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- PBS NewsHour
2 days ago · In the latter half of the 19th century, tensions increased between the Native inhabitants of the Great Plains of the US and encroaching settlers. This resulted in a series of conflicts known as the Sioux Wars, which took place from 1854 to 1890.
5 days ago · Most of the grass you see on the Great Plains was introduced from Eurasia well more than a century ago. Some of it came inadvertently, a stray seed in the bottom of a bag of flour. Still, some was deliberately introduced by well-meaning busybodies, thus reinforcing — once again — the “law of unintended consequences.”.
