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Cows = Civilization: The Great Individualist Part 3
FromThe Modern West
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2022
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Podcast episode
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The history of how we brought the pastoral cow to live on the arid lands of the West is a violent one. Jim Elliot grew up in the shadow of that history and his stories are quintessential cowboy, full of guns, death and hard winters. But even Jim recognized the tragedy of the attempted annihilation of Indigenous culture and bison to make way for cows. But now, there's growing hope among tribes as bison make a comeback.
Released:
Jun 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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