America's lost landscape [videorecording] : the tallgrass prairie / produced by Daryl Smith and David O'Shields ; directed and written by David O'Shields.
Produced in association with the University of Northern Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa Foundation and the University of Northern Iowa Native Roadside Vegetation Center Prairie Institute. Narrator, Annabeth Gish.
Summary:
... Tells the rich and complex story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature in human history. Prior to Euro-American settlement in the 1820s, one of the major landscape features of North America was 240 million acres of tallgrass prairie. but between 1830 and 1900 -- in the space of a single lifetime -- the tallgrass prairie was steadily transformed to farmland. This drastic change in the landscape also brought about an enormous social change for Native Americans; in an equally short time their culture imprint was reduced in essence to a handful of place-names appearing on maps. The extraordinary cinematography of prairie remnants, original score and archival images are all delicately interwoven to create a powerful and moving viewing experience about the natural and cultural history of America."--Container.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.