Native America
Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country.
New Worlds
S2 Ep1 | 53m 35s
Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.
Women Rule
S2 Ep3 | 53m 15s
Celebrate the Native women drawing upon deep traditions to transform our modern world.
Language Is Life
S2 Ep4 | 53m 25s
Experience the fight of Native Americans to keep their languages and ways of life alive.
From Caves to Cosmos
S1 Ep1 | 53m 30s
Ancient clues and modern science answer the question: who were America’s First Peoples?
Nature to Nations
S1 Ep2 | 53m 30s
Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies.
Hopi Origin Story
4m 21s
Many Native American peoples share a belief that they emerged from the earth.
Haudenosaunee’s Legendary Founding
5m 52s
The Hiawatha wampum belt tells the story of the Haudenosaunee’s legendary founding.
A Gift of Corn to the Choctaw
1m 17s
Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky.
The Teotihuacan Fire Ceremony
1m 47s
The gods gather in Teotihuacan to sacrifice themselves in order to create the world.
The Comanche and the Horse
5m 22s
The Comanche adapt the horse as a powerful ally in the fight to protect their way of life.
Learn How To Make Sumac Lemonade
3m
Sumac berries lend themselves for a lemony-earthy flavored spice or in a beverage.
Discover Cherokee Bean Bread
3m 45s
Learn how to make this staple dish, which is part of nearly every meal in a Cherokee home.
Native America Season 2 | Extended Trailer
2m 47s
Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country.
Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country.
Betty Osceola – Earth Protector
5m 48s
Betty Osceola draws on Miccosukee teachings about protecting the world in which we live.
Arigon (Super) Starr
13m 57s
Arigon Starr is an award-winning singer songwriter, playwright, and comic book creator.
Reading Between the Lines in Cherokee
5m 3s
Language expert Tom Belt translates some of the earliest evidence of Cherokee writing.
Voices from the Past
4m 51s
Producer Dan Golding is surprised with 100-year-old recordings of his great-grandfather.
From Church to Memorial in Passamaquoddy
1m 30s
Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) on the connection between his tribe and Catholic church.
The Halluci Nation Puts a New Spin On a Traditional Beat
8m 45s
The Halluci Nation performs "R.E.D.," "Stay," and "Sisters" in this extended performance.
The First Frybread Western
3m 59s
Manny Wheeler fights to preserve his people's language dubbing popular movies into Navajo.
Halluci Nation Rocks Brooklyn
S2 Ep1 | 4m 13s
The Halluci Nation, an electronic music group, put a new spin on traditional Native beats.
Solar Warrior
S2 Ep1 | 5m 31s
Henry Red Cloud reimagines tipi communities on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Spider Woman on Mars
S2 Ep1 | 4m 40s
Aaron Yazzie and TahNibaa Naataanii reflect on the birth of the universe.
Episode 1 Preview | New Worlds
S2 Ep1 | 30s
Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.
Going for Gold
S2 Ep2 | 5m 11s
Boxer Mariah Bahe fights for her dream of repping the US and Navajo Nation in the Olympics
Episode 2 Preview | Warrior Spirit
S2 Ep2 | 30s
Celebrate the spirit empowering combat, games and athleticism.
Fashion Forever
S2 Ep3 | 5m 1s
Designer Jamie Okuma breaks down barriers between Indigenous and mainstream art.
Episode 3 Preview | Women Rule
S2 Ep3 | 30s
Celebrate the Native women drawing upon deep traditions to transform our modern world.
Language Protectors
S2 Ep4 | 5m 34s
Donald Soctomah and Dwayne Tomah fight keep the Passamaquoddy language alive.
Navajo Star Wars
S2 Ep4 | 5m 50s
Manny Wheeler dubs Star Wars into Navajo to help keep the Navajo language alive.
Episode 4 Preview | Language Is Life
S2 Ep4 | 30s
Experience the fight of Native Americans to keep their languages and ways of life alive.
Season 1 Inside Look | Making Native America
2m
The producers and featured participants of Native America discuss making the series.
Episode 1 Preview | From Caves to Cosmos
S1 Ep1 | 30s
Ancient clues and modern science answer the question: who were America’s First Peoples?
Extended Interview: The Earliest Cave Paintings in America
S1 Ep1 | 2m 58s
Anna Roosevelt dates the cave paintings in Brazil’s Amazon jungle to 13,000 years ago.
Extended Interview: David Carrasco on Shared Beliefs
S1 Ep1 | 4m 24s
Illuminating the similarities of the religious beliefs shared across the Americas.
Extended Interview: The Importance of Names
S1 Ep1 | 2m 36s
Zuni elder Jim Enote explains how Native names for places provides important information.
Chaco Chocolate
S1 Ep1 | 2m 29s
Archaeology reveals trade with Chaco, including chocolate and precious metals.
Ancient Amazon Peoples
S1 Ep1 | 3m 3s
Ancient art suggests people have been in the Americas much longer than previously thought.
Zuni Maps
S1 Ep1 | 2m 21s
Jim Enote uses ancient petroglyphs and contemporary art to recreate Zuni maps.
The Best Time to Paddle
S1 Ep1 | 1m 29s
The Chumash continue canoe paddling traditions to connect to their ancestors.
Episode 2 Preview | Nature to Nations
S1 Ep2 | 30s
Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies.
Extended Interview: Beau Dick on the Family of Mankind
S1 Ep2 | 2m 10s
Beau Dick, the late great Kwakwaka’wakw chief and artist reflects on the power of family.
Extended Interview: Jim Enote on Lessons from Farming
S1 Ep2 | 1m 57s
Zuni elder Jim Enote reflects on lessons learned from farming.
Extended Interview: Leigh Kuwanwisiwma on Corn as Teacher
S1 Ep2 | 2m 30s
Hopi elder Leigh Kuwanwisiwma has learned many life lessons from corn.
Extended Interview: G. Peter Jemison on the Longhouse
S1 Ep2 | 4m 41s
The Seneca faithkeeper on how the longhouse was constructed and what it meant.
Traditional Wampum Belts
S1 Ep2 | 2m 47s
Marcus Hendricks continues the tradition of making Wampum beads by hand.
Clan Mother
S1 Ep2 | 1m 56s
The history and mythology of Clan Mothers and continued female leadership.
Episode 3 Preview | Cities of the Sky
S1 Ep3 | 30s
Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities.
Extended Interview: Religion at Teotihuacan
S1 Ep3 | 2m 38s
Harvard professor of Religion David Carrasco speaks on religion and Teotihuacan.
Extended Interview: Ian Thompson on Ancient Earthen Mounds
S1 Ep3 | 3m 35s
The Choctaw scholar reflects on the ancient tradition of earthen mounds and mound culture.
Extended Interview: Ian Thompson on the Trail of Tears
S1 Ep3 | 4m 28s
The Choctaw scholar reflects on the bitter chapter of history known as the Trail of Tears.
Cahokia’s Celestial Calendar (Woodhenge)
S1 Ep3 | 2m 13s
An archaeology team work to uncover remains of a celestial calendar at Cahokia.
Lidar Mapping
S1 Ep3 | 2m 23s
Cahokia researchers uses new LiDAR technology to map the layout of this ancient city.
The Governor’s Palace
S1 Ep3 | 3m 7s
Why this magnificent structure is built at an angle to the rest of the city.
Episode 4 Preview | New World Rising
S1 Ep4 | 30s
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed.
Extended Interview: Diana Magaloni on the Power of Pigments
S1 Ep4 | 2m 52s
Illuminating the extraordinary measures Aztec artists took to record their culture.
Extended Interview: Evidence of the Comanche
S1 Ep4 | 2m 15s
With help, the archaeologist finds evidence of the illusive Comanche.
Extended Interview: Severin Fowles on Native Science
S1 Ep4 | 1m 25s
Archaeologist Severin Fowles re-imagines Native religion as Native science.
Extended Interview: Burning a Forest to Revive a People
S1 Ep4 | 3m 23s
Valentin Lopez, of the Amah Mutsun, uses fire to save his peoples culture.
Comanche Horse Traditions
S1 Ep4 | 1m 59s
Horses continue to be an important part of Comanche identity and tradition.
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