New World Rising
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in an Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries.
Premieres on August 24
at 8PM
Native America explores the world created by America’s First Peoples. The four part series reaches back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the stars, unique systems of science and spirituality, and 100 million people connected by social networks spanning two continents.
Native America Episodes
Native America Extras

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.

Extended Interview: Severin Fowles on Native Science
S1 Ep4 | 1m 25s
Archaeologist Severin Fowles re-imagines Native religion as Native science.

Extended Interview: Evidence of the Comanche
S1 Ep4 | 2m 15s
With help, the archaeologist finds evidence of the illusive Comanche.

Extended Interview: Diana Magaloni on the Power of Pigments
S1 Ep4 | 2m 52s
Illuminating the extraordinary measures Aztec artists took to record their culture.

Episode 3 Preview | Cities of the Sky
S1 Ep3 | 30s
Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities.

Episode 4 Preview | New World Rising
S1 Ep4 | 30s
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed.

S1 Ep3 | 2m 23s
Cahokia researchers uses new LiDAR technology to map the layout of this ancient city.

Cahokia’s Celestial Calendar (Woodhenge)
S1 Ep3 | 2m 13s
An archaeology team work to uncover remains of a celestial calendar at Cahokia.

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.

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: Religion at Teotihuacan
S1 Ep3 | 2m 38s
Harvard professor of Religion David Carrasco speaks on religion and Teotihuacan.