Native America
Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country.
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New Worlds
S2 Ep1 | 53m 35s
Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.
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Women Rule
S2 Ep3 | 53m 15s
Celebrate the Native women drawing upon deep traditions to transform our modern world.
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Language Is Life
S2 Ep4 | 53m 25s
Experience the fight of Native Americans to keep their languages and ways of life alive.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/LnzV4vJ-asset-mezzanine-16x9-ZgvbKED.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
From Caves to Cosmos
S1 Ep1 | 53m 30s
Ancient clues and modern science answer the question: who were America’s First Peoples?
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/XCCnO8p-asset-mezzanine-16x9-dQFqLTu.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Nature to Nations
S1 Ep2 | 53m 30s
Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/p0QxhGS-asset-mezzanine-16x9-GzI1mRq.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Hopi Origin Story
4m 21s
Many Native American peoples share a belief that they emerged from the earth.
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Haudenosaunee’s Legendary Founding
5m 52s
The Hiawatha wampum belt tells the story of the Haudenosaunee’s legendary founding.
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A Gift of Corn to the Choctaw
1m 17s
Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky.
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The Teotihuacan Fire Ceremony
1m 47s
The gods gather in Teotihuacan to sacrifice themselves in order to create the world.
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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.
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Learn How To Make Sumac Lemonade
3m
Sumac berries lend themselves for a lemony-earthy flavored spice or in a beverage.
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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 Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/2EzoqX9-asset-mezzanine-16x9-OGo0vAp.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Native America Season 2 | Extended Trailer
2m 47s
Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country.
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Betty Osceola – Earth Protector
5m 48s
Betty Osceola draws on Miccosukee teachings about protecting the world in which we live.
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Arigon (Super) Starr
13m 57s
Arigon Starr is an award-winning singer songwriter, playwright, and comic book creator.
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Reading Between the Lines in Cherokee
5m 3s
Language expert Tom Belt translates some of the earliest evidence of Cherokee writing.
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Voices from the Past
4m 51s
Producer Dan Golding is surprised with 100-year-old recordings of his great-grandfather.
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From Church to Memorial in Passamaquoddy
1m 30s
Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) on the connection between his tribe and Catholic church.
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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.
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The First Frybread Western
3m 59s
Manny Wheeler fights to preserve his people's language dubbing popular movies into Navajo.
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Halluci Nation Rocks Brooklyn
S2 Ep1 | 4m 13s
The Halluci Nation, an electronic music group, put a new spin on traditional Native beats.
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Solar Warrior
S2 Ep1 | 5m 31s
Henry Red Cloud reimagines tipi communities on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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Spider Woman on Mars
S2 Ep1 | 4m 40s
Aaron Yazzie and TahNibaa Naataanii reflect on the birth of the universe.
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Episode 1 Preview | New Worlds
S2 Ep1 | 30s
Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/zwf5VV9-asset-mezzanine-16x9-gFfV3r5.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Going for Gold
S2 Ep2 | 5m 11s
Boxer Mariah Bahe fights for her dream of repping the US and Navajo Nation in the Olympics
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Episode 2 Preview | Warrior Spirit
S2 Ep2 | 30s
Celebrate the spirit empowering combat, games and athleticism.
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Fashion Forever
S2 Ep3 | 5m 1s
Designer Jamie Okuma breaks down barriers between Indigenous and mainstream art.
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Episode 3 Preview | Women Rule
S2 Ep3 | 30s
Celebrate the Native women drawing upon deep traditions to transform our modern world.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/qisxcUa-asset-mezzanine-16x9-S1eouGB.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Language Protectors
S2 Ep4 | 5m 34s
Donald Soctomah and Dwayne Tomah fight keep the Passamaquoddy language alive.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/uy74zAw-asset-mezzanine-16x9-2leNGFn.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Navajo Star Wars
S2 Ep4 | 5m 50s
Manny Wheeler dubs Star Wars into Navajo to help keep the Navajo language alive.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/AUnT0rA-asset-mezzanine-16x9-2frHtti.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Episode 4 Preview | Language Is Life
S2 Ep4 | 30s
Experience the fight of Native Americans to keep their languages and ways of life alive.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/xvtqsIy-asset-mezzanine-16x9-HUG4r4n.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Season 1 Inside Look | Making Native America
2m
The producers and featured participants of Native America discuss making the series.
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Episode 1 Preview | From Caves to Cosmos
S1 Ep1 | 30s
Ancient clues and modern science answer the question: who were America’s First Peoples?
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/AE1mvlY-asset-mezzanine-16x9-W8cXBSl.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
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.
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Extended Interview: David Carrasco on Shared Beliefs
S1 Ep1 | 4m 24s
Illuminating the similarities of the religious beliefs shared across the Americas.
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Extended Interview: The Importance of Names
S1 Ep1 | 2m 36s
Zuni elder Jim Enote explains how Native names for places provides important information.
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Chaco Chocolate
S1 Ep1 | 2m 29s
Archaeology reveals trade with Chaco, including chocolate and precious metals.
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Ancient Amazon Peoples
S1 Ep1 | 3m 3s
Ancient art suggests people have been in the Americas much longer than previously thought.
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Zuni Maps
S1 Ep1 | 2m 21s
Jim Enote uses ancient petroglyphs and contemporary art to recreate Zuni maps.
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The Best Time to Paddle
S1 Ep1 | 1m 29s
The Chumash continue canoe paddling traditions to connect to their ancestors.
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Episode 2 Preview | Nature to Nations
S1 Ep2 | 30s
Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/S4h55di-asset-mezzanine-16x9-2kP8bWS.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
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.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/VfX9DbR-asset-mezzanine-16x9-CVewDjX.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Extended Interview: Jim Enote on Lessons from Farming
S1 Ep2 | 1m 57s
Zuni elder Jim Enote reflects on lessons learned from farming.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/9MOJxCo-asset-mezzanine-16x9-yq33iLQ.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Extended Interview: Leigh Kuwanwisiwma on Corn as Teacher
S1 Ep2 | 2m 30s
Hopi elder Leigh Kuwanwisiwma has learned many life lessons from corn.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/zvilTpq-asset-mezzanine-16x9-519xIxL.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
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.
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Traditional Wampum Belts
S1 Ep2 | 2m 47s
Marcus Hendricks continues the tradition of making Wampum beads by hand.
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Clan Mother
S1 Ep2 | 1m 56s
The history and mythology of Clan Mothers and continued female leadership.
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Episode 3 Preview | Cities of the Sky
S1 Ep3 | 30s
Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/4WyJYG8-asset-mezzanine-16x9-BKam7nD.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Extended Interview: Religion at Teotihuacan
S1 Ep3 | 2m 38s
Harvard professor of Religion David Carrasco speaks on religion and Teotihuacan.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/g2IYERZ-asset-mezzanine-16x9-C42Mopj.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
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.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/pLdyZqp-asset-mezzanine-16x9-PBupuVe.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
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.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/zKIATlX-asset-mezzanine-16x9-25CeK5P.png.crop.780x439.jpg)
Cahokia’s Celestial Calendar (Woodhenge)
S1 Ep3 | 2m 13s
An archaeology team work to uncover remains of a celestial calendar at Cahokia.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/Li3grws-asset-mezzanine-16x9-vR8sXKD.png.crop.780x439.jpg)
Lidar Mapping
S1 Ep3 | 2m 23s
Cahokia researchers uses new LiDAR technology to map the layout of this ancient city.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/jhZqx9H-asset-mezzanine-16x9-r3NLA4w.png.crop.780x439.jpg)
The Governor’s Palace
S1 Ep3 | 3m 7s
Why this magnificent structure is built at an angle to the rest of the city.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/e5Cg3Ja-asset-mezzanine-16x9-iy0su6H.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Episode 4 Preview | New World Rising
S1 Ep4 | 30s
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/gnp4PMj-asset-mezzanine-16x9-MtE45o0.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Extended Interview: Diana Magaloni on the Power of Pigments
S1 Ep4 | 2m 52s
Illuminating the extraordinary measures Aztec artists took to record their culture.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/bu2T3bX-asset-mezzanine-16x9-82dJeAF.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Extended Interview: Evidence of the Comanche
S1 Ep4 | 2m 15s
With help, the archaeologist finds evidence of the illusive Comanche.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/lgaeahe-asset-mezzanine-16x9-hflzGMn.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
Extended Interview: Severin Fowles on Native Science
S1 Ep4 | 1m 25s
Archaeologist Severin Fowles re-imagines Native religion as Native science.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/QosfEPs-asset-mezzanine-16x9-Zotfa8V.jpg.crop.780x439.jpg)
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.
![Native America Image](https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/0KUTa7I-asset-mezzanine-16x9-9n1tWzV.png.crop.780x439.jpg)
Comanche Horse Traditions
S1 Ep4 | 1m 59s
Horses continue to be an important part of Comanche identity and tradition.
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