Native America

Native America Season 2 | Extended Trailer
2m 47s

Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country.

Official Preview
30s

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.

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.

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.

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 Official Trailer
30s

Native America explores the world created by America’s First Peoples.

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.

Totem Poles
S1 Ep2 | 2m 24s

Alan Hunt and Beau Dick share the real story of totem poles.

Corn is King
S1 Ep2 | 2m 40s

A look at traditional Native American crops and agricultural practices.

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.

Inca Huacas
S1 Ep3 | 2m 32s

The historical and contemporary spiritual importance of Incan Huacas.

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.

Mound 72
S1 Ep3 | 2m 29s

Archaeologists investigate Cahokian human sacrifice.

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.

Aztec Resistance
S1 Ep4 | 2m 6s

Resistance begun by Aztec builders continues through today.

Comanche Horse Traditions
S1 Ep4 | 1m 59s

Horses continue to be an important part of Comanche identity and tradition.

Weaving Grass Bridges
S1 Ep4 | 3m 2s

In Peru, people still build traditional Inca grass bridges.

Maya Blue
S1 Ep4 | 1m 8s

How the Aztecs used color to represent the aftermath of colonialism.