Matthew Tommy's control on his empire is rife with challenges and threats from the inside and the outside. Cheyenne is in serious competition for a foothold in the empire now that Liz is back. Scott perseveres in his antics trying to bring sex and fun to the casino.
Dave travels to his tribe's annual powwow in Newfoundland before heading south to Louisiana for a special family reunion on the bayou.
Shayla makes her way to Kenora, Manitoba which is known as the capital of the evil spirit, Wendigo.
Gracey faces another test by shooting the Canadian Wakeboard Nationals in Bala Bay, Ontario and features rising star wakeboarder Christian Primrose.
Ms. Thorn, San Diegan and of the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians brings to her docuseries her native American experience; Her mother was an artist and was involved in the women's rights movement, while her father, part of the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians, was one of the first Native Americans to occupy Alcatraz in an effort to gain equal rights for the Native Americans living on reservations, who at the time weren't allowed to vote. In 2018, Thorn was elected as the chairwoman of the Rincon Economic Development Corporation of her tribe and has been on the board for 5 years. She oversees businesses that are owned by the tribe and is an active member of California chapter of the Native American Chamber of Commerce. This will be an immersive cultural experience: Native American Artists and their works which are truly the intersection of Fine Art and historical significance. As a content creator for the presentation of Fine Art as well as the critically-acclaimed docuseries Art of The City TV, she has captured the flavor and historical significance of Native American artistic relevance, and presents to the world the timely story of the cultural capital of the Indigenous people, a story that has always been on the right side of history and on the right side of Artistic Accomplishment; Illustrating Native American Art both as curating and illuminating through the lens of her knowledge and being.
Feeling good about their win, the team returns from a well-deserved weekend off with youthful energy. Indigenous NHL'er Brandon Montour and Joe Cramarossa drop in for a visit.
Art and Dan host a feast for some of the guests of episodes from the last five years and reminisce.
The FNX original series based on the 91.9FM radio series KVC-Arts returns for a 9th episode featuring Native Shorts hosts Ariel Tweto (Inupiaq) and Bird Runningwater (Northern Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache).
In a landscape as dramatic as its stories, We Breathe Again intimately explores the lives of our Alaska Native people, each confronting the impacts of historic trauma and suicide. Reflected in the northern lights and the city streetlights, from the ice roads to the asphalt, the characters battle for personal healing, hoping to break new trails for their families and their communities to follow. "Sometimes the darker days of your childhood have real long-lasting effects," says one survivor. "There's something about suicide that just tears your heart out." We Breathe Again is an intimate, authentic portrait of people working to break a cycle of trauma and rebuild their communities' strength and resilience.
The group arrives in Muskrat Dam, one of several fly-in reserves in Northern Ontario. Most Canadians don't understand why people continue to live in remote places like this one. During their stay the group will learn why relocating isn't an option for the people whose families have been here for generations. They will also learn tough lessons about educating youth in a remote fly-in community, the impact of the legacy of residential schools, and how it is possible that clean drinking water is an issue here and in 140 other reserves across the country. The next stop takes the travelers deep into the heart of Alberta. With a population of over 17,000, Maskwacis has a reputation for gangs, crime, and a high suicide rate, but by the time this leg of their journey is over, the six will have attended their first Pow Wow and sweat lodge ceremony, and some attitudes within the group begin a major shift.
Songwriter iskwe sets out to write a song that responds to the loss of young Tina Fontaine in 2015, while Dr. Cindy Blackstock weighs in on the colonial policies that continue to affect thousands of Indigenous children.
The participants evaluate how far they've come and the closing celebration takes place.
Teepee goes camping and goes fishing for the very first time.
Waabiny time, playing time is djooradiny, it's fun. It's about keeping walang, keeping healthy. Let's play djenborl football and learn to handball and take on the obstacle course. It's deadly koolangk
Tiga, Jodie and Jason rejoice in the delights of summer - swimming, sand castle building, shell collecting at the beach, and stylish sunhats for protection from the sun's rays. Kokum and Tiga fly to the Land of the Midnight Sun in a small float plane and learn traditional net fishing from the elders, while Jodie and Jason imagine a fishing game complete with swans and grizzly bears - their imaginations help them stay cool.
The children are planning to build a teepee. Since Max has negative memories of building a teepee when he was a child, he is too worried to let the children do it alone. The children don't really object to Max's actions, but in the adventure, they will be very happy and proud to show that they are able to build a canoe without the help of an adult! This experience will now give them the opportunity to proudly say to the adults: "We can do it on our own!"
After finding out that there isn't a wishing well in town Randy decides to make one. / Randy and Katie want to help Emily connect with her mother.
Raven and her puppet friends learn the Arapaho word for "my relative" along with additional Arapaho phrases. Featured puppet skits include lessons about getting along with family, lying, and not being selfish. Justin and Flash get a surprise when they try to order a pizza.
For a storytelling assignment at school, Devon offers his own account of first contact with Europeans featuring himself, Talon and T-Bear. In Devon's story, Wapos Bay is negotiating a peace with the rival Brown Toe tribe, and the first white man is Scottish Principal Steele, on a trade mission while looking for the spice route to China.
The twins conspire to get Yuma home to Sydney to do her rapidly approaching dance audition, but when Yuma arrives late, Kyanna is forced to step in and dance in her place.
Chefs and cookbook authors Dolly McRae and Annie Watts forage for wild ingredients near their home in Port Alberni, BC. While Annie goes commercial fishing at night, Dolly gathers wild crab apples, kelp, and wild cherries. The mother/daughter team collaborates to create a traditional feast over an open fire.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in Guadeloupe. The young commis chef Benjamin takes Chef Kelly to meet with Maryse to discover the traditional recipe of the "chiquetaille de daurade et son gaspacho de concombre" (sea bream chiquetaille with cucumber gaspacho). For her revisit, Chef Kelly meets with Max, a fisherman in Saint-Fran?ois, as well as two cucumber producers, Steve and Salim.
Meet Cherokee Nation citizens across the country: scuba dive with wounded warriors in Puerto Rico, learn about the Native fashion designer who revolutionized the art scene in the Southwestern U.S., and visit with generations of family singers in the heart of the Cherokee Nation. Learn about the far reaching impact of the Dawes Commission in the Cherokee Almanac, and practice speaking Cherokee words and phrases in the language lesson.
Historians and Native Indians talk about the reservation system and the various manners in which California Indians fought to maintain and remain within their ancestral lands. Broken treaties, the Modoc Wars, and the perseverance of the Serrano Indians are discussed.
After more than 2 weeks of practicing the team's journey is close to winding down. The players are given their final instructions and tips by all of the coaches. Their fate is in their hands.
Wind and water are two elements that can throw a challenge to even the most seasoned photographers, and Gracey faces new experiences by shooting the Canadian Open Freestyle Kiteboarding event at the Squamish Spit, and features champion kiteboarder Sam Medysky.
The participants evaluate how far they've come and the closing celebration takes place.
Terra Houska returns this week to demonstrate more details of straight dress making.
Marlon Davidson and Don Knudson explore a personal art collection and explain their very own collaboration, Marley Kaul, a Bemidji artist shows us his style of painting by using egg tempera. Fred Rogers, Minnesota Folklore Theater's Director talks about his history as a director and the experience he's bringing into the Akeley community.
Kris meets with Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow, the first ever Associate Curator of Historical Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Sarain does a radio interview with Author/Journalist and CBC radio host Waubgeshig Rice and joins him for a book reading of his new novel "Moon of the Crusted Snow" at Laurentian University. Kris and Sarain visit Tumikuluit Saipaaqivik, Iqaluit's first Inuktitut Daycare, and talk with Executive Director Celina Kalluk who is empowering the next generation of Inuktitut speakers.
Art and Dan host a feast for some of the guests of episodes from the last five years and reminisce.
Rich Francis visits the Mi'kmaq community of Membertou, Nova Scotia, where he'll be introduced to a fish that excites sports fishermen as much as sustenance fishermen- the Striped Bass. Known to the Mi'kmaq as Ji'kaw, it's commonly known along the Atlantic seaboard- from the St. Lawrence to the Carolinas- as the Striper!! He will visit with Clifford Paul, a local guide, harvester and wilderness management professional, who's been fishing and eating Striper his whole life. He will join Clifford and his family for a meal of Striper filets, done up in Clifford's own double-pan technique, and learn how this food source has helped shape the culture of the Mi'kmaq people. Clifford will take Rich to the stunning beach at Point Forchu in southwest Cape Breton, to learn the process involved in harvesting the Striped Bass; line-fishing through the crashing waves of the North Atlantic shore. Clifford will teach Rich about the history and relevance of Striped Bass to the Mi'kmaq of Cape Breton and the process of harvesting this important food source. With his culinary imagination sparked by the flavours found along the Atlantic Coast, Rich brings his new learnings to the firepit, inspired to create some new and exciting Striped Bass dishes for everyone to enjoy, including the viewers at home.
"A New Island" Between 1946 and 1958 the United States tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands. Claims between the United States and the Marshall Islands are ongoing, and the health effects have created a legacy that still lingers from these tests. A New Island is a documentary about the displaced people of this region who have immigrated to Springdale, Arkansas. They come for better jobs, education, and health care. And they come legally. A New Island introduces us to some of the people who have made this journey, as they try to preserve their island culture while adapting to life in the middle of America.
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Meet Cherokee Nation citizens across the country: scuba dive with wounded warriors in Puerto Rico, learn about the Native fashion designer who revolutionized the art scene in the Southwestern U.S., and visit with generations of family singers in the heart of the Cherokee Nation. Learn about the far reaching impact of the Dawes Commission in the Cherokee Almanac, and practice speaking Cherokee words and phrases in the language lesson.
Uncle Charlie shows up at the new house with a fresh Moose carcass. Vicky is surprised by the moose and declares she is a vegetarian. Walt launches his 'green' campaign after visiting the dump with his father. Hank and his kids visit their mom's gravesite to commemorate her death.
Kingi takes his rightful place and leads a war party against the enemy. Tereti makes a powerful statement that even Tuwhare cannot deny. As they head across the bay to battle, a new ship appears.
A memorial for Romeo and Juliet is set for a cold and snowy day. Gina's plan to send her "memory diamonds" back to the earth is derailed by Charlie's goat. Cameron realizes he's been tricked from beyond the grave.
Dan takes Art to a formal UK style pheasant hunt in the Lincolnshire countryside in a 17th century manor. The local gamekeeper explains how the landscape has been transformed as the two attend a pheasant shoot.
Theda shares her life story about growing up in C&A Country and the various relocations she had to endure as a child. Norma and Pat discuss the importance of teaching the language to our youth and the obstacles they face.
A Lakota mother studying geology seeks the source of the water contamination that caused her daughter's critical health problems. Meanwhile, a Lakota grandmother fights the regional expansion of uranium mining. Crying Earth Rise Up exposes the human cost of uranium mining and its impact on Great Plains drinking water.
So far on the journey the travelers have had their views confronted and their emotions pushed to the limit, but the travelers are about to face their biggest test yet. Heading south to Calgary, the group hits the front lines to experience life on the streets, and then go north, to an Edmonton prison to learn about life on the inside... here the divide in the group is at a breaking point. After this, the final stop on the 28-day journey is in Ahousaht First Nation, on the west side of Vancouver Island. Historically, Ahousaht has suffered many issues, but in recent years, with strong leadership from within, the reserve has made many changes and turned the community around. It is here that they take the final key steps in their journey, and process all they have learned during this once in a lifetime experience.