On this episode of "Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People," meet Liz Thomas, slackliner, acrobat and all-around free-spirited Cherokee daredevil; take to the field with Phil McSpadden, who has led his team to win more college softball games than any other coach in history; and get cooking with Cherokee National Treasure Betty Jo Smith, sharing her recipes for traditional Cherokee foods. Learn about the Cherokee Nation?s contribution to the Washington Monument in the "Cherokee Almanac," and in the "Let's Talk Cherokee" language lesson, practice saying "I like this," "Did you make this?" and "I want to buy it" in Cherokee.
On this edition of Native Report... Come with us and experience the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's Nation Annual Wildrice Celebration and Powwow. We then learn about the Bad River Nation's efforts to protect the environment in and around the boundaries of their reservation. And we meet Bad River Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins, Jr. We also learn what we can do to lead healthier lives and hear from our Elders on this edition of Native Report.
A slippery suspect is contained within a police perimeter, but it takes most of the day to flush him out.
Gracey is commissioned by world-renowned, bike trails rider, Ryan Leech to help promote his new "How To" instructional videos in her own backyard - Vancouver, BC. Ryan is looking for good still photographs and this is where Gracey comes in.
Brandy Yanchyk starts her journey of Nevada exploring the extraordinary Cathedral Gorge State Park. Then she travels to the city of Ely to learn how to drive a diesel locomotive at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum and discover garnets at the Garnet Hill Recreation Area. Outside Fallon, Brandy meets Mike Williams, a Paiute-Shoshone artisan who makes tule duck decoys. Brandy finishes her journey in the Carson Valley to learn about the local Basque culture and see wild horses.
Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk starts her journey in Quebec City where she learns about Boreal Cuisine with Chef Francois-Emmanuel Nicol at his restaurant Taniere³. Brandy then travels to Île d'Orleans to learn how to make strawberry jam with Vincent Paris at the Confiturerie Tigidou. Brandy learns about Indigenous tourism in Wendake where she meets paddle maker Lara Sioui from Onquata. She also visits the Huron Traditional Site - Onhoua Chetek8e, Hotel - Musee Premieres Nations and goes on a canoe ride.
The six travelers begin their journey in heart of Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here they meet prominent Indigenous activist Michael Redhead Champagne who sheds some light on the road ahead. In Winnipeg their journey includes working alongside two community driven movements; the Bear Clan patrol which works to keep Winnipeg's notorious North End streets safe, and Drag the Red which takes on the sobering task of helping to solve cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women by searching the river, and the riverbank, for remains or other evidence. From Winnipeg the group travels over 2,000 km north to the remote Inuit community of Kimmirut where they discover life on the land is more intense than they ever could have imagined.
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.
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.
On this episode of "Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People," meet Liz Thomas, slackliner, acrobat and all-around free-spirited Cherokee daredevil; take to the field with Phil McSpadden, who has led his team to win more college softball games than any other coach in history; and get cooking with Cherokee National Treasure Betty Jo Smith, sharing her recipes for traditional Cherokee foods. Learn about the Cherokee Nation?s contribution to the Washington Monument in the "Cherokee Almanac," and in the "Let's Talk Cherokee" language lesson, practice saying "I like this," "Did you make this?" and "I want to buy it" in Cherokee.
Mary Kathryn Nagle is a busy attorney, practicing law in Oklahoma and Washington, DC, and in her spare time she is heading up a new program at Yale. She's also an amazing playright with shows running on both coasts.
Teepee builds a birdhouse; Teepee goes to the store by himself.
Keeping walang, staying healthy can be a lot of fun ana. Waabiny, playing and eating moordtij mereny, good food are two ways to keep walang every day.
Everyone has treasures - things that are special to them that they keep. Some people and puppets even have special boxes to keep their treasures in. The kids learn all about treasures and the memories that they hold.
When Nina decides to make a crow her pet, she and her friends build it a fancy bird house with wire over the windows but then must rescue it from a calamity created by trying to keep a wild bird cooped up. When the friends gather for a sleep-over, Nina is anxious about being away from her mom until she reveals her fear to the others. Joe and Buddy are equally scared of a floating glowing object until they all muster their courage and carry out the rescue of a distressed creature.
Nanna's away for a few days and Little J is worried - why does everything have to change?
Little J is obsessed with the playground craze of "Knucks" while Big Cuz frets Sissy is choosing to play with a new phone instead of her.
Amy, Casey and Theodore help a lone Coho salmon learn to jump so he can join his family on their journey upstream. They enter the world of the salmon and help Coho learn to jump. The lesson learned is to believe in yourself and work hard.
The Guardians must find and rescue a Phoenix-like bird with healing powers.
We follow Kai and Anostin to Iceland to discover what happens underground and how almost 90% of Iceland homes are heated by geothermal power, plus we visit a traditional pit house with Eliza and Bernadette that uses the warmth of the underground to make brilliantly engineered traditional homes.
Cooking Hawaiian Style features one of Hawaii's most talented entertainers, Tavana. Known for simultaneously playing guitar, banjo, lap steel, or ukulele and singing soulful, island-inspired Rock and Blues, Tavana switches gears and brings his culinary skills to the Cooking Hawaiian Style kitchen.Today we get to see another side of this talented local boy from Hawaii Kai in the kitchen.
Matricia forages for juniper berries, which she uses in a salmon dish cooked over an open fire and in a fermented juniper berry mocktail. After she smudges her drum, she wraps up the episode by drumming and singing a song called "Sokapiskowin."
Simon Baker travels to the remote south pacific island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to see how the recent growth in tourism is threatening the sanctity of its ancient Polynesian treasures, the indigenous Rapa Nui people and the environment.
An injury forces one player to sit out the end of the camp. The rest of the team put all their focus on the coming game during final practice, and then go to Montreal for a challenging escape game.
Gracey is commissioned by Canadian Cowboy Magazine to shoot the Canadian Finals Rodeo. Gracey will cover First Nations, Bareback rider, Ty Taypotat who is going into this rodeo ranked 5th in the Bareback event.
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.
"Indian Road" Season Two Episode Two focuses entirely on the new First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma City. It took 20+ years for FAM to move from an idea to a first-class museum, and now it stands as a gathering place for not only Oklahoma Tribes, but also for Natives and non-Natives from all over.
Lisa sends Metis writer Cole Alvis into Toronto's two-spirit community to explore identity and identification. This episode features candid interviews with Theola Ross, Cris Derksen and EJ Kwandibens.
Since the dawn of time the buckskin drum has been the heartbeat of indigenous music. Drew finds out why by creating some "beats" with a native Hip Hop DJ, then meets a genre-bending Metis jazz star, a symphony percussionist, and a legendary First Nations rocker and Bluesman.
Art and Dan visit Pikwakanagan First Nation where they meet an elder who shows them the ropes on his trap line. Even muskrat can be made into a meal that the community will come out for - even if Dan has difficulty eating this one! Micisok!
Sage smudging has become a viral trend. What's the truth behind the smoke? "Saging" has become common in movies, TV shows, social media, and cleansing rituals - people burning sage bundles in the hope of purifying space and clearing bad energy. Instead of healing, the appropriated use of saging in popular culture is having a harmful effect. Indigenous communities have tended a relationship with white sage for thousands of generations. White sage (Salvia apiana) only occurs in southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico. Today, poachers are stealing metric tons of this plant from the wild to supply international demand. Saging the World spotlights the ecological and cultural issues intertwined with white sage, centering the voices of Native advocates who have long protected and cherished this plant.
The Hoopa Fire Department, tells the story of how traditional fire burning or cultural burns helped California prevent major fires. This story is told by Hupa culture keepers who have firsthand accounts of their relationship to fire.
Barrel Racers, Cattle Ropers, and a Bareback Bronc Rider talk about the Rodeo Circuit, how Native female athletes are making their mark in the sport, and what makes the Indian National Finals Rodeo special to Indian Country.
Three women entrepreneurs who are sharing their traditions to heal through medicine, counseling, and dance will pitch to the Bears for the episode prize of $10,000 and the chance for the grand prize of $ 100,000.
Rich Francis visits the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, Quebec, where he discovers a prehistoric fish that's lived in the St. Lawrence as long as it?s been a river! He will visit with Eric "Dirt" McComber, a local fisherman, hunter and lacrosse coach, who will show Rich how he smokes and candies sturgeon, and will take Rich out on the river to learn the process involved in harvesting the often very large fish. He'll also meet with Brooke Rice, Eric's niece, who studies food security and nutrition at McGill University in Montreal. Together, they will teach Rich about the history and relevance of sturgeon to the Mohawk of the St. Lawrence river regions. With his culinary imagination sparked by the flavours found along the St. Lawrence, Rich brings his new learnings to the firepit, inspired to create some new and exciting sturgeon dishes for everyone to enjoy, including the viewers at home.
Tom tells Shayla to head to Harrison Hot Springs to begin her search for the elusive Big Foot.
Written and directed by Roxann Whitebean. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is a matrilineal society consisting of five founding Nations who later adopted a sixth nation to join their family. Kanentokon Hemlock is a traditional Bear clan representative from the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake, a small community located outside Montreal. Their traditional territory is divided between present-day Quebec, Ontario and New York State. From a young age, Kanentokon was fascinated by his culture. He began the art of tattooing to revitalize the lost tradition and ancient protocols. In this episode, he invites us to witness the first tattooing in a longhouse in roughly 300 years.
On this episode of Native Shorts hosts Ariel Tweto (Inupiaq) and Bird Runningwater (Northern Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache) discuss the film Unborn Biru.The film is about a pregnant widow in desperate need of help. Without help from the community, she decides to steal silver from a dead body, in order to survive and feed her daughter. But the silver is cursed, and it has consequences for all of them, including the unborn.
A rotating compilation of music videos featuring diverse talents of Native American & World Indigenous cultures. Different genres such as hip hop, rap, dance, rock, and many more are featured on The AUX.
Tribal members from the San Manuel, Soboba and Morongo reservations recount the start of the Southern California Pow Wow circuit.
A 2017 unique live concert special that celebrates contemporary and traditional Native American music, as well as pays homage to all the Indigenous Tribes of North America. The featured artists are Mary Youngblood, Thirza Defoe, Tony Redhouse, Jana Mashonee, Alex Beeshiglaii, Sana Christian, and The Sampson Brothers Native American dancers. Also, a special interview with actor/musician Wes Studi.
P'urhepecha Uekani (Beloved P'urhepecha) is a short film depicting two young singers visiting their P'urhepecha music elder maestro (teacher) in his Indigenous Mexican pueblo
Waila music comes from the Tohono O'odham, the native people of the Sonoran desert and the largest Indian tribe of southern Arizona. Waila (pronounced why-la) is an O'odham word that comes from the Spanish word "baile," which means "to dance." There are no words to waila music -- it is only instrumental, and is played on a button accordion, alto saxophone, electric six-string and bass guitars, and drums. Waila began from the music of early fiddle bands that adapted European and Mexican tunes heard in northern Sonora. The dances performed in the waila tradition are the waila (which is similar to a polka), the chote (based on a folk dance from Scotland or Germany), and the mazurka (based on a Polish folk dance). Regardless of the beat, all waila dances are performed while moving around the floor in a counterclockwise direction.