On the final episode of Season 3 of OsiyoTV, meet three Cherokee Nation citizens doing their part to sustain their culture. Dorothy Ice is one of the original Sequoyah Indian Weavers and a Cherokee National Treasure; Joseph Erb is an artist, filmmaker, animator and technologist who utilizes the Cherokee language in his art; and Will Chavez is the assistant editor for the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper and who recently completed the 2017 Remember The Removal Bike Ride, thirty three years after he participated in the inaugural ride.
On this edition of Native Report... We travel to Denver Colorado where we learn about the history and mission of the American Indian College Fund. We then head to Denver Indian Center, Inc. and learn how the center meets the unique needs and challenges faced by Denver's Native Community. While we're in Denver, we visit the Denver Indian Health and Family Services, Inc., the only urban Indian Healthy facility in a five-county area. We also learn what we can do to lead healthier lives and hear from our Elders on this edition of Native Report.
People in distress demand an officer's immediate assistance, and life-threatening danger is always a possibility for the Tribal Police.
We meet adventure sports photographer, Mason Mashon and writer, Tannis Baradziej. Both of them have plenty of experience, but Tannis is new to action adventure sports writing. In the premiere episode they meet four-time world surfing champion, Lisa Anderson during the Roxy Champ Camp in Tofino, BC.
Brandy Yanchyk starts her island-hopping adventure on the island of Molokai. In the Halawa Valley, she has an Indigenous experience with Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner Greg Solatorio, followed by a tour of a Macadamia Nut Farm. Next, Brandy takes to the seas on a small expedition vessel. First stop is the island of Lanai, where Brandy learns about native Hawaiian culture at the Lanai Culture and Heritage Center. Next is Maui, where she visits the Kohola Brewery and learns about the state's craft brewing industry. Finally, she travels to the island of Hawaii and explores the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park and mingles with local birds at the Hawaii Wildlife Center.
Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk travels to British Columbia where she explores Surrey's Culinary Spice Trail. Brandy makes Butter Chicken Poutine at the Dominion Bar + Kitchen with Corporate Executive Chef Rajeev Arora and learns about South Indian cuisine at the Kerala Kitchen with Chef Sujithraj Rajasekharan. Then Brandy goes on a "Talking Trees Tour" in Vancouver's famous Stanley Park with her Indigenous guide Candace Campo from Talaysay Tours.
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.
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.
A Cedar Is Life explores how one critical species, the cedar tree, is central to the cultural life of West Coast First Nations. The film weaves together interviews with elders, artists, and other hands-on practitioners who speak to how all parts of the tree were and still are important to make use of, while also highlighting the importance of protecting this ancient ancestor throughout the film. We look at how cedar is bridging cultural gaps today, and how this passing down of knowledge to the next generation is essential for promoting the strength of culture in so many Indigenous communities.
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.
On the final episode of Season 3 of OsiyoTV, meet three Cherokee Nation citizens doing their part to sustain their culture. Dorothy Ice is one of the original Sequoyah Indian Weavers and a Cherokee National Treasure; Joseph Erb is an artist, filmmaker, animator and technologist who utilizes the Cherokee language in his art; and Will Chavez is the assistant editor for the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper and who recently completed the 2017 Remember The Removal Bike Ride, thirty three years after he participated in the inaugural ride.
Mark Trahant introduces a history of newspapers with the same name "Wassaja". He also looks into the history of Congress, including the lack of representation by Native American women. He interviews two candidates, Debra Haaland and Sharice Davids, who hope to be the first Native American woman in Congress ever.
Teepee learns to ride a bike and makes a friend for the very first time.
Mereny and kep, food and water keep us walang, healthy. How about a yongka stew, a kangaroo stew? Yum yum, sounds moorditj!
The kids have to rescue the puppets from a tree and together they find other tree games to play.
Joe and his friends are looking forward to the outdoor movie screening on the beach tonight but Hank hasn't shown up with the projection equipment. The kids discover he has had some bad luck on his journey and must rescue him in time for the big movie night event. When a storm approaches, the trio are sent to alert the people of Turtle Bay. Nina feels anxious but helping a nervous little goat into the safety of the town hall makes her realize that helping someone else is a good way to overcome your fear.
Little J frets that his dream of being an acrobat is not the 'right' dream...
On their quest to the beach, Little J, Nanna and Big Cuz struggle to find what they need before sunset.
The wild woman of the woods captures the children to take them to live in her home forever. Theodore finds the courage to rescue them, but not without a little help from Mouse Woman. The lesson learned is always listen to your parents.
When a giant, bee-like creature stings Valta Arimus must find an antidote.
Isa asks us to consider how we can live in the city and still have traditional plants and medicines, and our Knowledge Holders show us how!
Sara Lufrano is the owner of the newly opened Paniolos in Kailua. She joins us in our kitchen at Kualoa Ranch to make their famous Paniolo Steak Tacos.
Matricia describes the healing properties of roses and rosehips. Over an open fire, she makes potatoes and rosehip ketchup, as well as a soul-warming hibiscus and rosehip tea. She finishes the episode by drumming and singing a special healing song.
Simon Baker travels to Namibia to learn why the San people, the oldest culture on the planet, have created a vast conservation area to protect themselves from the outside world.
The players are joined by NHL pros Cody McLeod and Cody McCormick for some high-intensity drills followed by an outdoor activity that will put their racing - and engineering - skills to the test.
Veteran action sports photographer, Mark Gallup, take Mason under his wing at stunning Island Lake Lodge Resort. Meanwhile, Tannis is forced to take a timeout.
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" is a magazine-style TV show featuring engaging stories from Indian Country produced by Cheyenne and Arapaho Television. The show's focus is sharing stories about events, businesses and activities with a Native flair.
Lisa seeks a better understanding of how we should define 'success' in the Indigenous community - money, culture or can we have both? This episode features interviews with Dr. Evan Adams, Gabrielle Scrimshaw, and JP Gladu.
Drew enters the fascinating world of contemporary Native art. A life-sized whale made out of plastic lawn furniture? Inuit wall murals in Canada's biggest city? Movie posters with an indigenous spin? West Coast art combined with graffiti?
In the season 3 opener, Art introduces Dan to a reclaimed First Nation's clam garden located in BC's Gulf Island's National Park. After learning about the traditional means of cultivating and cooking clams, Art whips up a fire-roasted clam bake. Micisok!
FIRST PEOPLE is the story of Ka'o (11), a mountain patupaiarehe (fairy) who dwells in the Tararua ranges with Moe (45), her Toiroa nomadic father. Moe is dealing with the loss of his wife, Tira, and as father and daughter struggle to find healing in their daily karakia and ceremony, their relationship further deteriorates
Tiaki's (14) older brother Tamatea (18) has the honour of being selected to retrieve the revered tohunga safely for the birthing of the chief's heir. Tiaki scrambles to finish his pake just in time for Tamatea's departure. With his pake in hand Tiaki is sure the path will be clear for Tamatea to reunite the tohunga with their chief, allowing him to open the spiritual portal to deliver the heir and true purpose.
Whiro (17) has just lost her beloved kuia but the villagers have not gathered at the sand dunes for her burial. All of Whiro's whanau mourns except Whiro, she is unable to wail and watches from the dunes above. Embarrassed by her behaviour, Whiro's aunties accuse Tita (35), her frail mother, of not raising Whiro to respect tradition and are wondering why the villagers haven't attend their well respected mothers tangi.
Three Indigenous innovators impress the Bears with their new products and technologies that tackle challenges in health and safety, baby care and food security.
Rich Francis visits the Inuvialuit community of Inuvik, NWT, where he's eager to learn one of the most important food sources harvested on Turtle Island- the Caribou! He will visit with Jimmy Kalinek, a local guide and hunter, and his wife Diane, who have been hunting and eating Caribou their whole lives. He will join them for a meal of Caribou kidney, heart and tongue soup, a favourite among the Inuvialuit, and learn how this staple food source has kept the Inuvialuit fed and healthy for as long as they've been in the North, and how this important food source has helped shape the culture of the Inuvialuit people. Jimmy will take Rich out to the west coast of Richard's Island, to learn the process involved in harvesting the Caribou, which can be quite a task! Jimmy will teach Rich about the history and relevance of Caribou to the Inuvialuit of the Beaufort Delta and the process of processing this important food source. With his culinary imagination sparked by the flavours found along the Delta, Rich brings his new learnings to the firepit, inspired to create some new and exciting Caribou dishes for everyone to enjoy, including the viewers at home.
Tom tells Shayla to flesh out the "Little People" legend. Shayla goes to Maskwacis to hear about encounters with Little People.
Written and directed by Randy Kelly. Mo Naga is a traditional tattoo artist from Manipur, in the lush North East Region of India on the Myanmar border. While studying fashion design in his early 20s, Mo Naga stumbled across some interesting Naga textile designs and quickly realized their cultural importance. He gradually started researching, archiving and preserving them. His creativity and love for tattoos led him to create a neo-Naga style of design. Mo Naga now works diligently from his New Delhi tattoo studio reviving the traditional Naga tattoo culture of his people and the whole North East Region of India.
"Native Shorts presented by Sundance Institute's Native American and Indigenous Program" is a series that will feature short films produced, premiered or showcased at the Sundance Film Festival through its Native American and Indigenous Program, followed by a brief discussion with hosts Ariel Tweto (Flying Wild Alaska, Wipe-Out) an Inupiaq Eskimo from Unakleet Alaska and the Sundance Institute's own Bird Runningwater, a Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache.
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.
A documentary featuring the participants, vendors, and viewers from 3 of Southern California's Pow Wows. The program presents voices from every facet of the community to invite viewers to experience the emotional and dramatic underpinnings of what it means to be a Native American in this modern age. What forces continue to drive us back to the pounding medicine of the drums and dance on the arena floor?
DJ Shub, the Godfather of PowWowStep brings us a live visual performance of his JUNO award-winning, chart-topping electronic Indigenous album: War Club. Filmed at the Ska-Nah-Doht Village & Lower Thames Conservation, DJ Shub partners with special guests and Indigenous dancers bringing a message of protest and power. This celebration of Indigenous music and culture follows a narrative of a young girl who finds her long-lost brother with the guidance of an enchanted Indigenous War Club. Set on conservation land, The War Club special is an immersive, high-energy electronic music experience that places the viewer in the midst of the show. DJ Shub energetically performs at the turntable decks against dynamic movement from Indigenous dancers and featured artists.
HOMECOMING SONG is a poetic documentary that tells the parallel stories of two men who returned home, and the ancient song that connects them. Many years ago, Kaax'achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of Southeast Alaska disappeared at sea and was thought lost by his family and people. Three years later he returned with a song telling of his experiences. Years later, a young First Nations man named Pete Sidney went off to fight in WW2. When he came back after being away for six years, his mother Angela sang this song for him.
An immersive traditional story woven into a stunning visual feast. Indigenous Dancer /Choreographer Santee Smith tells the story of her intimate and powerful new work against a dazzling cinematic performance featuring her and her dance company. The piece is Kaha:wi and it illustrates a traditional, but incredibly universal story, one that shows the power of dance, music, language and culture to heal, renew and re-emerge with greater vitality.