Sarain and Kris meet with First Nations Policy Analyst Russell Diabo in Innisfil who explains the history and impact of the Indian Act. They drop into an after-school youth program on Mnjikaning First Nation created by Social Worker Kendra Keetch and visit with Melissa Tidlumaluk Irwin at Nunavut Sivuniksavut, a cultural hub and university program for Inuit in Ottawa.
Celebrated Mohawk rock star Tom Wilson crafts a powerful song based on a famous painting by Me'tis artist Christi Belcourt. In conversation at a diner, the two remarkable artists explore their creative processes and sources of inspiration.
A bomb call results in tragedy, and a Rama police officer urges greater contact between the police and their community.
Tannis and Mason travel to world-class climbing and fishing destination, Squamish BC. Tensions rise as Tannis has the jump on Mason in the climbing world, but Mason soon uses his newfound skills to capture an epic shot.
There are roughly 300 off grid Indigenous communities across Canada, who continue to rely on diesel generated power. The Taku River Tlingit Nation in northern BC is one of the few First Nations who've successfully replaced diesel power through their implementation of clean, renewable energy.
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.
Art sets out to learn the traditional means of baking Whitefish in clay - sourced from the Yellowknife River. But first he and Dan must survive a rocky boat ride across the Great Slave Lake to drop the nets. Once their seasickness subsides, Art and Dan celebrate a clay - baked dinner with local dene drummers - a truly authentic experience in the Northwest Territories! Micisok!
Elder Virgil Surveyor has always believed in education as a key to a fulfilling life. Join Mr. Surveyor as he takes us back to some interesting times. From discrimination during his schoolboy days to serving as a high school principal, Virgil has seen much and has always reserved a place in his life for tradition.
Part 1 of 2. A look at the rise and fall of the Aztec empire, which once flourished in what is now Mexico but was destroyed in a series of battles with Spanish explorer Hern'n Cort's, who arrived with his army in 1519.
Conclusion. A look at the rise and fall of the Aztec empire, which once flourished in what is now Mexico but was destroyed in a series of battles with Spanish explorer Hern'n Cort's, who arrived with his army in 1519.
Celebrated Mohawk rock star Tom Wilson crafts a powerful song based on a famous painting by Me'tis artist Christi Belcourt. In conversation at a diner, the two remarkable artists explore their creative processes and sources of inspiration.
Four unhealthy and overweight individuals set out on a journey towards a healthy living.
Moorditj walang, good health is about looking after our bodies every day. It's solid koolangka!
Kimmie is growing fast. Tiga and Gertie wonder if they are growing too. Tiga tries to grow a bean seed and is frustrated that it does not seem to be growing. Gertie suggests that all living things need love and care as well as water and sunlight to grow and teaches Tiga how to sing to the plant. Kokum takes Tiga on a ride on a quad, and en route sees a moose and a bear. When they arrive at Blueberry First Nations Reserve, Tiga learns how to make moccasins down by the Blueberry River. Back at home Tiga sees proof that it' all growing things need love and attention.
Buddy finds himself in a basketball shooting competition with his dad, Chief Madwe, so he needs to learn how to sink a basket double quick! When his friends lose the basketball Buddy uses his bear strength to save the day then impresses his dad by combining lacrosse skills with basketball moves. When Smudge the puppy goes missing, Nina, Joe and Buddy interrupt their outdoor gymnastic practice and track his paw prints up to where he?s stuck on a rocky ledge. Realizing Smudge is too scared to jump down Nina uses her balancing skills and leads the team in rescuing their little puppy friends.
Little J gets confused hunting bush tucker, when he follows his own tracks.
When the 'big kids' won't play with him, Little J creates a tantalizing adventure - in the back yard.
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.
Everyone around Wapos Bay has been seeing the strange lights and sounds around Wapos Bay. T-Bear, Talon and Devon have let their imaginations run wild as they think the townspeople have been brainwashed by aliens from another world. They eventually don't know whom to trust when they begin to investigate the encounters themselves. Is everyone being abducted by aliens as the invasion begins?
Three's a crowd when Gordon, the new kid in town, comes between Tomias and Dahlia.
Barrett Awai known as entertainer, athlete, and mentor for youth shares his cooking skills with us today in the kitchen. He shares one of his favorite recipes with us for Corned Beef and Nori Seaweed Wrap.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in Saint Joseph and Bras Panon, Reunion Island, to revisit the vanilla duck. For her revisit, she meets with Nathalie and Suzie, duck specialists, as well as vanilla specialists, Fabiola and Alexandre.
Carrie Whitlow talks to the parents of the seniors from the 5A State Champion El Reno Lady Indians basketball team about the consistency and sacrifices it took as a parent for their child to reach their potential. The support system is needed from family, friends, tribes, community, and the school system to nourish that talent. Parents offer advice to other parents, and their messages to their children as they graduate this year and move on to the next chapter in their lives.
Following the first scrimmage, some players are feeling more pressure than others. With the final cuts looming, no one wants to disappoint. But, some simply haven't done enough to show their worth. For these unlucky few, this will be their last day at camp.
Mason is in his own backyard revisiting the Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival, the event that launched his career as a pro photographer. Tannis meets an inspiring young local snowboarder.
Four unhealthy and overweight individuals set out on a journey towards a healthy living.
Special guest host, Terra Houska shows how to construct baby moccasins out of pigskin leather!
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?
This segment is a small highlight of Indian Market 2021
"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.
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.
The National Native American Veterans Memorial, located on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian, stands as a tribute to all American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian veterans. It was designed by Harvey Pratt, a Vietnam veteran himself. Pratt, a Cheyenne Peace Chief and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal citizen, submitted his design along with over five hundred other artists in 2017. The next year, he was chosen as one of six finalists, and finally as the winning artist that same year. Groundbreaking for the memorial took place in 2019, with a planned dedication the next year. However, Covid-19 changed the plans drastically, and the dedication had to wait until November of 2022. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes traveled to Washington, DC with a large group of C&A veterans and elders, and Cheyenne and Arapaho Television was invited.
Democracy Now! is an award-winning, independent, noncommercial, nationally-distributed public television news hour. Produced each weekday, Democracy Now! is available for public television stations free of charge.
Carrie Whitlow talks to the parents of the seniors from the 5A State Champion El Reno Lady Indians basketball team about the consistency and sacrifices it took as a parent for their child to reach their potential. The support system is needed from family, friends, tribes, community, and the school system to nourish that talent. Parents offer advice to other parents, and their messages to their children as they graduate this year and move on to the next chapter in their lives.
"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.
Tara is taken hostage by a delusional hotel guest engaged in a bizarre argument with is dead wife. The scene grows even more frightening when the man turns his rage on Tara and she begins to feel herself slipping into the madness... Stanton, Bob and Ollie try desperately to save Tara and solve the mystery behind her captor's demonic behavior.
After a formal welcome at Smither's airport, Art and Dan are guided on a hunt by a Wetsuweten elder. Their aspirations to bag an elk are spoiled by a pair of cheeky black bears. All is not lost though thanks to a communal outpouring of generosity and Art's performance at an Aboriginal Day Festival. Micisok!
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.
RE-KEN-SIL-E-A-SHEN is a poignant feature-length documentary from two-spirit Me'tis filmmaker Jamie Bourque-Blyan, where Jamie unearths painful truths about his family's past, and connects with fellow survivors of conquest and colonization to explore how other countries including South Africa, Croatia, and New Zealand - have engaged in the process of truth and reconciliation post-atrocity, and how alternative approaches to healing through collective memory might be applied in Canada.
Visitors from around the world visit a settlement called Old Minto to learn the traditional ways of Native Alaskans as part of cultural heritage program.