Day Week A-Z

Program Schedule for Sunday, Dec 29

FNX NAT
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FNX NAT

12:00am
Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People

Duration: 0:28:41

In this episode, we follow young competitive cyclist Hannah Jordan as she climbs Pikes Peak chasing her Olympic dreams, visit with Cherokee textile artist Lisa Rutherford, and uncover the Cherokee connection to the classic children?s story ?Where the Red Fern Grows.?

12:30am
Native Report
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Native Report

Duration: 0:26:46

On this edition of Native Report... We experience "Our Home: Native Minnesota," a exhibit at the Minnesota History Center. We then visit Hocokata Ti, the new cultural center of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. And we learn about the Sami Center of North America. We also learn what we can do to lead healthier lives and hear from our Elders on this edition of Native Report.

1:00am
Tribal Police Files
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Requals

Tribal Police Files

Requals

Duration: 0:21:59

The backbone of the Rama Tribal Police Service is its diverse group of officers and their ongoing commitment to their work and their community.

1:30am
Underexposed
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Big Lines

Underexposed

Big Lines

Duration: 0:21:59

We meet well-known pro skier KC Deane, who as it turns out, is also fearless on a bike. Tannis is starting to have some doubts about her ability to make it in the action sports world.

2:00am
Seeing The USA
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Alaska

Seeing The USA

Alaska

Duration: 0:26:46

Brandy starts her journey of Alaska in Anchorage where she visits the Alaska Native Heritage Centre. She then sees Alaska from the sky in a floatplane from Lake Hood. Next she travels by train to Denali National Park and Preserve to see it's iconic nature and famous mountain Denali. In Seward Brandy boards a cruise and explores Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Haines and Ketchikan.

2:30am
Seeing Canada
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Indigenous Tourism and Art In South Eastern Ontario

Seeing Canada

Indigenous Tourism and Art In South Eastern Ontario

Duration: 0:26:46

Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk meets the rare and endangered Ojibwe Spirit Horses and makes a corn husk doll at the Madahoki' Farm in Ottawa's Greenbelt. Then Brandy travels to Akwesasne where she makes traditional Mohawk cornbread. In Kingston she learns to paint with artist Francisco Corbett at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

3:00am
Traditional Indigenous Ways of Being
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Traditional Indigenous Ways of Being

Duration: 1:08:49

Traditional Indigenous Ways of Being is an excellent blueprint for us all. Our Sacred Earth Mother is the Star of this film, and from her messages of great wisdom, we learn about the importance of balance and harmony with our environment and all living things. She teaches us about the need for incorporating, Respect, Discipline, and Responsibility (RDR) in all our actions.

4:10am
Birds on the Wire: Lessons from Nature
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Birds on the Wire: Lessons from Nature

Duration: 0:10:47

The one-hundred-and-twenty hand-crafted birds, formed from coconut fiber and lightweight materials traditionally used in West Coast Indigenous basket making, currently sit on cables placed in the gardens during a recent holiday light show. The birds are part of a public health-focused art installation titled "Birds on a Wire."

4:30am
In Our Hands: Continuing The Fight Against Covid19
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In Our Hands: Continuing The Fight Against Covid19

Duration: 0:28:17

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe located along the border of the U.S. and Mexico has experienced a loss of life, ceremony, and tradition. Tribal members and the tribal government offer an insight into some of those that were lost and how the tribe is coping as well as educating their tribal members in the fight against the pandemic.

5:00am
Alaska Justice: Let It Be Known That We Heal Each Other
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Alaska Justice: Let It Be Known That We Heal Each Other

Duration: 0:26:45

Advocates, tribal leaders and artists are among those continuing to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Alaska. They want to make sure their loved ones are remembered. They're also continuing to seek justice for those who've gone missing and murdered. When it comes to wellness, Alaska Native people are using their language, culture and the land to help heal from trauma. Elders, young people, community leaders, advocates and others, are helping communities across the state heal from the impacts of boarding schools, violence against women and substance use. The 30-minute documentary "Alaska Justice: Let it be known that we heal each other, " follows Alaska Native people in their efforts to raise awareness of MMIP and heal from trauma.

5:30am
Asserting Self Determination
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Activist Scholars Discuss the work of Dr. Rudolph C Ryser

Asserting Self Determination

Activist Scholars Discuss the work of Dr. Rudolph C Ryser

Duration: 0:27:29

Activist scholars Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Sociologist Erich Steiman, Ph.D., discuss the influence of Dr. Rudolph Ryser's seminal theories and application of Self-determination of Indigenous nations on the development of their thinking and writing. Key concepts touched upon include fourth world theory, the limitations of the term sovereignty, and defining the fight for Indigenous self-determination as a process of nation-building rather than a quest for equality and inclusion.

6:00am
Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People

Duration: 0:28:41

In this episode, we follow young competitive cyclist Hannah Jordan as she climbs Pikes Peak chasing her Olympic dreams, visit with Cherokee textile artist Lisa Rutherford, and uncover the Cherokee connection to the classic children?s story ?Where the Red Fern Grows.?

6:30am
Wassaja
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Thunderbird Woman

Wassaja

Thunderbird Woman

Duration: 0:26:47

If you Google "beyond Standing Rock" you will see pipeline battles in Oregon, Tar Sands debates in Alberta and threats of another military action along the Great Lakes. Paul DeMain reports featuring an interview with an Ojibwe elder.

7:00am
Teepee Time
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Teepee Time

Duration: 0:24:59

Teepee learns about the four seasons; Teepee plays in the park for the first time.

7:30am
Waabiny Time
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Seasons and Weather

Waabiny Time

Seasons and Weather

Duration: 0:25:59

There are maar keny bonar, six seasons. Birak is hot time, time for djiba-djobaliny, swimming time.

8:00am
Tiga Talk
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Dreams

Tiga Talk

Dreams

Duration: 0:24:00

This is an episode of day dreams, night dreams, drumming songs and dragons. Through stories, songs, and creative play, Tiga and the children explore the wonders of dreaming. Kokum solicits the help of an elder and her dream-catcher to banish Jodie's nightmares away.

8:30am
Wolf Joe
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Dark Zone / Ready Set Go

Wolf Joe

Dark Zone / Ready Set Go

Duration: 0:21:02

On a trek to see the stars at a special place in the woods where Buddy sees lots of natural wonders but Joe and Nina are more interested in the games on a cell phone. When Buddy sees Smudge has wondered off into trouble the others finally realize they must pay attention and even use technology to help with the rescue. When a new playmate arrives, Nina becomes increasingly competitive but finds she's not the best at everything. A baby otter needs rescuing and Nina and the friend discover that working together as a duo they can equally contribute to saving the day.

9:00am
Little J and Big Cuz
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Nothing Scares Me

Little J and Big Cuz

Nothing Scares Me

Duration: 0:12:00

Little J, he's five and Big Cuz, she's nine. They're a couple of Indigenous Australian kids living with their Nanna and Old Dog. Little J and Big Cuz are busy with the ups and downs of playground and classroom. There's always something surprising going on whether it's at school, in the backyard... or beyond. The gaps in Nanna's ramshackle fence lead to Saltwater, Desert and Freshwater Country. With the help of Nanna and their teacher Ms Chen, Little J and Big Cuz are finding out all about culture, community and country.

9:15am
Little J and Big Cuz
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Territories

Little J and Big Cuz

Territories

Duration: 0:12:00

Big Cuz and Little J must put aside their differences, to outwit a territorial magpie.

9:30am
Amy's Mythic Mornings
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The Young Girl and the Geese - Ojibway

Amy's Mythic Mornings

The Young Girl and the Geese - Ojibway

Duration: 0:21:59

Amy finds herself in the role of the young girl who thinks she is better than everyone else. Amy makes a deal with the geese to fly south with them for the winter. She builds herself goose feather wings and announces to everyone to "look" at her. When everyone is watching, Amy crashes down, breaking the ice below. Alone, she learns that being the best isn't as important as being with friends and family.

10:00am
Guardians Evolution
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The Erimar

Guardians Evolution

The Erimar

Duration: 0:21:40

Kaultor morphs into a strange, almost alien, creature.

10:30am
Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show
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Light

Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show

Light

Duration: 0:21:59

Join our Science Questers as they find out about how light has different temperatures; Kai shows us how to make your own sunset.

11:00am
Cooking Hawaiian Style
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Mom's Chicken Wings

Cooking Hawaiian Style

Mom's Chicken Wings

Duration: 0:22:09

We were very excited to have Amy Hill as our first guest of the season as she shares some of her favorite family dishes from Japan made with her own unique flare.

11:30am
Back to Roots
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Raspberry

Back to Roots

Raspberry

Duration: 0:21:59

Matricia gathers raspberries to use in a homemade raspberry pie and a refreshing raspberry mojito. She wraps up the episode by smudging her drum and playing it while singing a song called "Asani."

12:00pm
Native Planet
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Louisiana

Native Planet

Louisiana

Duration: 0:45:03

Simon Baker travels to the Bayous of southern Louisiana to see how three indigenous tribes are adapting to rising sea levels that are slowly sinking their communities.

1:00pm
Hit The Ice
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Show Me What You Got

Hit The Ice

Show Me What You Got

Duration: 0:22:00

Team Hit The Ice is ready to face Team Made in Manitoba in an official showcase game. It's the first chance for the players to prove themselves and demonstrate what they have learned in training.

1:30pm
Underexposed
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Separate Ways

Underexposed

Separate Ways

Duration: 0:21:59

The crew is shuttled to untouched riding areas of the Kamloops Lake, but Tannis sees herself setting off on a different ship altogether.

2:00pm
Ruth-Ann Thorn Presents: Art of the City
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Ruth-Ann Thorn Presents: Art of the City

Duration: 0:23:33

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.

2:30pm
Indian Road
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Indian Road

Duration: 0:25:38

This episode of "Indian Road" features a bio on Henrietta Mann, a story about Clinton's Mohawk Lodge, a look at Sooner Spectator's Native issue, a look at downtown OKC's Red Earth Museum, and info about Washita National Battlefield Historic Site.

3:00pm
Urban Native Girl
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Muddy Waters

Urban Native Girl

Muddy Waters

Duration: 0:22:02

Lisa travels to Winnipeg, the Urban Aboriginal Capital of Canada. Is it a city on the rise or a one mired in racism and struggle? This episode features interviews with Sean McCormick, Waneek Horn Miller and Alan Greyeyes.

3:30pm
Going Native
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Going Sacred

Going Native

Going Sacred

Duration: 0:22:00

From an incredible "Spotted Lake" in British Columbia to a sacred waterfall in Washington State, Drew explores the people, ideas, and hallowed spaces linked to Aboriginal spirituality.

4:00pm
Moosemeat & Marmalade
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Gleaning

Moosemeat & Marmalade

Gleaning

Duration: 0:21:59

Art sidelines Dan with his plans to create a meatless meal. Once the shock subsides, the pair meet with a "meatless butcher" in Victoria as well as glean produce from local orchards and farms. They even study waste reduction from a seasoned dumpster diver. Once they're guests finish licking their plate, Art and Dan agree that gleaning is a delicious means of securing food and part of a long First Nations tradition of avoiding food waste. Miciskok!

4:30pm
Cherokee Justice: Healing Through Culture
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Cherokee Justice: Healing Through Culture

Duration: 0:26:45

In Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court is designed to help keep young people out of the justice system. The program focuses on Cherokee culture and community. One of the favorite activities among participants is stickball. The program works with young people on a more personal approach between the wellness court and each participant. This documentary highlights the program with discussion of its role in the community with wellness court team members, officials, and some participants.

5:00pm
War Club
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War Club

Duration: 0:39:43

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.

5:45pm
Native Hope Champions
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Las Morenas

Native Hope Champions

Las Morenas

Duration: 0:14:07

Lucinda Hinojos, known professionally as La Morena, was commissioned by the NFL as the first Native American artist to design theme art for a Super Bowl. Her artwork was featured on Super Bowl LVII tickets, displays, footballs and more. Amongst this notable work is a 9, 500-square-foot mural, the largest to date created for a Super Bowl. La Morena, who is Chicanx, Apache, O'odham and Yaqui, enlisted the help of other Indigenous Artists from various Native and Indigenous Nations to complete the mural in just 22 days. It was a team driven by strong and resilient women. Native Hope Champions: Las Morenas, is a segment that highlights some, but not all of the artists, including "CC" Carie Sage Curley (Apache), Eunique Yazzie (Navajo), Anitra "Yukue" Molina (Pascua Yaqui), and Jessie Yazzie (Dine').

6:00pm
Bears' Lair
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The Youth Are The Future

Bears' Lair

The Youth Are The Future

Duration: 0:21:59

In this episode focused on Indigenous youth, two businesses started by teenagers and one business geared towards teenagers pitch their plans to the Bears for a shot at the episode prize of $10,000 and the grand prize of $100,000.

6:30pm
Wild Game
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Corn

Wild Game

Corn

Duration: 0:21:39

Resume Rich Francis visits the Haudenosaunee community of Six Nations, Ontario, where he's eager to learn one of the most important food sources harvested on Turtle Island- White Corn! He will visit with Terrylynn Brant, a local farmer and seed keeper/seed security advocate, and her daughter Tawnya, also a chef who is pushing the boundaries of indigenous food in Canada, who have been harvesting and eating Corn their whole lives. He will join Tawnya for a preparation of some of her favourite corn dishes and will discuss the history of corn, a favourite among the Haudenosaunee, and learn how this staple food source has kept the Haudenosaunee fed and healthy for as long as they've been here, and how this important food source has helped shape the cultures of the Haudenosaunee people. Terrylynn will take Rich into her garden to learn the process involved in harvesting and processing the Corn, which can be quite a task! Tawnya will take him into the bush to forage and gather the plethora of wild foods that grow this time of year. With his culinary imagination sparked by the flavours found in the garden and in the bush, Rich brings his new learnings to the firepit, inspired to create some new and exciting Corn dishes for everyone to enjoy, including the viewers at home.

7:00pm
Red Earth Uncovered
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Wild Rose Wild Man: Part 1

Red Earth Uncovered

Wild Rose Wild Man: Part 1

Duration: 0:21:49

Tom tells Shayla to look into Sasquatch sightings in and around Alberta.

7:30pm
Skindigenous
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Lebret

Skindigenous

Lebret

Duration: 0:25:46

Written and directed by Courtney Montour. Metis artist Audie Murray sees tattooing as a way for people to connect with their culture and communities when they are away from home. Audie's art and tattoo practice draw from the duality in her life, especially her experience growing up in Regina and Lebret, and then moving to Vancouver to pursue her art career. She finds inspiration for her work in Metis beaded designs. When Audie returns home to Regina and Lebret, her work is centered around creating and learning from family.

8:00pm
Native Shorts
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Coyote Way

Native Shorts

Coyote Way

Duration: 0:26:45

"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.

8:30pm
The Aux
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The Aux

Duration: 0:55:46

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.

9:30pm
The Sun at Midnight
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The Sun at Midnight

Duration: 1:33:44

In this wilderness adventure, Lia, a 16 year-old urban princess, is sent to spend the summer with her Gwich'in grandmother in a small Arctic Circle community. Desperate to return to city life she steals a boat and sets out into the vast Northern wilderness hoping to reach the nearest town. Totally lost, she is discovered by Alfred, a Gwich'in hunter who reluctantly takes her under his wing as he navigates the massive landscape in search of caribou. When Alfred is severely wounded, Lia pushes on and fights to save both of their lives.

11:05pm
Native America Calling
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Native Filmmakers at Sundance Film Festival

Native America Calling

Native Filmmakers at Sundance Film Festival

Duration: 0:43:43

Native America Calling: News Program - 2022 Sundance Film Festival Recap