Kris visits the Haudenosaunee Longhouses in the interactive museum of Ska-nah-doht Village in the Lower Thames Valley. Sarain tackles the famous Cup and Saucer Trail on Manitoulin Island as part of the Great Spirit Circle Trail, a tour guide company that is reframing the way tourists experience the land. Kris and Sarain lose themselves in the world of Virtual Reality with Haudenosaunee Software Developer Monica Peters, who gives them head-mounted displays and takes them on a journey into Endangered Languages.
After reading Robin Wall Kimmerer's momentous book Braiding Sweetgrass, Me'tis/ Cree songwriter, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, sets out to write a new song that considers how to exist in a cycle of reciprocity with the living universe.
A slippery suspect is contained within a police perimeter, but it takes most of the day to flush him out.
Mason teams up with pro surfer Ben Murphy for a photo shoot at Wya Point in Ucluelet, British Columbia. Gracey has some trouble along the way.
Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and off the BC hydro grid, the Haida Nation relies on diesel generators to power their communities. Now, a home-grown group is looking to the wind, sun and sea to offset their reliance on fossil fuels.
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 explores Nimmo Bay in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest, followed by an authentic indigenous experience with the Great Spirit Circle Trail on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Elder Margaret Behan has had an interesting life to say the least. After overcoming alcohol addiction, Margaret discovered a desire and passion to generate public awareness of indigenous cultures. Her travels took her to India, Japan and other lands where people yearned to hear about Native American culture.
Battles over blood quantum and 'best interests' resurface the untold history of America's Indian Adoption Era - a time when nearly one-third of children were removed from tribal communities nationwide. As political scrutiny over Indian child welfare intensifies, an adoption survivor helps others find their way home through song and ceremony.
Walter Littlemoon attended a federal Indian boarding school in South Dakota sixty years ago. The mission of many of these schools in 1950, was still to "kill the Indian and save the man." The children were not allowed to be Indians - to speak their language or express their culture or native identity in any way at the risk of being severely beaten, humiliated or abused. What effects did these actions cause? Many Indians, like Walter, lived with this unresolved trauma into adulthood, acting it out through alcoholism and domestic violence. At age 58, Walter decided to write and publish his memoirs as a way to explain his past abusive behaviors to his estranged children. But dealing with the memories of his boarding school days nearly put an end to it. "The Thick Dark Fog" tells the story of how Walter confronted the "thick dark fog" of his past so that he could renew himself and his community.
Tuscarora songwriter Jennifer Kreisberg sets out to write a song about the dispersal of the Skaru:re population following the Tuscarora War of 1710. She visits with artists in Six Nations to better understand the tradition and trails of Skaru:re songs.
The youth meet each other for their initial weigh-ins and fitness tests.
Maara, hands and djena, feet are very useful to us and together with the other parts of our body help us every day. Maara baam, hands clap and djena kakarook, feet dance. It's too deadly koolangka.
Pterry must help Moise the moose and Maurice the moose who get lost while looking for a new grazing pasture of wild rice.
The children and Tiga listen to the sounds of rain as they learn about different dwellings: a warm cozy teepee, drafty caves, houses on wheels, and about the kinds of animal homes in a story entitled Where do you live?
Can Big Cuz face dancing in front of the school, and will Little J ever see his caterpillar again?
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.
Randy tries to give Mrs. Charles' cat a bath. / Randy and Katie use old tennis rackets to make snowshoes for Mr. Charles.
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.
Forced to go to summer camp by their parents, T-Bear, Talon and Devon are subjected to the pranks of boys from the rival Brown Toe reserve. After thwarting the boys' attempts at retaliation, the elders call in their parents, but the bored adults are ultimately taught a valuable lesson by their children.
When Tomias loses his cousin straight after he arrives back home for initiation ceremony, it fuels his own anxieties around boarding school, whilst Dahlia confronts her own purpose in Mandjakkorl.
Daniel Picard and Chef Peter Moineau discover the beautiful Zion National Park in Utah. They are inspired by mountainous scenery and local wildlife to create a beef tataki - the Warrior Blend's way!
Gracey calls up her friend and mentor, Mark Gallup, to help her out on a photo shoot for Impact Magazine covering the CanAm Speedskating event at Calgary's Olympic Oval. Canadian National Team speed skater, Isabelle Wiedemann is Gracey?s featured athlete.
CAP Producer Darren Brown sat down with the Recreation, Exercise, and Sports for the Elders and Children of our Tribes (R.E.Sp.E.C.T.) Program. The guests are Program Director, Jesse James, and staff members Eugene Blackbear III and Caleb Gilbert.
Its do or die: The players are separated into two teams and face-off in a scrimmage. One last chance to impress the coaches. Unfortunately this means the end of the line for a few prospects.
Mason and Gracey give back to the mountain bike community and shoot crowd funding photos for the Coast Gravity Park.
The Youth have their final weigh-ins and recap their experience.
Special guest host, Terra Houska shows how to construct baby moccasins out of pigskin leather!
Lisa's father, a former Tsihlqot'in Chief and residential school survivor, committed suicide when Lisa was 4 years old, which fractured the family and left them ostracized by the community. Can these wounds ever be healed?
Drew heads to a Mohawk First Nation on Lake Ontario that hosts one of the largest Tattoo Gatherings in Canada. There he meets dozens of native artists making their cultural marks. Then he goes on traditional indigenous hairstyle journey.
This segment is a small highlight of Indian Market 2021
On location in Santa Fe, NM during the 100th anniversary of Santa Fe Indian Market.
WEAVING WORLDS presents an absorbing and intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art. The documentary traces the history of Navajo rug weavers and their role within the global economy by highlighting the stories and characters behind the production and trading of Navajo rugs. Told from the weavers' point-of-view, WEAVING WORLDS turns a keen and compassionate eye toward indigenous artists and their struggle to maintain pride and cultural vitality through their textiles. Contemporary Navajo weavers including Nicole Horseherder, a member of Black Mesa Weavers for Life and Land speak about the importance of weaving traditions, or Nahadzaan Hadilneeh, to Navajo culture. WEAVING WORLDS illuminates the rich visual experience of this Native craft by combining shots of the Navajo reservation with scenes of Navajo women weaving delicate motifs into colorful rugs. Through interviews and oral histories, the program also explores the relationship between weaving and family relations and the sometimes controversial interdependency between Indigenous artisans and Anglo traders.
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CAP Producer Darren Brown sat down with the Recreation, Exercise, and Sports for the Elders and Children of our Tribes (R.E.Sp.E.C.T.) Program. The guests are Program Director, Jesse James, and staff members Eugene Blackbear III and Caleb Gilbert.
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.
Tara works the case of a young woman whose cause of death defies logic - the autopsy reveals her heart has been shredded yet there's no visible trauma to her body. The case grows even more disturbing when Tara discovers photos that cast suspicion on her partner Bob. Forensics links the latest victim to the murder of Gabriel and Tara realizes she has an innocent man-Johnny Redden-locked up and a murderer running free. The case explodes in gunfire and tragedy. Tara traces her birth mother to the town of Rabbit Fall.
Wannabe-adventurer Zoe freaks out when she gets pregnant by her long-term boyfriend, Tim. As Tim embraces the prospect of fatherhood, Zoe attempts to rush through her dreams before the baby arrives.
A young radio DJ is determined to give his life meaning and explore the world beyond Kaimuki, the small Hawaiian town where he grew up. Even if it means leaving everything he's ever known and loved behind.