In the episode of OsiyoTV, get in the ring with professional MMA fighter Jaymee "Ambush" Jones, learn traditional pottery techniques from Cherokee National Treasure Jane Osti, and spend time speaking Cherokee with Mack Vann, an elder who shares his advice for the next generations.
On this edition of Native Report... We travel to the Kansas City, Missouri and visit the Kansas City Indian Center. We then meet Commander John Harrington, the very first Native American to fly in space. And then we meet ethnobotanist Linda Black Elk. We also learn what we can do to lead healthier lives and hear from our Elders on this edition of Native Report.
Constable Dwayne Honeyman and Sergeant Dale Austinson must quickly adapt when they respond to a misleading call involving firearms. Having made a commitment to lead a healthy lifestyle, Constable Leonard Isaac embraces the challenges and revelations of a traditional vision quest. On the job Constable Isaac follows up reports of residents illegally swapping license plates on vehicles.
West Coast Expeditions treats the crew to some unreal kayaking and Naked Bikes on Quadra Island brings new meaning to underEXPOSED.
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.
Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk travels to Sooke, British Columbia where she learns about seaweed from Amanda Swinimer at Dakini Tidal Wilds. Then she visits Sheringham Distillery where she tries gin made with seaweed. Brandy then goes to Alberta where she plows a field with horses and tries whisky at the Eau Claire Distillery in Turner Valley. In Calgary, Brandy learns how to cook a Metis stew at the Heritage Park Historical Village.
In a landscape as dramatic as its stories, We Breathe Again intimately explores the lives of our Alaska Native people, each confronting the impacts of historic trauma and suicide. Reflected in the northern lights and the city streetlights, from the ice roads to the asphalt, the characters battle for personal healing, hoping to break new trails for their families and their communities to follow. "Sometimes the darker days of your childhood have real long-lasting effects," says one survivor. "There's something about suicide that just tears your heart out." We Breathe Again is an intimate, authentic portrait of people working to break a cycle of trauma and rebuild their communities' strength and resilience.
Lake of Betrayal explores the history of Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and its impact on the Seneca Nation of Indians. Completed in 1965, it was originally proposed to help mitigate flooding in Pittsburgh, almost 200 miles downriver, but the 27-mile reservoir that formed behind it inundated vast tracts of the Seneca Indians' ancestral lands, forcing their removal in breach of the United States' oldest treaty then in effect. The film looks at the Seneca Nation's fight to protect its sovereignty against the U.S. government's Indian termination policy and overwhelming political and economic forces driving the post-WWII boom.
The Oneida Speak blends traditional Oneida storytelling with modern media, providing a window to a world that no longer exists. This documentary depicts an engaging personal account written by elders of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin during the early 1930s. The Oneida Speak is a dramatic portrayal of the land grab policies carried out by government agents. It raises awareness and educates viewers about these policies through the nature of its personal narrative and personalized storytelling.
In the episode of OsiyoTV, get in the ring with professional MMA fighter Jaymee "Ambush" Jones, learn traditional pottery techniques from Cherokee National Treasure Jane Osti, and spend time speaking Cherokee with Mack Vann, an elder who shares his advice for the next generations.
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.
Teepee goes to the petting zoo and takes a bath.
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.
Getting gifts is great but giving them can be even better. With Dad? s birthday coming up the kids have to be creative to give him a gift without spending any money. Gertie teaches Gavin another important part of giving and getting gifts ? saying 'thank you' and 'you're welcome'.
In a frog filled marsh Joe and the team stretch their skills rescuing a baby skunk then must use teamwork to build a new shelter for the whole skunk family before a big storm arrives. When Buddy sets out to find a crow feather just like his father did as a kid he finds it challenging until he applies a clever strategy to earn his feather, which makes his father proud.
Big Cuz decides she's too grown-up for toys - so Little J gives her old teddy to B Boy. B Boy loves playing with his new teddy, especially rough and tumble games, much to Big Cuz's dismay. Now she desperately wants her beloved teddy back.
Big Cuz is under pressure - Little J is so convinced she's going to catch a big Murray Cod, he's invited guests to the river for a campfire feed. But whatever they try, the kids can't seem to catch a fish. Fingers crossed their fish traps work in time
Amy, Casey and Theodore meet an unusual boy who is on his way to his village. The chief has stolen the sun and has absolute power over night and day. The kids and their new friend convince the Chief to play a "riddle" game show, with the winner receiving the gift of the sun. The lesson learned is not to steal.
The Guardians go head to head against Ambrona and his robots, when the evil mastermind tries to clear-cut a small forest while digging for a rare mineral to fuel his empire.
Professor Shawn Desaulniers says numbers are everywhere; can you solve a Rubik's' cube?
Sophia Stark has been cooking and baking since the age of six, she is inspired by her family and the American culinary legend Julia Child. She is very talented with a knife, can sing and is an artist. All of us on the set were very impressed and you will be too as she shares her Vanilla Cream Fruit Tart recipe.
Matricia explains the benefits of strawberries also known as "heart berries." With her foraged strawberries, she makes lemonade and bakes a cake in an outdoor kitchen. She finishes the episode by telling a story and singing a song called "Sakihitowin."
Host Simon Baker travels to Ecuador and deep into the Amazon jungle to meet one Aboriginal tribe waging an international fight to keep oil companies and their government off their territory
Things get off to a bad start with a lousy practice that sends Coach Chabot through the roof. The boys manage to negotiate a deal to get access to their phones, and finish off the day with a game of archery.
The mercury rises as Tannis and Mason see the sights of Williams Lake courtesy of world class rider James Doerfling. Caribou Chilcotin Jet boats might help beat the heat.
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.
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.
In the pilot episode we meet Lisa as she takes her dream to industry insiders and asks if there is a place for an urban native magazine as the print industry is retracting. This episode features interviews with Shelley Ambrose from The Walrus, Jamie Monastyrski from Spirit Magazine and Lorraine Zander from Faze Magazine.
Drew Hayden Taylor seeks to learn the indigenous story of the horse by meeting a daredevil family of "Indian Relay" racers, encountering a Navajo Horse Whisperer, and by exploring unique wild horse sanctuary in the foothills of the Rockies.
Art and Dan travel to Montreal to experience its diverse food scene.
An intimate look into the life of Stanford Addison, an Arapaho elder, Spiritual Leader, and Horse Tamer, who is the stronghold of his community. Paralyzed from the neck down, Stanford's heartwarming story teaches every one of us that life is bigger than we think, and our problems are smaller than they seem. Original poem by Verlin Pitt.
A BLACKFEET ENCOUNTER uncovers the rich history and culture of the Blackfeet people of Montana, traces the consequences of the expedition's arrival and investigates the struggles and triumphs of the Blackfeet today. In July 1806, Meriwether Lewis and another member of the Corps of Discovery killed two Blackfeet warriors and marked the only deadly clash between American Indians and the otherwise peaceful Lewis and Clark Expedition. A BLACKFEET ENCOUNTER skillfully pieces together this confrontation through accounts by tribal elders, Lewis' journal and interviews with historians reflecting both sides of the story. The documentary also depicts the tragedies and challenges endured by the Blackfeet people during the 19th and 20th centuries, including intertribal fighting, massacres, starvation, unemployment, poverty and racism.
Three Indigenous entrepreneurs tempt the Bears' taste buds with their delicious creations, including custom-designed cakes, microbrewery bespoke beers and a unique line of bitters.
Rich Francis visits the Inuvialuit community of Inuvik, NWT, where he's eager to learn about the largest wild animal harvested on Turtle Island- the Beluga Whale! He will visit with Jimmy Kalinek, a local guide and hunter, and his uncle Daniel Rogers, who harvests Beluga for the community. He'll also meet Hank Rogers, an Elder who has been harvesting whale for over 60 years! He will join them for a meal of Muktuk, the whale's skin lined with the first layer of the Beluga's fat, and Kilituk, dried whale meat dipped in rendered whale fat, and learn how these staples have kept the Inuvialuit fed and warm for as long as they've been on the Beaufort Delta, and how this important food source has helped shape the culture of the Inuvialuit people. Jimmy and Daniel will take Rich out to the coastal shallows off Kendall Island, to learn the process involved in harvesting the whale, which can be as long as 18 feet. He'll also meet Jimmy and Daniel's family at their Whale Camp, as processing the whale is a job that requires many hands and is often a family endeavour. Together, they will teach Rich about the history and relevance of Beluga to the Inuvialuit of the Beaufort Delta and the process of processing this large 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 Beluga dishes for everyone to enjoy, including the viewers at home.
Tom sends Shayla to Cold Lake, Alberta to learn about the legend of the great fish that lives in the Lake known as Kinosoo.
Written and directed by Randy Kelly. In the 1950s, warriors from the Dutch-controlled Maluku islands who were fighting alongside Dutch soldiers against the Indonesians were brought back to the Netherlands by force. As a descendant of that Moluccan diaspora, Joe Patty-Sabandar has been rediscovering and reconnecting with his traditional ancestral culture. As a tattoo artist, he is very keen to preserve and share Moluccan culture as it existed before the Portuguese colonized the Maluku islands. He is part of a group of third and fourth generation Dutch-Moluccans who are thirsty for knowledge and the ancient culture of their homeland.
"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.
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 hope and determination of modern-day American Indian life is revealed in this story about what it takes to win one of the most exciting and dangerous forms of horse racing practiced anywhere in the world today. From the bitter cold of winter on the Rocky Mountain front to the heat and mayhem of the summer's championship races in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon, "Indian Relay" follows several teams from three different American Indian communities as they prepare for and compete across a grueling Indian Relay season -- all hearts set on the glory and honor of winning this year's National Championships.
An intimate look into the life of Stanford Addison, an Arapaho elder, Spiritual Leader, and Horse Tamer, who is the stronghold of his community. Paralyzed from the neck down, Stanford's heartwarming story teaches every one of us that life is bigger than we think, and our problems are smaller than they seem. Original poem by Verlin Pitt.
This is the saga of the United Keetoowah Band, the first American Indian tribe to try and relocate across state lines, from Oklahoma to Arkansas, to reclaim their native land lost to them in 1828. The program is narrated by Jim Henson, a full blooded UKB, who tells the story from the Keetoowah perspective in both English and the Keetoowah language.