Dave learns about the use of peyote in religious Native American ceremony, from Laredo, Texas all the way up to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
"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.
Three women work on the front lines on the Muskwacheese First Nation. An officer, EMT, and firefighter share their struggles from the community of Hobbema, Alberta as they deal with the area's rampant gangs and drug issues. They are some of the few who keep hope alive within the Community.
Gracey gets a break and gets invited to work with Mark Gallup on a solo shoot capturing social media photos from the Freestyle Nationals Snowboarding event.
Gigi Modrich, Chad Tahchawwickah, Tom Thakkar and Candice Thompson perform.
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 production of NPR radio affiliate and FNX sister station KVCR, host David Flemming and/or Sahar Khadjenoury (Navajo Nation) visit with Native American artists about their work and endeavors.
The family plans a surprise anniversary party for Hank and Josie. To keep them distracted, Mick takes Hank hunting for the day, Kate takes Josie to the spa, and both efforts end in disaster.
Over the years, pipes, cradle boards, parfleches, and other ancestral artifacts from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming have accumulated in museums, far from their place of origin. 'LIVED HISTORY' documents the creation of a high definition video 'virtual museum' of ancestral artifacts, currently stored in museum collections, for the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes. The Wind River Virtual Museum is an attempt to preserve the observations of elders, whose numbers are diminishing rapidly on the Wind River Reservation.
The efforts of one dying woman to preserve her Native culture don't end when she passes, but prompts a renewal in finding pride in that culture. She confronts the violent event over two centuries ago that began the destruction of her people and the shame that colonialism created.
FNX NOW is the station's flagship news series and the first interstitial community engagement series created by the channel after its initial launch in 2012. This new half-hour block looks to house all the most recent FNX NOW interstitial segments and showcase them in one spot.
On this edition of Native Report... We travel to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to meet Elder Twila Cassador, a member of the I-Collective, an indigenous group of chefs and cooks. We then revisit the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin's Hemp Project. And then we learn why the construction of an outdoor lacrosse box is of such importance to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. We also learn what we can do to lead healthier lives and hear from our Elders on this edition of Native Report.
In Noongar Boodgar, Noongar Country there's so much to see. Wano, this way the djet, the flowers and ali bidi, that way you can see the boorn, the trees. Moorditj!
Convinced that he doesn't have any talent to offer for the upcoming school talent show, Brother is recruited to be the talent scout. Guided by Teacher Bob's conviction that everyone has talent, Brother helps the other cubs discover their own special talents, and in so doing, discovers he also has a talent just as Teacher Bob suspected - a talent for finding talent.
Pam dyed a t-shirt for her teddy bear. She pours the rest of the dye into the pond. Viola stops it: it's harmful to the environment! The little girl protests: it is only a small quantity! In this story, Pam will learn that some liquids, even in small amounts, can be harmful to streams and their inhabitants. She will also learn it is possible to make natural dyes that are not toxic to the environment.
Randy learns something important about hot days. Mr. and Mrs. Charles help Randy and Katie build a scarecrow!
Raven and her puppet friends learn the Arapaho word for "my grandfather" along with additional Arapaho phrases. Featured puppet skits include lessons about honesty, teamwork, and not giving up. The puppet friends also take turns telling scary stories around the campfire.
The Village is disrupted by the arrival of a fierce businesswoman who wants to turn it into a watersport resort. Could this woman be none other than Tshen? Tshakapesh will have to be clever to defeat her.
If an ancient stone is unearthed, it could cause a chain reaction that will impact the Earth's electromagnetic waves and neutralize Tshakapesh's powers. Tshen may finally have an advantage over his enemy!
Today on the show, our theme is sports. Let's get started and see what it takes to hit the Bull's Eye!
Chef Michael Dekker's Calgary restaurant Rouge, is world-renowned for using sustainable ingredients. He visits family friends on a ranch in Kananaskis to hunt Ring-Necked Pheasant. He combines the bird with Thistle Root and Greens, Saskatoon, Kinnikinnick, and Bear Berries.
Matricia forages for spruce tips and describes the ideal time to harvest them. Then, she cooks pancakes over an open fire and prepares a flavorful mocktail using spruce tip simple syrup. To wrap up the episode, she drums and sings a song called "Kisikowpism."
Wild rice -- manoomin -- is still harvested the traditional way by the Anishanabe, or Ojibwe, people of the Great Lakes region. Ricers and their families take canoes into the fields and hand-harvest the rice. After participating in the harvest, Loretta helps to prepare Winona LaDuke's favorite wild rice and maple syrup cake, which accompanies a lakeside first rice feast of buffalo, wild rice and cranberry-stuffed acorn squash, buffalo stew and ruby-red swamp tea.
Drew uncovers how First Nations artists are pushing the boundaries of pop culture when he meets up with professional zombies, axe throwing and legend-morphing film directors, and native video games designers.
Unaware that a pro scout has come to watch them, the players start the day off with the wrong attitude. A fiery speech from John Chabot wakes them up, and the boys cap off the day with a one-of-a-kind obstacle race.
Ava meets cool roller-derby-chick Macy who encourages her, Zoe and Lily to get wheels under their feet and join her roller derby 'fresh meat' trials.
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.
Cultural Program Manager, Michael Etherington, at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto shares his thoughts on the practice, representation and education of culture. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Rebeka Tabobondung invites Kris and Sarain into her home where she runs the online arts & culture publication Muskrat Magazine. Eddy Robinson talks about medicine bundles and his need to create his own cultural "bubble" in the big city.
Wayne Levesque and Yvette Cenerini are two people who started their lives without disabilities, but met with dramatic mishaps that resulted in disabilities that suddenly changed their worlds. Wayne had his arm cut off in an accident at a saw mill and Yvette broke her neck in a swimming accident. But now Wayne is playing guitar and singing and Yvette is quadrapelegic but is a groundbreaking visual artist. They share their experiences as people who have continued their art and have used their disabilities to add depth and dimension to their expressions of music and visual arts. These people help Laura discover some secrets about dealing with her own physical challenges.
Art shows Dan where he grew up eating wild snowshoe hares in a Northern BC community near Cowichan River. Dan learns how to snare wild rabbits and forage for plants with a local medicine woman.
Mitigate land runoff, more active measures are needed by council, developers, and farmers. Look at what Auckland is doing to fix this issue. Look at a good news story about cleaning a bay with mussel farming.
Situated in Canada's 'Saudi Arabia' of wind, three Mi'gmaq communities faced an uphill struggle to stake their claim in the Gaspe Bay's booming wind energy sector. Now that effort is paying off with long term economic and social benefits.
Take a journey with "Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People" as we follow a Tahlequah native pursuing a modeling career in NYC, discover what motivates a gourd artist to create one-of-a-kind works and hear from a radio show host plugging the Cherokee language into mainstream media.
Oji-Cree songwriter Nick Sherman sets out to write a song about the challenges of living in a town with a reputation steeped in anti-Indigenous racism and corruption. Mixing performance art and politics, we get to see Thunder Bay as never before.
Three women work on the front lines on the Muskwacheese First Nation. An officer, EMT, and firefighter share their struggles from the community of Hobbema, Alberta as they deal with the area's rampant gangs and drug issues. They are some of the few who keep hope alive within the Community.
It's three-on-one when Constable Mitchell Thevarge chases down suspects and finds a knife in their vehicle. Chief Officer Dee Doss-Cody reveals how attending traditional sweats makes her a better police officer. And the action continues when Constable Dwayne Honeyman responds to a call that might involve domestic violence.
Darryl has charmed his way into the inner circle of Chief and council, spearheading a business enterprise that will secure Chief Rowan's re-election. Rayna starts a manager position at the Beezee Lodge and discovers a young family squatting in a room.
In an effort to redeem a previous mistake, Cheyenne books Derek Miller to perform at North Beach. Justin reunites his father with a ghost from the past.
Day one of anatomy class has everyone's undivided attention, except for Charlie's-who has pressing family business. Gina almost becomes the first victim of medical school's high attrition rates.
Cowichan Chief Tzouhalem is arguably one of the most fascinating and polarizing figures in Canadian history. His story is a matter of historical record yet is the subject of legend. There is a mountain, road, and other landmarks in Cowichan territory named after him. This documentary, through interviews and creative re-enactments, examines the account of his life from both historians and First Nations Elders, the folkloric tales concerning him, his impact on the relationship between the Crown and First Nations, and how his legend remains alive, critically examining how his story has been told and passed down to us.
A tribal elder and Vietnam vet, who hasn't left the Wind River Indian Reservation in over 40 years, visits the underground archives of Chicago's Field Museum with two young Arapaho to explore ancestral objects kept in boxes for many years. Together they try to learn how these artifacts vanished from their tribe in the first place.