Kris gets a personal tour by brother/sister scholars Jade and Mitch Huguenin who are largely responsible for the inclusion of Metis history and knowledge in the historical site of Discovery Harbour in Penetanguishene. Sarain gets her groove on in the home recording studio of award-winning Anishnaabe family band Digging Roots and discusses their land-based approach to music composition. Kris and Sarain download the Anishnaabemowin app "Challenge4Change" and talk with Chief of Wiikwemkoong, Anishnaabemowin Speaker and Language Advocate Duke Peltier about the communal creation of a digital language portal that will support future learners of Anishnabemowin.
Me'tis singer Amanda Rheaume is inspired by the resilience and power of her culture in spite of the Me'tis scrip system that tried to displace her people. This episode features insightful interviews with Elder Tony Belcourt and Me'tis scholar Paul Chartrand.
A Rama police officer responding to a call never knows what's going to happen.
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.
Geothermal energy is generated by heat stored below the Earth's surface. The Tla-o-qui-aht Nation is harnessing this renewable energy through a geoexchange system to cost effectively heat and cool their homes and buildings.
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 and Dan explore British countryside pub culture and all of the culinary delights of UK's Somerset region. They visit the Natterjack Inn where the owners are treated to Dan's upscale version of bangers and mash.
Opal Chavez is a Cheyenne elder who is married to Gerald Chavez, a Pueblo Cochiti. Together, they have forged out a happy life that has been tempered by mutual respect and a deep devotion to their traditions.
Women coming from villages with no light. They're leaving their villages in South America to go to India to become solar engineers. They will bring solar light back home.
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."
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.
Cree songwriter Tara Williamson sets out to make sense of the heartache of losing her infant son. While examining the power of art in encapsulating inexplicable loss, Tara finds comfort in legendary Anishinaabe artist Daphne Odjig's painting, "Enfolding".
The Youth bond during a camping/canoe trip; Spiritual Advisor Shane Patterson teaches them about petro forms.
Teepee puts away the groceries; Teepee helps make supper.
Moorditj walang, good health is about looking after our bodies every day. It's solid koolangka!
Smiles are important but they don't stay healthy all by themselves! Though she likes to smiles, Gertie doesn't want to brush her teeth. The kids teach her why she needs to brush and show her what happens if you don't!
Nina decides she'd rather play than work on preparing her jingle dress until she realizes she's almost out of time. Her friends carry out a demanding rescue to help Nina save her dream of dancing at the pow-wow. When Joe and his friends forget Mishoom's message and pick too many crabapples, the baskets tip over and roll downhill. After a dramatic apple chase the kids discover that they have saved enough extra fruit to share a basketful with the animals of the forest.
Little J knows the river is the perfect place for Aaron's best ever adventure, while Big Cuz needs to film an exciting news report. So it's win-win when they send Aaron down the river in a makeshift boat - until he disappears overboard. Can anyone save him?
When Little J builds a bark shelter in the backyard, Nanna and Levi are keen to help. But he's alone when it comes to sleeping in the shelter. Big Cuz loves having their bedroom to herself ? until it rains. How?s Little J going to cope in his shelter?
Amy, Casey and Theodore find themselves on an arctic adventure trying to help a young bear cub, named Keyush return home to his mom after he gets lost with them. The group uses Inukshuk markers as clues to find their way back home. The lesson learned is, always tell someone where you are going.
For a storytelling assignment at school, Devon offers his own account of first contact with Europeans featuring himself, Talon and T-Bear. In Devon's story, Wapos Bay is negotiating a peace with the rival Brown Toe tribe, and the first white man is Scottish Principal Steele, on a trade mission while looking for the spice route to China.
Tomias and Dahlia ditch Lizzie and set out to catch the prize barramundi but a hungry saltwater crocodile has other ideas.
Sara Lufrano is the owner of the newly opened Paniolos in Kailua. She joins us in our kitchen at Kualoa Ranch to make their famous Paniolo Steak Tacos.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in Morne Capot and Ducos, Martinique, to revisit the "boucane" chicken. For her revisit, she meets with Guy, a poultry farmer, as well as an organic farmer, Alexandre.
CAP Producer Darren Brown talks with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Department of Transportation Director Angela Plumley, Transit Program Director Wilma Tapaha, Safety Program Coordinator Anita Pawnee, and Roads Director Chris Sindone.
Today the team will take part in a fully refereed intra-squad game. It is the ultimate moment that will decide who stays for the main camp and who goes home. A few players are already on the bubble, who will rise above and prove their worth?
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.
The participants learn about style and fashion to accommodate their new figures.
On this episode, Juaquin begins construction on a boy's fancy apron.
It's the feature spread photo shoot and everyone?s late and falling behind. Can Lisa pull it together or is her business off to a bumpy start? This episode features Dene designer Sage Paul, photographer Keesic Douglas and rising star models Logan Staats, Brendt Diabo and Jayli Wolf.
After exploring Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park and its 800-year-old Pueblo cave dwellings, Drew then reveals how cutting-edge indigenous architects are drawing lessons, and designs, from their own tribal past.
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.
"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.
The group arrives in Muskrat Dam, one of several fly-in reserves in Northern Ontario. Most Canadians don't understand why people continue to live in remote places like this one. During their stay the group will learn why relocating isn't an option for the people whose families have been here for generations. They will also learn tough lessons about educating youth in a remote fly-in community, the impact of the legacy of residential schools, and how it is possible that clean drinking water is an issue here and in 140 other reserves across the country. The next stop takes the travelers deep into the heart of Alberta. With a population of over 17,000, Maskwacis has a reputation for gangs, crime, and a high suicide rate, but by the time this leg of their journey is over, the six will have attended their first Pow Wow and sweat lodge ceremony, and some attitudes within the group begin a major shift.
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.
CAP Producer Darren Brown talks with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Department of Transportation Director Angela Plumley, Transit Program Director Wilma Tapaha, Safety Program Coordinator Anita Pawnee, and Roads Director Chris Sindone.
"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 professional indiscretion lands Constable Tara Wheaton in the remote northern town of Rabbit Fall, where she's immediately plunged into the case of a missing girl and a house party that ends in murder. Tara has no leads on the missing girl and the murder case seems to be going nowhere when the only witness is a child too afraid to speak. The investigation leads Tara into the forest where she makes a disturbing discovery-one that links both cases and ties Tara directly to them.
Dan takes Art on a journey to his London roots and to his early days under the tutelage of his master chef in the heart of Chelsea. This is Dan's element, and Art's nightmare - an extravagant, five-star restaurant.
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.
Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau, Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family's traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing the food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, SMOKIN' FISH tells the story of one man's attempts to navigate the messy collision between the modern world and an ancient culture.
This Common Ground special, "Sculpting in Wood & Words: The Art of Kent Nerburn", details the author's development from a wood sculptor to a writer of Native American and spiritual subjects. Nerburn reveals insights on his process and details the creation of his latest book in the Neither Wolf Nor Dog trilogy: The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo.