Matthew convinces Liz that he can get John back. Justin disobeys Matthew and tells the police about the kidnapping.
Dave investigates the Majorville Medicine Wheel located in Southern Alberta, which pulls him south to Mitchell South Dakota to film an archeological dig.
Shayla looks into the well-known phenomenon of chinook winds and the importance of these warm winds to the local Indigenous peoples.
Sometimes you need to roll up your sleeves and get creative with your photography ideas and projects to pay your bills. Mason and Gracey experience the mid-winter work slowdown and they to get creative on projects.
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.
A group of new prospects touch down in Chateauguay, Quebec for the third edition of the Hit The Ice camp. Right from the start the players are put through the paces by their different coaches.
In the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside, Dan takes Art hunting for a truly menacing invader and predator, the grey squirrel. Art's somewhat amused by the style of hunting these "wild beasts" - but admits the resulting meal tastes great. Bon Appetit!
Logan Staats, Oh My Darling, Kelly Fraser, Midnight Shine and Shawnee perform.
HOMECOMING SONG is a poetic documentary that tells the parallel stories of two men who returned home, and the ancient song that connects them. Many years ago, Kaax'achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of Southeast Alaska disappeared at sea and was thought lost by his family and people. Three years later he returned with a song telling of his experiences. Years later, a young First Nations man named Pete Sidney went off to fight in WW2. When he came back after being away for six years, his mother Angela sang this song for him.
The National Native American Veterans Memorial, located on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian, stands as a tribute to all American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian veterans. It was designed by Harvey Pratt, a Vietnam veteran himself. Pratt, a Cheyenne Peace Chief and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal citizen, submitted his design along with over five hundred other artists in 2017. The next year, he was chosen as one of six finalists, and finally as the winning artist that same year. Groundbreaking for the memorial took place in 2019, with a planned dedication the next year. However, Covid-19 changed the plans drastically, and the dedication had to wait until November of 2022. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes traveled to Washington, DC with a large group of C&A veterans and elders, and Cheyenne and Arapaho Television was invited.
From 1907 until his death more than 50 years later, ethnologist John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the U.S., chasing the voices of the last speakers of Native America's dying languages. Moving from one tribal community to the next, he collaborated with the last speakers to document every finite detail before their languages were lost forever. CHASING VOICES chronicles Harrington's work and traces the impact of his exhaustive research on Native communities working to restore the language of their ancestors.
Country music star Armond Duck Chief shares his Blackfoot Nation's deep connection to horses as he sings about the complex lives of Indigenous cowboys. In this episode, we meet Blackfoot cowboy legend Alison Red Crow and relay racing star Travis Maguire.
The road has been a long and tough one as the four participants gather together one more time for the final fitness test. The numbers on the scale will reveal whether or not they have met their fitness goals.
Teepee rides a train; Teepee plays pick up sticks.
Kwort Kwobikin, to celebrate is deadly! Moort madja, family get-togethers are deadly!
Tiga and his friends learn all about the different kinds of dress up.
Julie is easily distracted from her tasks by situations that interest her more. At first she trivializes this behavior by saying that it is not serious. It is only in the comical adventure, when she realizes that her dizziness could have been fatal for Koutchkoutch, a very endearing dog, that she becomes aware of the importance of not getting distracted when one is responsible for something.
Join Randy as he learns about the importance of the seasons and how our world can change. Randy and Katie help Mrs. Charles bake a cake!
Raven and her puppet friends learn the Arapaho word for "my friend" along with additional Arapaho phrases. Featured puppet skits include lessons about helping out your friends, and a look back at previous shows.
T-Bear, Talon, Jacob and Mushom think that they have videotaped a Bigfoot around Wapos Bay. Jacob and T-Bear try to sell the footage for $6 million to Steve from Austin, Texas (Lee Majors), who works for the O.S.I. (Observation of Sasquatch Institute). Raven learns about sharing with her mother Sarah and grandmother Kohkum while picking berries for the elders of the community.
Chefs and cookbook authors Dolly McRae and Annie Watts forage for wild ingredients near their home in Port Alberni, BC. While Annie goes commercial fishing at night, Dolly gathers wild crab apples, kelp, and wild cherries. The mother/daughter team collaborates to create a traditional feast over an open fire.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in the Tahiti peninsula and Moorea, French Polynesia, to revisit the "Punu Pua Atoro." For her revisit, she meets with Bruno and Arri, two oxes and dairy cows farmers, as well as two farmers who grow eggplants, Ma?ma and her son Tim.
In this episode, we look at the life of Chief Tom Buffington and why he's sometimes incorrectly referred to as "The Last Chief of the Cherokees."? We try to keep up with the Muskrats, a Cherokee racing family who eat, sleep, and breathe racing. We get to know Kelli Masters who as one of the first female professional sports agents has become a trailblazer and inspiration to young women everywhere. In our Cherokee Almanac, we explore the agency Cherokee had and continue to practice in their own health in the wake of disease epidemics.
Explores the challenges the tribe faces as they take on a new economic venture: casino gambling. The tribe is in uncharted territory, but through cooperative relationships and dedicated tribal members they finally begin to lay the groundwork for true sovereignty.
A new week of training begins and to get things started on the right foot, a visit from sports psychologists is lined-up. The coaches put the cards on the table in terms of the effort required.
Destination BC commissions Mason to shoot a social media resort tour through British Columbia. Gracey shreds for fun and hits the ice.
The Youth have their final weigh-ins and recap their experience.
Fancy Dancer Dwight Whitebuffalo joins Juaquin Lonelodge to construct rockers.
Aaron Spangler a wood sculptor from Park Rapids explains the story behind his art. The Jaques Art Center takes us on the journey of expanding their building. Plus learn the history of Al Gerner?s time spent as a depot agent on the Northern Pacific Railway in Blackduck.
Kris Nahrgang, and Sarain Carson Fox share their personal origin stories. After visiting Traditional Teacher Isaac Murdoch at Nimkii Aazhbikoong Culture Camp, Kris takes Sarain on an underwater diving exploration. Sarain brings Kris to meet her dad, Chief of the Eastern Doorway of the Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge, in Shawanaga First Nation.
In the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside, Dan takes Art hunting for a truly menacing invader and predator, the grey squirrel. Art's somewhat amused by the style of hunting these "wild beasts" - but admits the resulting meal tastes great. Bon Appetit!
Rich Francis visits the Mi?kmaq community of Lennox Island, PEI, where he discovers the "Pearl of the Malpeque Bay", Oysters! He will visit with Sarah Bernard, a local Cultural Liaison and cook, who will treat Rich to her family's famous Seafood Chowder. He'll also meet with "Captain Jimmy" Bernard, a Lennox Island Elder who has worked with archeologists who have uncovered ancient artifacts near Lennox Island buried by time alongside piles of oyster shells that carbon date to 10,000 years old! Together, they will teach Rich about the history and relevance of Oysters to the Mi'kmaq of PEI. Rich will also tour the Bideford Shellfish Hatchery with manager and Lennox Island's Head of Economic Development Mike Randall to get a glimpse into how the locals keep Malpeque Bay teeming with what is arguably one of the world's most famous oysters, and learn how the oyster industry is helping drive Lennox Island's economic future. And he'll head out on the bay with a local oyster harvester to "tong" a boatload of market-ready oysters, learning what goes into bringing this delicacy from the bay to the plate. With his culinary imagination sparked by the flavours found in the boreal forest of Lennox Island, Rich brings his new learnings to the firepit, inspired to create some new and exciting Oyster dishes for everyone to enjoy, including the viewers at home. Finally, he'll attend the Lennox Island celebrations of National Indigenous Peoples' Day as a special guest, preparing and handing out his unique oyster creations to the community and visitors celebrating together!
An official selection at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, GRAB is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of New Mexico's Laguna Pueblo tribe. This community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks and renewal exists at the intersection of traditional native and contemporary Western cultures. Each year, Laguna Pueblo villagers honor Catholic saints and family members by showering food and gifts from the rooftops of their homes upon the community gathered below. GRAB explores the origins and evolution of this 300-year-old custom, from its introduction by Spanish settlers to its modern-day twists. The film, narrated by actress Parker Posey, follows three families as they prepare for the annual event, chronicling their lives for the year leading up to Grab Day.
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Vicky dates a new 'Indian' boy. Kookum also finds a new beau, and Hank and Josie aren't sure what to think. A well-timed family picnic turns friction into fun.
Badger Creek is a half-hour documentary portrait of a Blackfeet (Pikuni) family, the Mombergs, who live on the lower Blackfeet Reservation in Montana near the banks of Badger Creek. In addition to running a prosperous ranching business, they practice a traditional Blackfeet cultural lifestyle that sustains and nourishes them, including sending their children to a Blackfeet language immersion school, participating in Blackfeet spiritual ceremonies and maintaining a Blackfeet worldview. The film takes us through a year in the life of the family, and through four seasons of the magnificent and traditional territory of the Pikuni Nation.
At a rural clinic Melanie confronts a miner she believes is abusing his wife. Eva's ex-lover and band mate shows up. A goat is Charlie's reward for a good deed.Gina takes a modeling job for a life-drawing class.
Even in the heart of Canada's biggest city, Dan still knows which markets and shops to go to in order to get the freshest of ingredients. Bon Appetit!
Elder Virgil Surveyor has always believed in education as a key to a fulfilling life. Join Mr. Surveyor as he takes us back to some interesting times. From discrimination during his schoolboy days to serving as a high school principal, Virgil has seen much and has always reserved a place in his life for tradition.
In 2017, battle lines were drawn on America's public lands. National monuments were shrunk, environmental protections were stripped, and millions of acres of land were opened to oil and gas development. This film is an exploration of the people and place on America's public lands.
This documentary gives a rare view into the powerful, unusual masks of the Pacific Northwest coast native peoples. Host Wade Davis (author- "The Serpent and the Rainbow") takes us on an unusual journey into the mystical world of demons and dragons which are embodied in these masks.