Kris learns about the ancient practice of pictographs from Artist, Activist and Anishnaabe Knowledge Keeper Isaac Murdoch. Sarain goes to North Bay and visits with K'Tigaaning Midwives who are Indigenizing childbirth and the Western practice of prenatal care. Kris and Sarain join award-winning writer and podcaster Ryan McMahon in studio and learn about the power of digital storytelling.
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.
Tribal Police are kept busy assisting a 911 call and pursuing dangerous suspects through the woods, along the highway - and from the skies.
Opportunity knocks in California and Mason shoots with some action sports brands. Gracey meets Lulu Erkeneff, a young up and coming surfer from Dana Point.
With their lumber mill facing an uncertain future, members of the Teslin Tlingit Nation found a way to turn a negative into a positive. Milling their waste wood into biomass fuel, new high efficiency boilers are now cost effectively heating homes in their community.
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 visit Kahnawake to spearfish for sturgeon. They learn about Haudenosaunee corn and giant mushrooms.
Elder Floyd Black Bear has a fascinating background. After serving in the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's, Mr. Black Bear made a huge difference championing causes for Native American youth and tribal members. His work in the community continues to this day.
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.
This films show the majestic beauty, peace and balance of a part of our Earth Mother that is rapidly being harmed and descrated by the human hand, oftentimes for greed and power. Unshackled gives a very important and positive message about our magnificent planet, and how we can all find ways to respect and take care of it.
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.
The participants take a good look at their diets and learn to cook low-fat alternatives.
Teepee feeds his cat and walks his dog for the first time.
Maambakoort, is the noongar word for ocean. Noongar people love the ocean. They catch biggest mob of djildjit and karil, fish and crabs. When it gets really hot, they love to djiba djoobal, to swim.
Safety starts at home - Jodie's fall from a tree and her hurt wrist inspires the theme of this episode. The puppets and children learn that you need to 'think before you do', get advice from a fireman and his truck, build a toy boat with safety gear and learn how to make sure that they stay safe at home and out in the world.
When the kids find a turtle nest, they know they need to help the hatchlings overcome all obstacles to make it to the marsh, safe and sound. They help them over a road, through a woodpile, over a log but then need a clever plan to convince some curious raccoons to let them pass and get to the water. The kids are really looking forward to making a big butterfly out of plywood for the butterfly release party in the park but Hank hasn't shown up with their supplies yet. Discovering his truck is stuck in the mud the kids trek through the woods to Hank and then must decide if they are willing to sacrifice their art project to help him.
Everyone loves Big Cuz's beach parade idea for NAIDOC Week. Little J gets busy building a float with his school friends, while not letting B Boy join in. But on the Big Day, the parade is a shambles. Maybe B Boy's drumming is the answer.
The Big Kids are obsessed with marbles - and the Little Kids are excluded from the game. Soon Little J and Levi have their own obsession when they discover a mysterious creature with a glistening green eye in the playground. But when the creature disappears, is it gone forever?
Granny helps the children by showing the way to an old man who could help them move the greedy Orca that was eating all of the salmon before they could reach the rivers. The lesson Thunderbird and Orca teach the children is that learning to share may be the best way they can all live in harmony.
T-Bear, Talon and Devon learn that their favorite rap artist is performing in Wapos Bay. When T-Bear wins two tickets to the show, he must decide who he should take, Talon or Devon. Talon and Devon's battle to win the free ticket turns into a turf war. The boys become split and divided. The boys themselves become estranged to their family with their new looks and attitudes. When the boys' actions begin to have a negative influence on Raven, they can see themselves and begin to put things in perspective.
With the Mandjarkkorl Festival fast approaching, Tomias and Dahlia just want to practice their new dance routine, but Tomias's cultural responsibilities and Dahlia's family responsibilities pull them in different directions. They both soon realise that getting what they want doesn't feel as satisfying when it comes at a cost to others.
Cooking Hawaiian Style features one of Hawaii's most talented entertainers, Tavana. Known for simultaneously playing guitar, banjo, lap steel, or ukulele and singing soulful, island-inspired Rock and Blues, Tavana switches gears and brings his culinary skills to the Cooking Hawaiian Style kitchen.Today we get to see another side of this talented local boy from Hawaii Kai in the kitchen.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in Martinique. The young commis chef Floriane takes Chef Kelly to meet with Marie Jo to discover the traditional recipe of the "communion" chocolate and butter bread. For her revisit, Chef Kelly meets with Kora, a young farmer and cacao specialist in Le Carbet, as well as a milk producer in Saint Feancois, Line.
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.
The team travels down highway 417 for their first showcase game against the Kanata Lasers. An injury rattles the team and has lasting effects on the dressing room.
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.
The participants take a good look at their diets and learn to cook low-fat alternatives.
Guest artist Redsky Whapeppah, demonstrates bell application on traditional regalia as host Juaquin Lonelodge describes the history and significance of bells.
Lisa and her team struggle to get all the pieces together for Urban Native Magazine, and then celebrate with the Toronto Indigenous community. What does the future hold now?
Drew gazes up at the stars above, and explores the petroglyphs and secret ruins all around us, as he reveals how indigenous peoples from New Mexico to the Canadian wilderness have understood astronomy for centuries.
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.
Yellow Fever follows young Navajo veteran, Tina Garnanez on her journey to investigate the history of the Navajo Uranium Boom, its lasting impacts in her area and the potential new mining in her region.
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.
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.
Two American brothers go missing on a fishing trip, leaving behind a trashed cottage, blood evidence and traces of cocaine. All roads lead to Harley, the dangerously sexy cottage owner who called in the cops. Did Tara's key suspect trash his own place? Something keeps drawing Harley back to the crime scene and Tara is determined to find out what he knows. When one brother turns up dead and an empty boat floats to shore, Tara follows her hunch that the brothers' connection to Harley and the townspeople is more than it seems. Tara learns of the mysterious Dog Island, where stray dogs were once abandoned to cannibalize each other.
When Harley's girlfriend Gabriel is sexually assaulted and found dead in a bear trap, suspicion immediately falls on Johnny Redden, the reclusive trapper who found her. Redden insists he was led to the body by a dream interpreted by the town medicine man. But his story doesn't add up and the evidence shows Redden was the last person to see Gabriel alive. Deep down, Tara is not convinced this quiet man could commit the heinous act of murder. Little does she know her partner Bob has tampered with the truth. Reason gives way to passion as Tara begins a dangerous affair with Harley.
A burglar is terrorizing Rabbit Fall and the crime turns personal when Tara wakes in the middle of the night to discover a dark figure in her room. Why would the burglar invade her home and walk off with nothing but her beloved shawl? Tara fears she's losing her grip on what is real and imagined when the dark figure keeps appearing throughout the investigation. She finds comfort in Harley, who offers her the gift of a home security system. But even this can't allay her fears when she discovers the town burglar is simply a teenage girl, not the stranger in her bedroom.
Old wounds are stirred when a missing American tourist washes up on the notorious Dog Island. His body is half eaten and the people of Rabbit Fall are convinced the Weetigo?a creature who takes over humans' souls and turns them into cannibals?is back. The discovery coincides with the return of John Spence, a child killer who cannibalized his victim in one of Rabbit Fall's most haunting crimes. Fear morphs into frenzy and a group of vigilantes sets out to destroy the alleged Weetigo before he strikes again. The case spirals out of control when Tara brings Spence into protective custody.
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.
When Medicine man Simon Blackhorse vanishes from the custody of Sergeant Martinsky, Tara leads the manhunt to the darkest part of the forest where she experiences her own terrifying paranormal event. A frightened Martinsky, unable to explain what happened, decides to leave Rabbit Fall and appoints Tara Acting Staff Sergeant. Can she uncover the mystery behind Simon and his powerful medicine?
Tara is taken hostage by a delusional hotel guest engaged in a bizarre argument with is dead wife. The scene grows even more frightening when the man turns his rage on Tara and she begins to feel herself slipping into the madness... Stanton, Bob and Ollie try desperately to save Tara and solve the mystery behind her captor's demonic behavior.
Tara becomes suspicious when her boyfriend Harley leaves abruptly in the middle of the night. When she discovers him and a friend with their car on a dark road and questions him about his smashed windshield, Harley claims they just hit a deer. However, when a local boy is reported missing the next morning, Tara knows there is more to the story. Her attempts to find the truth are hindered by a mysterious little girl from the past whose untimely appearance puts Tara's life in danger.
Tara and Zoe discover the body of a young girl in an area of the forest that Tara later discovers is a sacred site with dangerous supernatural powers. When Tara learns Simon Blackhorse sent the girl there for a traditional berry fast, she is determined to prove he is responsible for her death. Bob sets his sights on a more convenient suspect, a sex offender who just happens to be visiting Rabbit Fall.