Josie discovers she is pregnant and Hank freaks out because he had a vasectomy years ago. Hank accuses Josie of cheating and visits his family doctor to get to the bottom of it. They reconcile and the family gathers for the birth of the new "U-cree-nian" baby.
Since the dawn of time the buckskin drum has been the heartbeat of indigenous music. Drew finds out why by creating some "beats" with a native Hip Hop DJ, then meets a genre-bending Metis jazz star, a symphony percussionist, and a legendary First Nations rocker and Bluesman.
Kris goes to Ottawa to meet Elaine Kicknosway, 60's Scoop Advocate and Co-Founder of The National Indigenous Survivors of Child Welfare Network whose work gives survivors a voice and platform in their fight for recognition, justice and reconciliation. Sarain travels to Ajax and enters the "situation room," where Mi'kmaq Lawyer, Professor and Social Justice Advocate Dr. Pamela Palmater records her "Warrior Life" podcast. Kris and Sarain go into the bush to visit Nimkii Aazhibikong, the year-round Ojibway Art, Culture and Language Revitalization Camp in Elliot Lake where Elders and Youth come together to preserve and revive oral transmission of knowledge in an environment of land-based teachings.
Destination BC commissions Mason to shoot a social media resort tour through British Columbia. Gracey shreds for fun and hits the ice.
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.
In the gorgeous highlands of West Scotland Dan and Art stalk for Roe Deer. And there's even a Piper on hand to pipe in Dan's traditional Scottish meal. Complete with haggis and Scotch. Bon Appetit!
On a Knife Edge is a coming-of-age story of George Dull Knife, a Lakota teenager growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. George is being raised by his single father, Guy Dull Knife, Jr. - a veteran of both Vietnam and the Occupation of Wounded Knee - and is inspired by his family legacy of survivors and leaders to help shape his own generation's fight for social justice.
This program follows the journey of three teens from the Swinomish Tribe who have been asked to make a film about the threat their people face from two local oil refineries. In the late 1950s, two refineries were built on March Point, an area that was once part of the Swinomish reservation by treaty. This is the story of the boys' awakening to the destruction these refineries have wrought in their communities. Ambivalent environmental ambassadors at the onset, the boys grapple with their assignment through humor, sarcasm, and a candid self-knowledge. But as their filmmaking evolves, they experience the need to understand and tell their stories, and the power of this process to change their lives.
A favorite pastime is bridging together communities and generations. Pueblos across New Mexico play baseball on different teams and in two leagues to take it all the way to the championship game. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center has an exhibition on the history of these games and communities. ICT's Paris Wise has the story and talks to some of today's players. This year marks 100 years since President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law. At the time, about half the Native American population was already considered citizens of their state or the United States. While this Act gave American citizenship to Native Americans, it did not immediately mean equal rights. ICT's political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw shares more. Last year, Wab Kinew made history after he was elected premier of Manitoba. He became the first Anishinaabe person to ever be premier of a Canadian province. Half a year later and Kinew is back in the powwow circle. Last week, up to 15,000 people attended the Manito Ahbee Festival in Winnipeg where Kinew hosted a men's Chicken dance special. APTN was there and has all of the sights and sounds.
The participants take a good look at their diets and learn to cook low-fat alternatives.
Teepee packs his suitcase; Teepee rides in an airplane.
Going Bush is Moorditj ana. Noongar mob love getting out and about in noongar boodja, Noongar country. There are so many solid things to do. Bush walking with moort and Koorda, family and friends is a good way to see so many different parts of Noongar country.
Gertie has hurt her paw and Jodie has sore feet because her shoes are getting too small. The backyard friends think about how important our hands and feet are and make up a song about all the things we use them for. Jodie goes with Dad to the Hearing Impaired Centre to meet Suzanne who uses her hands to talk. Later, Tiga, Gavin and Gertie try to tickle Dad?s feet while he snoozes - will they get caught?
Pam is absorbed by a new puzzle and is not interested in anything else! When the team travels north to care for a caribou, Pam rediscovers that it's important to be there for her friends.
Randy and his neighbors gather together to support Mrs. Charles's new endeavor. Randy gets crafty while trying to transport his eggs!
T-Bear and Talon learn about their differences in solving the recent rash of graffiti vandalism in Wapos Bay. Raven becomes frustrated in planning her seventh birthday party when everyone has ideas about how it should occur.
Raven and her puppet friends learn the Cheyenne word for "my mother" along with additional Cheyenne phrases. Featured puppet skits include lessons about forgiveness and not taking other people's property. We also meet Dusty the buffalo for the first time. Raven shares a TV story about powwow dancing.
Yuma's family heads to Alice Springs, so everybody is on-hand when the mystery of the twins' separation at birth is solved. Explanations are made, apologies are given, tears are shed, Yuma and Kyanna dance together, and Aaron screens one of his home movies.
Newfoundland's Jeremy Charles enjoys a hunt with family friends near his grandfather's hometown. There, they kill a moose, a partridge, and gather wild berries. The meal is served for his friends -- fishermen who sustain themselves on little more than local wild and gardened ingredients.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in Acqua and the Kahani Forest, Mayotte, to revisit the "Mataba." For her revisit, she meets with Mahaboudi, a manioc producer, as well as a coconut producer, Gauchey.
A favorite pastime is bridging together communities and generations. Pueblos across New Mexico play baseball on different teams and in two leagues to take it all the way to the championship game. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center has an exhibition on the history of these games and communities. ICT's Paris Wise has the story and talks to some of today's players. This year marks 100 years since President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law. At the time, about half the Native American population was already considered citizens of their state or the United States. While this Act gave American citizenship to Native Americans, it did not immediately mean equal rights. ICT's political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw shares more. Last year, Wab Kinew made history after he was elected premier of Manitoba. He became the first Anishinaabe person to ever be premier of a Canadian province. Half a year later and Kinew is back in the powwow circle. Last week, up to 15,000 people attended the Manito Ahbee Festival in Winnipeg where Kinew hosted a men's Chicken dance special. APTN was there and has all of the sights and sounds.
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.
Monday morning rolls around, the time has come to get things going. The first day will see the players get a taste of their first on-ice practice. A surprise is in store for those thinking it would be a leisurely skate and many of the players will see that being a top prospect is much more than just being good on the ice. The coaching staff gets to see the actual talent of the team and more importantly their work ethic.
One of the best ways to learn as a photographer is to see your photo through the eyes of a photo editor. Gallup sets Mason up with the opportunity to work with Peter Moynes, Photo Editor from Kootenay Mountain Culture magazine, on a photo shoot at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing. Gracey gets in way over her head.
The youth meet with dietician Kristy Leavitt and are challenged to shop for and prepare a healthy dish for a picnic.
Special guest host, Verna Street demonstrates how to make alterations on a moccasin for a growing child.
Host Simon Baker travels to Northwest Australia to visit one Aboriginal tribe defending their "song lines" and way of life as their government and corporations attempt to develop the world?s largest natural gas fields around them.
In the gorgeous highlands of West Scotland Dan and Art stalk for Roe Deer. And there's even a Piper on hand to pipe in Dan's traditional Scottish meal. Complete with haggis and Scotch. Bon Appetit!
For thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for surviving the unforgiving Arctic. Acrobatic and explosive, these ancestral games evolved to strengthen the mind, body and spirit within the community. "Games of the North" follows four modern Inuit athletes and reveals their unique relationship to the games as they compete across the North. As unprecedented changes sweeps across their traditional lands, their stories illuminate the importance of the games today.
SACRED STICK examines the historical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of lacrosse. From the ancient Maya to the world famous Iroquois Nationals team, this program explores the cultural diffusion and transmutation of a uniquely indigenous sport that, like Native people themselves, adapted and endured within the dominant culture. The thirty-minute film is intended for both a general audience, for whom lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the country, and a Native American-specific audience for whom lacrosse has deep cultural meaning.
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 report by the Washington Post reveals that over 1,000 Native American children were abused in boarding schools throughout the United States. The year-long investigation found at least 122 priests. Sisters and brothers assigned to 22 Indian boarding schools in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest were accused of sexually abusing Native American children in their care. In the Southwest, a historic water rights settlement has been signed to ensure the supply of the Colorado River to three tribes. Navajo Nation president Buu Nygren recently signed the settlement and it is now being sent to Congress for approval . Protests in Paris over Indigenous independence have become deadly. The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has been gripped by days of fatal protests with six people killed and hundreds of others injured during armed clashes, looting and arson. There have been decades of tensions between France and the Indigenous Kanak people who have sought independence for the archipelago of 270,000 people. A Native costume designer for Killers of the Flower Moon is suing Apple, saying they were excluded from awards. Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians citizen Kristie Hoffman claims she did quote "most of the research and costume design for the film but was 'completely ignored' in receiving credit at the Academy Awards and the Costume Designers Guild Awards". In an historic election, Mexico has just chosen its first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
In a First Nations community like Rama, officers learn to take the good with the bad and make sure they maintain a positive connection with children and young people.
As of late 2013, the RCMP reported 1,181 Aboriginal women confirmed either missing or murdered since 1980. This number represents an epidemic that targets Aboriginal women like no other demographic. Meet the women who work tirelessly to bring attention to this matter, in hopes of triggering a national inquiry.
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.
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!
A Cedar Is Life explores how one critical species, the cedar tree, is central to the cultural life of West Coast First Nations. The film weaves together interviews with elders, artists, and other hands-on practitioners who speak to how all parts of the tree were and still are important to make use of, while also highlighting the importance of protecting this ancient ancestor throughout the film. We look at how cedar is bridging cultural gaps today, and how this passing down of knowledge to the next generation is essential for promoting the strength of culture in so many Indigenous communities.
The history and spirituality of the Indigenous People of the American Southwest are deeply rooted in the Land. Since the beginning of time, they have been stewards and protectors of their home lands, past and present. These places intimately connect the People and their beliefs to the natural world. No place is ever abandoned, the landscape is forever living. This is their story, of the Land and who they are.