Sarain and Kris meet with First Nations Policy Analyst Russell Diabo in Innisfil who explains the history and impact of the Indian Act. They drop into an after-school youth program on Mnjikaning First Nation created by Social Worker Kendra Keetch and visit with Melissa Tidlumaluk Irwin at Nunavut Sivuniksavut, a cultural hub and university program for Inuit in Ottawa.
Celebrated Mohawk rock star Tom Wilson crafts a powerful song based on a famous painting by Me'tis artist Christi Belcourt. In conversation at a diner, the two remarkable artists explore their creative processes and sources of inspiration.
A bomb call results in tragedy, and a Rama police officer urges greater contact between the police and their community.
White out conditions and winter rally car racing is Gracey's photo assignment for the Canadian Association of Rally Sport (CARS). The rally team of Josh Shewchuk and Leanne Junnila are the photo subjects for Gracey's photo shoot.
There are roughly 300 off grid Indigenous communities across Canada, who continue to rely on diesel generated power. The Taku River Tlingit Nation in northern BC is one of the few First Nations who've successfully replaced diesel power through their implementation of clean, renewable energy.
Brandy starts her journey of Alaska in Anchorage where she visits the Alaska Native Heritage Centre. She then sees Alaska from the sky in a floatplane from Lake Hood. Next she travels by train to Denali National Park and Preserve to see it's iconic nature and famous mountain Denali. In Seward Brandy boards a cruise and explores Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Haines and Ketchikan.
Art sets out to learn the traditional means of baking Whitefish in clay - sourced from the Yellowknife River. But first he and Dan must survive a rocky boat ride across the Great Slave Lake to drop the nets. Once their seasickness subsides, Art and Dan celebrate a clay - baked dinner with local dene drummers - a truly authentic experience in the Northwest Territories! Micisok!
Dr. Neyooxet Greymorning is a Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies at the University of Montana. He is an Arapaho elder with a passion for preserving the language. On this edition of Elder Stories - From the Pages of Our Lives, Dr. Greymorning tells of his upbringing and some valuable lessons imparted by some of the elders in his own community.
Unknown to most Americans, hand game - also called stick game or bone game - is the most widely played Native gambling game in North America. Every year thousands of American Indians pack up their lawn chairs and game sets, and hit the "hand game trail," competing on reservations throughout the West. HAND GAME was filmed on the Makah, Blackfeet, Flathead, Spokane, Walker River, Coeur d'Alene, and Crow reservations. Produced by award-winning filmmaker Lawrence Johnson, HAND GAME takes the viewer on a journey through Indian country, a journey full of humor, riveting music, and quirky characters.
In 1928, Andy Payne, a 20-year-old Cherokee, won the Great American Footrace -- the longest footrace in history, stretching 3,422 miles along Route 66, from Los Angeles to New York. Andy's story is remarkable because it reveals an ordinary Native American who triumphed not because of mystical power, but because he believed in himself.
ICT's Editor-at-Large Mark Trahant travels to the Quinault Indian Nation on Washington state?s Pacific coast Northwest to check in on the tribe?s efforts to move an entire ancestral village from the mouth of the Quinault River to higher ground and away from a rising sea.
The youth get a jigging lesson from Sagkeeng's Finest, followed by their 1st weigh-in.
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!
Gertie has a CCCcough and needs to take great care not to give it to the others. Tiga and Kokum go to the Nitinat to visit the Dididaht Nation where Tiga rides in a canoe and is welcomed by the traditional chief and dancers in full regalia. Elder Jimmy Chester sings songs and carves a canoe paddle. At school, Tiga plays a game of pretend with children where he has to guess what CCC sound word the children are pretending to be. Back at Kokum's, Kimmie is taking care of the school hamster - pretty scary stuff for Tiga - while Gavin is worried he may be put in a soup pot!
Joe is concerned that a lacrosse game against a new opponent is one his team is sure to lose so he fakes an illness but when Smudge gets into trouble Joe realizes he must tell the truth and lead the rescue. When Chief Madwe runs out of jam, Buddy and the kids decide to pick fresh blueberries for him to make more jam. Adventure Sue flies them to a distant berry patch but when she twists her ankle, the kids have to give up their berry picking to get Sue back to safety.
Randy and Katie learn how to attract ducks. / Katie teaches Randy and Mr. Thompson how to dye clothes.
After watching a movie marathon of old detective films, Talon, T-Bear, Devon and Mushom try to solve the mystery of Raven's missing art piece, questioning Chief Big Sky and other residents of Wapos Bay in the process. Could there be a connection between Raven's art piece and the mysterious package in Jacob's possession?
Amy re-caps all the adventures and lessons learned in season 1
After ditching school, best friends Tomias and Dahlia have no choice but to fight fire with fire.
Barrett Awai known as entertainer, athlete, and mentor for youth shares his cooking skills with us today in the kitchen. He shares one of his favorite recipes with us for Corned Beef and Nori Seaweed Wrap.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in Regina and Sinnamary, French Guiana, to revisit the "galette creole." For her revisit, she meets with Olivier, a local cacao producer, as well as an apiculturist, Bruno.
ICT's Editor-at-Large Mark Trahant travels to the Quinault Indian Nation on Washington state?s Pacific coast Northwest to check in on the tribe?s efforts to move an entire ancestral village from the mouth of the Quinault River to higher ground and away from a rising sea.
Tribal members recount the days of their parents and grandparents. Theirs was not just a struggle for personal survival but one for sovereignty, preserving the right to self government and a unique way of life. Jerry Paresa narrates.
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?
Gracey calls up her friend and mentor, Mark Gallup, to help her out on a photo shoot for Impact Magazine covering the CanAm Speedskating event at Calgary's Olympic Oval. Canadian National Team speed skater, Isabelle Wiedemann is Gracey?s featured athlete.
Cracks begin to show as Kent catches up with the participants to find out if they have been staying on track or have been straying off course.
Juaquin launches the new Making Regalia Fall Season by showing us how to construct leather belts.
Lisa seeks a better understanding of how we should define 'success' in the Indigenous community - money, culture or can we have both? This episode features interviews with Dr. Evan Adams, Gabrielle Scrimshaw, and JP Gladu.
Drew enters the fascinating world of contemporary Native art. A life-sized whale made out of plastic lawn furniture? Inuit wall murals in Canada's biggest city? Movie posters with an indigenous spin? West Coast art combined with graffiti?
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.
FIRST CONTACT is a bold and timely documentary series that confronts racist attitudes head on with a life-changing and immersive experience. Six Canadians - all with strong opinions about Indigenous people - embark on a journey into the heart of Indigenous communities that will challenge their views and confront their prejudices about a world they never imagined they would see. An experience that will turn the participants' lives upside down, and change them forever.
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.
Indigenous candidates in eight states had a primary election this month. There were nearly 70 Indigenous candidates who ran for everything from school boards all the way to congress. ICT political correspondent, Pauly Denetclaw has details. Indigenous peoples are tied to place and language. A new book out from the University of Minnesota Press documents a Dakota woman's relationship to land and food. "Perennial Ceremony" is Teresa Peterson's new book. ICT's Shirley Sneve has this interview. The first-ever international trade mission focusing on indigenous products is this week. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is bringing hundreds of Indigenous foods to market. Stewart Huntington caught up with Alexis Taylor, the department's undersecretary for trade, from Vancouver, Canada, to check in on this historic event.
Elder Margaret Behan has had an interesting life to say the least. After overcoming alcohol addiction, Margaret discovered a desire and passion to generate public awareness of indigenous cultures. Her travels took her to India, Japan and other lands where people yearned to hear about Native American culture.
On this episode of Native Shorts hosts Ariel Tweto (Inupiaq) and Bird Runningwater (Northern Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache) discuss the film Hawaiki.The film tells of a refuge called Hawaiki created by children of the Okiwi School as a refuge with spiritual and metaphysical connections for the Maori people. They also screen and discuss Fainting Spells.Told through recollections of youth, learning, lore, and departure, this myth is imagined for the Indian pipe plant used by the Ho-Chunk to revive those who have fainted.
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.
After a formal welcome at Smither's airport, Art and Dan are guided on a hunt by a Wetsuweten elder. Their aspirations to bag an elk are spoiled by a pair of cheeky black bears. All is not lost though thanks to a communal outpouring of generosity and Art's performance at an Aboriginal Day Festival. Micisok!
This segment is a small highlight of Indian Market 2021
In a remote Indian forest dwells an old man from a forgotten tribe once dreaded for its practice of head hunting. When the government decides to build a road through the wilderness the old man becomes a severe nuisance for the authorities. A city-bred young official, belonging to the same tribe and speaking the same language, tricks him into spending a few days in the city. When he comes back the old man is horrified to discover that a highway now runs through his beloved forest.