Dave's journey takes him all the way to Alcatraz Island to learn about the Native American occupation of 1969. He then heads home and finds Idle No More activism happening in his own back yard.
This episode of "Indian Road" features a look at the ONEOK Gallery inside the Oklahoma History Center. The Center has an extensive collection of Cheyenne and Arapaho artifacts on display and in storage. "Battle on tha Plainz," a b-boy dance event hosted in Concho, is also featured, as is a tribal member who turns dead trees into art.
Aboriginal women serving in Canada's armed forces are often introduced to military service through an Aboriginal program such as Raven, Bold Eagle or Black Bear. But once they integrate as regular soldiers, they are treated just like anyone else. No favouritism means equal opportunity for all - whether for promotion, or for postings in war zones overseas.
Gracey is commissioned by BC Snowboard to cover Ryan Johnston at the "Like Me Snowboard Series" snowboard cross event. Ryan is both a high performance athlete and coach for the First Nations Snowboard Team. He finished 3rd last year so hopefully he makes it to the podium again.
Laura Hernandez, Matt Baca, Kevin Avery, and Pete Lee perform.
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.
Quantum Tangle, Skyler, Mike Paul Kuekuatsheu and Lido Pimienta perform.
Mick and Hank, now buddies, graduate school together. At the celebration, Walt crushes on the coat check girl, Tazz crashes the grad dinner, and Mark lives up to his reputation.
URBAN REZ explores the controversial legacy and modern-day repercussions of the Urban Relocation Program (1952-1973), the greatest voluntary upheaval of Native Americans during the 20th century. During the documentary, dozens of American Indians representing tribal groups from across the West recall their first-hand experiences with relocation, including the early hardships, struggles with isolation, and racism. Interviewees also speak about the challenges of maintaining one's own tribal traditions - from language to hunting - while assimilating into the larger society. Actor, musician, and Oglala Lakota member Moses brings plenty of narrates of this insightful film about this seldom-told chapter in American history.
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.
On this edition of Native Report... We travel Lawrence, Kansas and visit the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University. We then meet several Haskell student athletes and learn how they manage their academics with sports. And we learn about the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame also on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University. We also learn what we can do to lead healthier lives and hear from our Elders on this edition of Native Report.
Teepee feeds his cat and walks his dog for the first time.
Mereny and kep, food and water keep us walang, healthy. How about a yongka stew, a kangaroo stew? Yum yum, sounds moorditj!
4a-Brother and Sister adopt one of Farmer Ben's new puppies and soon discover that having a pet is a big responsibility. When the two pet owners leave to play with friends, the puppy stays behind and destroys the livingroom. As a result, the puppy is banished to the backyard. Brother and Sister apologise for neglecting their duties and Mama and Papa decide to give the cubs and the puppy a second chance. 4b-Brother and Sister do some damage in Mrs. Grizzle's flowerbed while retrieving their baseball. Instead of stepping forward to apologize, the cubs get nervous and run home. As fate would have it, Mama arranges for Mrs. Grizzle to babysit the cubs that very night. Brother and Sister anticipate a very stern talking to, but are surprised by Mrs. Grizzle?s kindhearted manner.
Nico plays ball without caring about the trouble he causes. He even has the impression that he is not really responsible for the damage caused by his ball. It's only in the funny adventure, when he has to suffer from Farfadet the coyote's carelessness, that he will realize that his own actions could have been disturbing for the others. And he will act to make up for his mistakes.
Join the fun as Randy and Katie venture into a cave. Help Randy and Katie search for a log for Mr. Charles!
Raven and her puppet friends learn the Arapaho word for "my father" along with additional Arapaho phrases. Featured puppet skits include lessons about being polite, bullying, and having confidence in yourself. Raven shares a TV story about being a Tribal princess.
Tshen launches a rocket to capture the moon and pull it closer to Earth. As a result, the village is flooded with water, forcing everyone to evacuate. Tshakapesh must fight in an epic battle to restore order and rescue the moon.
Tshakapesh must stop the exploitation of a diamond mine near the village. When he accidentally falls into the mine, workers-robots and Tshen surround him. It's up to Tshakapesh to defeat them and save the day!
Tomias and Dahlia's friendship is in tatters but can a trip to a special place heal both them and country?
Chef Aaron Bear Robe operates the Aboriginal themed restaurant Keriwa Cafe in the bustling metropolis of Toronto. He escapes briefly for a peaceful retreat north of the city, where he fishes for rainbow trout, and gathers wild leeks, fiddleheads and ginger root.
Perry does some Cheyenne kickball training and tries for his personal best, dribbling the soccer ball as fast as he can through staggered pylons. Later, he makes a rabbit stew with potatoes, celery, onion and carrots.
Wild rice -- manoomin -- is still harvested the traditional way by the Anishanabe, or Ojibwe, people of the Great Lakes region. Ricers and their families take canoes into the fields and hand-harvest the rice. After participating in the harvest, Loretta helps to prepare Winona LaDuke's favorite wild rice and maple syrup cake, which accompanies a lakeside first rice feast of buffalo, wild rice and cranberry-stuffed acorn squash, buffalo stew and ruby-red swamp tea.
From the stage to the written page to the traditional campfire, Drew explores the role indigenous storytelling plays in myth-making, theater, and in keeping native culture alive and well.
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.
Mick and Vee resort to a team-building scavenger hunt to get the kids to bond but Lily escapes the event and heads out to find the Sydney she remembers from her early years with her mother.
In this series opener, we meet the four Bears and the first three Indigenous-owned businesses compete for the episode prize of $10,000 and the chance to win the grand prize of $100,000!
Anishnaabe Language Consultant Gabe Desrosiers talks about reclaiming the Creator's language. At University of Toronto, Visual Artist/Filmmaker Susan Blight, who co-founded Ogimaa Mikana, which aims to restore Anishnaabemowin place names to the streets of Toronto. In Wahta First Nation Kris and Saran talk to Mohawk Language Instructor Ryan DeCaire who is leading the language revitalization movement in his community.
"Meegwitch" in Ojibway means "Creator", and "hi hi" is, "thank you". In this episode Laura begins to rejoice and is thankful in how fortunate she and all artists are to have their artistic gifts. She meets JR Bjornson, a blind and anxious stand-up guy, that is also, an up-and-coming stand-up comedian! She also visits the delipitating farm of a groundbreaking visual artist, Candace Lipischak, who brings a fresh application of the saying, "one man's trash is another man's treasure". Laura also has an opportunity to visit the museum of an Indigenous hero she's always wanted to know more about, Louis Riel. The season ends with a grand musical finale with a very thankful multicultural choir!
The hosts are meeting Dan's friend Matt at one of the trendy beach restaurants of Ibiza and Matt challenges Dan to cook at his countryside estate. Dan accepts the offer and the guys immediately set out to gather ingredients. It's not a hunt nor are they fishing, they plan to gather all their goods from local markets and gardens!
Look at other uses for the harbor-mussel and seaweed farming. Explore sea tourism. We look at food provenance, why are we aware of egg, chicken, and other animals' welfare and origin but with seafood, we have no idea. We discuss how sustainable the seafood industry is restaurants, supermarkets, etc. Follow a good news story of handing out free fish heads and frames to Marae (Maorivillages) around Auckland.
Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and off the BC hydro grid, the Haida Nation relies on diesel generators to power their communities. Now, a home-grown group is looking to the wind, sun and sea to offset their reliance on fossil fuels.
The inspiration behind the work of contemporary Cherokee artist Roy Boney, Jr. The legend of Cherokee outlaw Ned Christie, why many say he's a Cherokee patriot, not an outlaw. Host Jennifer Loren traces her ancestry back to the 1830s, revealing some surprises and touching moments along the way.
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.
Aboriginal women serving in Canada's armed forces are often introduced to military service through an Aboriginal program such as Raven, Bold Eagle or Black Bear. But once they integrate as regular soldiers, they are treated just like anyone else. No favouritism means equal opportunity for all - whether for promotion, or for postings in war zones overseas.
In this series kick-off of Tribal Police Files the officers inspect the scene of a motor vehicle accident where drinking and driving is suspected. The Chief Officer for the Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police Service, Dee Doss-Cody, attends a pow-wow and shares the importance of traditional spiritual practices for her team. Chief Officer Dee Doss-Cody also reveals the tension and pressure of facing danger down the barrel of a gun.
With the election in full swing and all eyes on the cannabis dispensary raid, the community is more divided than ever. Aided by Henry, Molly is on the path to healing and is beginning to come to terms with her grief and anger.
Justin discovers his calling and this time he's sure this is it. John shows Liz the land and his softer side. Matthew informs Liz the casino profits are light.
Nancy finds herself at odds with Dr. Helvi over her handling of a teenage girl's case. Farida discovers the reason behind Krista's mysterious rash. Dr. Kesler brings Gina on a house call with disastrous consequences. Eddy finds yet another way to get into trouble with the cops - and Charlie. Cameron's multiple missteps land him in disciplinary trouble with Dean Dallaire and Melanie rescues an Elderly patient abandoned in the hospital ER.
In this wilderness adventure, Lia, a 16 year-old urban princess, is sent to spend the summer with her Gwich'in grandmother in a small Arctic Circle community. Desperate to return to city life she steals a boat and sets out into the vast Northern wilderness hoping to reach the nearest town. Totally lost, she is discovered by Alfred, a Gwich'in hunter who reluctantly takes her under his wing as he navigates the massive landscape in search of caribou. When Alfred is severely wounded, Lia pushes on and fights to save both of their lives.
A tribal elder and Vietnam vet, who hasn't left the Wind River Indian Reservation in over 40 years, visits the underground archives of Chicago's Field Museum with two young Arapaho to explore ancestral objects kept in boxes for many years. Together they try to learn how these artifacts vanished from their tribe in the first place.