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.
Day one of anatomy class has everyone's undivided attention, except for Charlie's-who has pressing family business. Gina almost becomes the first victim of medical school's high attrition rates.
Three women work on the front lines on the Muskwacheese First Nation. An officer, EMT, and firefighter share their struggles from the community of Hobbema, Alberta as they deal with the area's rampant gangs and drug issues. They are some of the few who keep hope alive within the Community.
Dust and true grit is the theme for Gracey's next shoot at the Northern Alberta Native Cowboy Association (NANCA) Finals in Onion Lake Saskatchewan. Gracey creates a photo essay on teenage phenom bull rider Ty Thompson and pitches Urban Native Magazine for a sale.
In this episode focused on Indigenous youth, two businesses started by teenagers and one business geared towards teenagers pitch their plans to the Bears for a shot at the episode prize of $10,000 and the grand prize of $100,000.
The Bible and the Distant Time gives a rare glimpse of some of the ways that traditional Athabascan beliefs and Christian beliefs coexist in villages on the Koyukuk River.
In the season 2 opener Dan takes Art on an excursion just 20 minutes outside of Victoria BC to get everything they need to make an absolutely exquisite goose lunch. Bon Appetit!
Capomo is a nutritious and medicinal tree whose bark seed sap and leaves have sustained indigenous peoples of Mexico Central America and the Caribbean for millennia. This video is made with the Indigenous Community of Chacala in west Mexico and explore the diverse medicinal and nutritional uses, and the challenges facing this imperiled tree.
Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau, Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family's traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing the food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, SMOKIN' FISH tells the story of one man's attempts to navigate the messy collision between the modern world and an ancient culture.
This program is a conversation among members of the Lakota Tribe, who are seeking ways to restore their culture after a legacy of colonialism. Offering a fresh perspective into the lives of the Sioux on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations, the film looks at how these Sioux communities struggle to maintain tradition while confronting the challenges of broken families, abuse, and poverty. By sharing their stories across generations, they hope to build a vision for the future.
Fifty years after Horse Creek Girl's remains were found, a seemingly simple tribal identification project blossomed into a complex, multi-discipline study. As a result, we now have an idea of how the Horse Creek Girl may have lived and died, and we get a different look at early reservation history than we may be accustomed to.
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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.
Teepee rides a bus and paints a picture for the first time.
There are maar keny bonar, six seasons. Birak is hot time, time for djiba-djobaliny, swimming time.
Tiga shares a musical day with the children - instruments like glass jars filled with colored water, bells and triangles and of course, Jason's favourite, the drums! Costume-clad Gertie and Gavin have fun dancing, Kokum and Tiga travel on a horse and Jason gets a teaching from Sammy the Sandhill Crane - he learns that it doesn?t matter what other people think, it's wonderful to dance.
When the kids think there is a giant snake in the lake they are determined to solve the mystery. Discovering the monster is actually a long line of plastic trash they are motivated to heroically clean up Thunder Lake beach. When Smudge the puppy runs wildly around Turtle Bay instead of letting the kids take him to the vet he also snatches Handyman Hank's delivery list. Recognizing that Smudge is afraid but that he loves apples, Joe and the friends entice him to give up the book and calmly get a check up.
Big Cuz tricks Little J into believing that the Giant Wombat is not extinct.
Little J frets that his dream of being an acrobat is not the 'right' dream...
Amy, Casey and Theodore find themselves on an arctic adventure trying to help a young bear cub, named Keyush return home to his mom after he gets lost with them. The group uses Inukshuk markers as clues to find their way back home. The lesson learned is, always tell someone where you are going.
Raven has more fun than she expected on Halloween as the elders of the community tell the children the scary story of the woman of the woods.
Isa introduces us to the world of skateboarding, and our Science Questers learn how physics, force, energy, and gravity are in motion while skateboarding - while having fun doing ollies!
Christian Yrizarry Lead singer of the group Ho?onua and Beach 5 has been doing music since High school. It was only appropriate to have him on the show to share some of his talent not only with the ukulele, but in the kitchen. Today he shares his Hawaiian Sunrise French Toast recipe.
In this episode, Chef Kelly is in Va?tupu, Wallis and Futuna, to revisit the "Umu." For her revisit, she meets with Joseph, a pig farmer, as well as a taro producer, Nicolas.
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On this edition of Native Report... We meet Norman Deschampe, Chairman of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. We then meet Joyce LaPorte, a maker of traditional Ojibwe faceless dolls. And meet Richard Smith and his sister Bertha Christensen, both of whom served in the military during World War II. We also learn what we can do to lead healthier lives and hear from our Elders on this edition of Native Report.
For the first time ever, Hit The Ice holds open tryouts and players from across Canada their way to Winnipeg to try and earn a spot. With only a few sessions to catch the coaches' attention, the players know that the pressure is on.
Gracey faces another test by shooting the Canadian Wakeboard Nationals in Bala Bay, Ontario and features rising star wakeboarder Christian Primrose.
Progress on workout plans becomes evident when the participants complete their 'mid-point' check in with Kent.
Guest artist Redsky Whapeppah, demonstrates bell application on traditional regalia as host Juaquin Lonelodge describes the history and significance of bells.
The Native Drum, hosted by master drum maker, Shawn Littlebear is a how-to television series. Littlebear is a traditional drum maker who shares with us his techniques for making drums.
A production of NPR radio affiliate and FNX sister station KVCR, host David Flemming and/or Sahar Khadjenoury (Navajo Nation) visit with Native American artists about their work and endeavors.
In the season 2 opener Dan takes Art on an excursion just 20 minutes outside of Victoria BC to get everything they need to make an absolutely exquisite goose lunch. Bon Appetit!
Dave learns about the use of peyote in religious Native American ceremony, from Laredo, Texas all the way up to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
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.
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.
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Shayla delves into the world of Lycans and looks to uncover if they are similar to transformers or not.
William Eastman plans to do whatever it takes to stop Matthew's condo development. John Eagle steps up the romance with Liz Mc Kendra while Barry and Scott spread the word about the North Beach Beauty Pageant.
Olivia Komahcheet, aka, Liv the Artist (Comanchee) picked up the viola in the 3rd grade, then added cello, violin, piano and guitar to her repertoire. Her style is a combination of alternative rock, accented with R&B and hip-hop influences reinforced by a vocal style that merges the passionate with a gritty undertone.
In the icy waters off of Scotland, Dan recruits some help to dive for fresh scallops. Dan and Art brave the cold winds and rain to forage another rather surprising source of healthy seafood - there for the taking right on the beach. Bon Appetit!
A production of NPR radio affiliate and FNX sister station KVCR, host David Flemming and/or Sahar Khadjenoury (Navajo Nation) visit with Native American artists about their work and endeavors.
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.
Looking Toward Home is a one-hour documentary profiling the increasing number of Native Americans leaving the reservation for life in cities areas such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The life and times of urban Indians are shown primarily through the eyes of these individuals as they attempt to maintain their cultural identity while living away from the culturally nurturing climate of the tribal reservation. Narrator, Conroy Chino begins the urban Indian journey from relocation to current issues facing native people in urban environments. He describes the importance of community building, health care, education, and cultural identity while addressing the issue of overcoming community invisibility.