Kris takes part in a Wampum Belt & Treaty Teaching Workshop with Artist Brenda Lee and Journalist/Educator Maurice Switzer in North Bay. Sarain discusses reclaiming the agency of representation with Artists/Youth Arts Activists Chief Lady Bird and Aura Last in Toronto. Kris and Sarain meet with Anishnaabe PhD Candidate for Social-Ecological Sustainability Melanie Goodchild who brings Indigenous Knowledge to the most cutting edge applications in Social Science, Technology and Research.
Anishinaabe songwriter Ansley Simpson sets out to write a song about her personal connection between trauma and alcoholism. Harold Johnson features, discussing his acclaimed book "Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People (and Yours)."
Constable Mitchell Thevarge responds to a shooting at an elementary school. The action continues when Constable Len Isaac attends a call about a woman in crisis at Fountain Flats. And Chief Officer Dee Doss-Cody takes part in a community gathering where locals share the importance of having the tribal police service.
Gracey takes photos for a young, Aboriginal pro-skier and artist, Richie Small, for him to use on his website. Gracey asks Ojibway photographer, Nadya Kwandibens to help out with her portraits. This should be the best shoot of Gracey's career and she is stoked!
Long before the inception of one of Canada's most picturesque national parks, this remote part of the Yukon was the ancestral home of the Kluane First Nation. With climate change re-shaping their environment, the Nation is looking to wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy to empower their people into the future.
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.
Set on the former grounds of the Duke of Buckingham, Dan takes Art to his old school, Stowe, to try and teach Art how to fly fish. A nearby farm provides just what they need to go with their catch. Visiting his old alma mater, Dan gets a chance to cook for people that once cooked for him. Bon appetite!
Marie has a passion for preserving her Cheyenne language. Throughout her life, she has encouraged the next generation to hold their native language in a higher regard. Watch as Marie recounts her childhood growing up on a farm as well as her career in medicine and her devotion to others.
Follow four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Alutiiq, an endangered language spoken by fewer than 40 remaining fluent Native elders. On remote Afognak Island, they inspire young people to learn the language and dances of their ancestors.
From 1907 until his death more than 50 years later, ethnologist John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the U.S., chasing the voices of the last speakers of Native America's dying languages. Moving from one tribal community to the next, he collaborated with the last speakers to document every finite detail before their languages were lost forever. CHASING VOICES chronicles Harrington's work and traces the impact of his exhaustive research on Native communities working to restore the language of their ancestors.
After reading Cherie Dimaline's award-winning book The Marrow Thieves, Cree songwriter Christa Couture sets out to create a new song that speaks to the harrowing journey the characters face, ultimately inspired by our own Indigenous resilience.
The youth meet each other for their initial weigh-ins and fitness tests.
Teepee brushes his teeth and goes swimming for the very first time.
Keeping walang, staying healthy can be a lot of fun ana. Waabiny, playing and eating moordtij mereny, good food are two ways to keep walang every day.
Getting gifts is great but giving them can be even better. With Dad? s birthday coming up the kids have to be creative to give him a gift without spending any money. Gertie teaches Gavin another important part of giving and getting gifts ? saying 'thank you' and 'you're welcome'.
In a frog filled marsh Joe and the team stretch their skills rescuing a baby skunk then must use teamwork to build a new shelter for the whole skunk family before a big storm arrives. When Buddy sets out to find a crow feather just like his father did as a kid he finds it challenging until he applies a clever strategy to earn his feather, which makes his father proud.
Little J loves putting on his play, until the cast mutinies... Little J and his friends are putting on a play for school assembly. But soon the cast mutinies - Little J's so bossy! As Big Cuz watches Little J rehearse playing all the roles, she knows embarrassment looms... unless they can entice the cast back.
Thunder, lightning and no sign of Old Dog - luckily Uncle Mick can join Little J's search party. Little J and Big Cuz are worried when Old Dog goes missing after a big storm. Surely with Uncle Mick in their search party they'll find him. Meanwhile, cheeky Old Dog is safe and sound - causing havoc in Big Cuz's bed!
Amy finds herself in the role of the young girl who thinks she is better than everyone else. Amy makes a deal with the geese to fly south with them for the winter. She builds herself goose feather wings and announces to everyone to "look" at her. When everyone is watching, Amy crashes down, breaking the ice below. Alone, she learns that being the best isn't as important as being with friends and family.
Talon, Devon and T-Bear come across a treasure map made by Sierra Metis, the last of the old-time gold miners from Wapos Bay, and embark on a quest to find a lost gold mine. But the machinations of some older girls on a scavenger hunt and a defective metal detector combine to teach the boys a memorable lesson about greed.
Tomias and Dahlia's friendship is in tatters but can a trip to a special place heal both them and country?
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 Gros Morne and Saint-Pierre, Martinique, to revisit the "Robinsons." For her revisit, she meets with Philippe, a farmer and jam producer, as well as fresh fruit juices producer, Raymon.
CAP Producer, Darren Brown, sat down with the Higher Education Program, under the Cheyenne and Arapaho Department of Education.
The second week of training begins with a bang as John questions some of the player's reactions following the intra-squad game. The roster board sends a clear message to a few of the camps top players. One of the coach's old players presents some hockey memorabilia to the team and offers his thoughts on the game.
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.
The youth meet each other for their initial weigh-ins and fitness tests.
Juaquin launches the new Making Regalia Fall Season by showing us how to construct leather belts.
Lisa explores the heart-breaking issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. This impactful episode features interviews with Maria Campbell, Christi Belcourt and Nahanni Fontaine.
Drew meets the people that are reinventing capitalism on Native terms. He visits Canada's newest urban reserve, meets a Metis sash maker drawing his inspiration and works from indigenous South Americans, and witnesses how Aboriginal venture capital is opening doors.
This segment is a small highlight of Indian Market 2021
"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.
The Oneida Speak blends traditional Oneida storytelling with modern media, providing a window to a world that no longer exists. This documentary depicts an engaging personal account written by elders of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin during the early 1930s. The Oneida Speak is a dramatic portrayal of the land grab policies carried out by government agents. It raises awareness and educates viewers about these policies through the nature of its personal narrative and personalized storytelling.
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.
CAP Producer, Darren Brown, sat down with the Higher Education Program, under the Cheyenne and Arapaho Department of Education.
"Native Shorts presented by Sundance Institute's Native American and Indigenous Program" is a series that will feature short films produced, premiered or showcased at the Sundance Film Festival through its Native American and Indigenous Program, followed by a brief discussion with hosts Ariel Tweto (Flying Wild Alaska, Wipe-Out) an Inupiaq Eskimo from Unakleet Alaska and the Sundance Institute's own Bird Runningwater, a Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache.
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.
It's not unheard of to have deer in a city, but the herds of deer in Richmond Park, London, are truly something to gawk at. A local butcher and a community garden offer some splendid treats to help Dan's dish. Let's hope he doesn't make too big of a mess in his mummy's kitchen. Oh dear!! Bon appetite!
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.
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.
An intimate look into the life of Stanford Addison, an Arapaho elder, Spiritual Leader, and Horse Tamer, who is the stronghold of his community. Paralyzed from the neck down, Stanford's heartwarming story teaches every one of us that life is bigger than we think, and our problems are smaller than they seem. Original poem by Verlin Pitt.
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.