Culture

Growing Native

Through conversations between episode hosts and local guides, viewers get a glimpse of modern and traditional reservation life. The series highlights these shared experiences to help bridge a better understanding of native people. Learn how Native communities are working toward sustainable food sovereignty and renewable energy sources, and how they are adapting to impacts from climate change.

Oklahoma (Red People)

56m 46s

Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Nowhere in North America will you find such diversity among Native Peoples, and nowhere will you find a more tragic history. Host Moses Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota) discovers, among the many faces of Oklahoma culture, the determination, values and respect that tribes have brought to this land, once called Indian Territory.

Episodes

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    Oklahoma (Red People)

    S1 E104 - 56m 46s

    Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Nowhere in North America will you find such diversity among Native Peoples, and nowhere will you find a more tragic history. Host Moses Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota) discovers, among the many faces of Oklahoma culture, the determination, values and respect that tribes have brought to this land, once called Indian Territory.

  • Great Lakes (Turtle Island): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Great Lakes (Turtle Island)

    S1 E103 - 56m 46s

    Over the Centuries, the Great Lakes have been home to hundreds of tribes and a source of fresh water, food and health. Indigenous creation stories describe the world came into being on a back of a turtle shell, and today they know the earth as Turtle Island. Growing Native host Stacey Thunder (Red Lake and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) guides this journey.

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    Alaska (People of the North)

    S1 E102 - 56m 46s

    All across Alaska, Native cultures have depended on the abundant natural resources found there to support their families. Those resources are growing scarce, and the people who have relied on them for centuries have to find new ways to adapt. Visit some of the communities engaged in this familiar struggle to maintain their traditions and ways of life, while continuing to thrive.

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    Coast Salish

    S1 E101 - 56m 46s

    Venture to the Pacific Northwest to capture the stories of ongoing traditions and perseverance of its original inhabitants. Tribes celebrate their cultures by participating in a yearly canoe journey to travel to all the places their ancestors once inhabited. From totem poles, to language preservation to traditional crafts, host Chris Eyre (Cheyenne Arapaho) discovers the wilds of the North.

Schedule

  • Growing Native: TVSS: Iconic

    Growing Native

    Growing Native Alaska: People of the North

    Thursday
    Nov 21

    1 Hour

    Native cultures across Alaska struggle to maintain their traditions and ways of life as the natural resources they've relied on to support their families and cultures grow scarce.
  • Growing Native: TVSS: Iconic

    Growing Native

    Growing Native Alaska: People of the North

    Thursday
    Nov 21

    1 Hour

    Native cultures across Alaska struggle to maintain their traditions and ways of life as the natural resources they've relied on to support their families and cultures grow scarce.
  • Growing Native: TVSS: Iconic

    Growing Native

    Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island

    Saturday
    Nov 23

    1 Hour

    For centuries the Great Lakes have provided fresh water and food to hundreds of tribes.
  • Growing Native: TVSS: Iconic

    Growing Native

    Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island

    Monday
    Nov 25

    1 Hour

    For centuries the Great Lakes have provided fresh water and food to hundreds of tribes.
  • Growing Native: TVSS: Iconic

    Growing Native

    Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island

    Thursday
    Nov 28

    1 Hour

    For centuries the Great Lakes have provided fresh water and food to hundreds of tribes.
  • Growing Native: TVSS: Iconic

    Growing Native

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    Saturday
    Nov 30

    1 Hour

    Oklahoma is home to 39 federally recognized tribes, the most diverse representation of native peoples in North America.

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