Episodes
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New World Rising
S1 E4 - 53m 30s
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in an Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries.
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Cities of the Sky
S1 E3 - 53m 30s
Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities. Scientists explore some of the world’s largest pyramids and 3D-scan a lost city of monumental mounds on the Mississippi River; native elders reveal ancient powers of the sky.
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Nature to Nations
S1 E2 - 53m 30s
Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies. Investigate lost cities in Mexico, a temple in Peru, a potlatch ceremony in the Pacific Northwest and a tapestry of shell beads in upstate New York whose story inspired our own democracy.
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From Caves to Cosmos
S1 E1 - 53m 30s
Combine ancient wisdom and modern science to answer a 15,000-year-old question: who were America’s First Peoples? The answer hides in Amazonian cave paintings, Mexican burial chambers, New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon and waves off California’s coast.
Extras + Features
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Season 1 Inside Look | Making Native America
S1 - 2m
The producers and featured participants of Native America discuss making the series.
Schedule
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