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As part of American Experience's We Shall Remain, Arkansas's First People is a 5-part series featuring unique perspectives on American Indian cultural legacy, archaeological data, and interviews with modern tribal representatives of those who had and still have an impact on Arkansas.

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln recognized Pueblo independence by bestowing an ornamental, silver tipped cane to each Pueblo Nation.

As a child growing up along the Bering Sea in Alaska, Clyde Oxerok hunted walrus with village elders, relying on solid sea ice for nine months of the year. But as Arctic temperatures have risen, the ice is now dangerously thin, and only appears for three months. That’s transforming the foods that indigenous communities hunt, forcing them to find new prey as the temperature steadily rises. In the After the Ice series, elders from villages in the Bering Sea region of Alaska sha

For six-hundred years we have lived under the misconception that Columbus discovered America. What he did was stumble on a land already occupied by many people and many nations. In the center of that land were a people who call themselves Oyate: "the People." This is their story, in their words.

On this episode of Dakota Life, travel the path of Custer's 1874 expedition to the Black Hills, see a wrangler's view of the Custer State Park buffalo roundup, learn about a gardening project aimed at beating diabetes on the Standing Rock Reservation, hear a green power success story from Aberdeen, and enjoy a holiday heritage meal, Scandinavian style.

From KUED comes a powerful five-part-series on the five American Indian Tribes of the Great Basin Region we now know as Utah. This episode examines the Paiute indigenous peoples that have called Utah home for centuries.

Narrated by Raiatea Helm, this PBS Hawai‘i documentary uncovers Hawaiʻi’s deep, global impact on modern music despite the political struggles they faced at home.

Michael Twitty, a James Beard Award–winning writer, explores the deep roots of American history, through food. During his time in Colonial Williamsburg, the culinary historian used dishes like sweet potato pumpkin and black-eyed peas, to reveal how food carried culture, resilience and identity, shaping Southern and American traditions and connecting past to present. Discover Hampton Roads’ unsung heroes whose actions helped spark the American Revolution.

"Still Here: Native American Resilience in New England" features Indigenous perspectives and takes a fresh look at the history of the region, including the hidden history of Indigenous slavery, "paper genocide" and efforts to keep traditions alive.

Throughout our history and even before human habitation, the Missouri River has played a significant role in shaping not only the physical geography of South Dakota but also the human geography. This episode examines how the Missouri River has shaped human habitation in the state and region. In this collection of resources, your students will learn how the river served as a life source for many early Indian tribes and as a watery highway for exploration and settlement. It has

Discover the story of Florida during the American Revolution: a place loyal to the British Crown, shaped by international land swaps, cultural clashes, and the determination of its people.

In the 1930s, archeologist Luther Cressman made a series of discoveries that shocked the scientific world. They included a cache of 75 sagebrush sandals that proved to be the oldest shoes ever found. He believed people were in the Americas far earlier than most researchers thought possible. Today, modern science is finally proving him right.

From his birth in the Bitterroot Mountains among the Salish Tribe, to his exploits as a warrior with the Lemhi Shoshone and Bannocks, Washakie was recognized early as an extraordinary person. But he made his historical claim to greatness in the second half of the 19th century, as chief of the Eastern Shoshone.

Burying the Hatchet: The Tom Quick Story is the fascinating account of how Lenni Lenape tribes had been dislocated from their Milford, Pennsylvania, homeland in the late 18th century and how this largely white community and disenfranchised tribal leaders worked together to reconcile the past and forge a shared path forward based on trust, friendship, and an inspiring and healing vision of the future.

It’s been more than 400 years since the first Thanksgiving. And there is a lot we are learning about that time. Just prior to the...

The Nez Perce Tribe teeters on the brink of a biodiversity and cultural crisis– and their fight continues to restore and recover wild...

From his birth in the Bitterroot Mountains among the Salish Tribe, to his exploits as a warrior with the Lemhi Shoshone and Bannocks,...

Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People features compelling modern stories told through a documentary lens in this Emmy award-winning...