Native America

Cahokia researchers uses new LiDAR technology to map the layout of this ancient city.

The historical and contemporary spiritual importance of Incan Huacas.

The Choctaw scholar reflects on the ancient tradition of earthen mounds and mound culture.

Anna Roosevelt dates the cave paintings in Brazil’s Amazon jungle to 13,000 years ago.

Zuni elder Jim Enote explains how Native names for places provides important information.

How the Aztecs used color to represent the aftermath of colonialism.

Resistance begun by Aztec builders continues through today.

In Peru, people still build traditional Inca grass bridges.

Horses continue to be an important part of Comanche identity and tradition.

Illuminating the extraordinary measures Aztec artists took to record their culture.

Archaeologist Severin Fowles re-imagines Native religion as Native science.

With help, the archaeologist finds evidence of the illusive Comanche.

Valentin Lopez, of the Amah Mutsun, uses fire to save his peoples culture.

Archaeologists investigate Cahokian human sacrifice.

Why this magnificent structure is built at an angle to the rest of the city.

Designer Jamie Okuma breaks down barriers between Indigenous and mainstream art.

Aaron Yazzie and TahNibaa Naataanii reflect on the birth of the universe.

Manny Wheeler dubs Star Wars into Navajo to help keep the Navajo language alive.

Producer Dan Golding is surprised with 100-year-old recordings of his great-grandfather.

Arigon Starr is an award-winning singer songwriter, playwright, and comic book creator.

Betty Osceola draws on Miccosukee teachings about protecting the world in which we live.

Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) on the connection between his tribe and Catholic church.

The producers and featured participants of Native America discuss making the series.

Donald Soctomah and Dwayne Tomah fight keep the Passamaquoddy language alive.

Boxer Mariah Bahe fights for her dream of repping the US and Navajo Nation in the Olympics

Henry Red Cloud reimagines tipi communities on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

The Halluci Nation, an electronic music group, put a new spin on traditional Native beats.

Language expert Tom Belt translates some of the earliest evidence of Cherokee writing.

Manny Wheeler fights to preserve his people's language dubbing popular movies into Navajo.

The Halluci Nation performs "R.E.D.," "Stay," and "Sisters" in this extended performance.

The Comanche adapt the horse as a powerful ally in the fight to protect their way of life.

Many Native American peoples share a belief that they emerged from the earth.

Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky.

The Hiawatha wampum belt tells the story of the Haudenosaunee’s legendary founding.

The gods gather in Teotihuacan to sacrifice themselves in order to create the world.

A temple at the center of Cuzco, Peru, marks the place of Inca origins.

Sumac berries lend themselves for a lemony-earthy flavored spice or in a beverage.

Make a salad of all Native greens from the oak woodlands.

Learn how to make this staple dish, which is part of nearly every meal in a Cherokee home.