Premieres Tuesdays, Oct. 24 - Nov. 14, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Building on the success of the first season, this four-part Native directed series reveals the beauty and power of today’s Indigenous world.
Engineer Aaron Yazzie and weaver TahNibaa Naataanii approach Spider Rock, a sacred site in Canyon De Chelly, in the heart of Navajo Nation.returns this October with four new hour-long episodes that present a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Native America. Building on the first season’s success, Season 2 of the Native-directed series reveals the beauty and power of today’s Indigenous communities.
Brought to life with dynamic stories of the here and now, the series launches an active dialogue between past and present, revealing how foundational beliefs and traditions are shaping and transforming modern Native life.Representative Ruth Buffalo uses her position as the first Democratic Native American woman in North Dakota’s State Legislature to fight for disadvantaged people and communities.
“What follows is the freedom to express ourselves in a way that is truly representative. As a Passamaquoddy Elder says in the series, ‘Language is who I am.’ As a producer/director on this series, I can say NATIVE AMERICA is who we are!”“The stories mark histories, express relationships to climates and environments, and instill humanity, as well as lessons learned and joys. NATIVE AMERICA portrays this generation’s Native stories to further reveal who and where we are in this world.
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