Native America

NATIVE AMERICA is a four-part PBS series that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Americas before and since contact with Europe. It travels through 15,000-years to showcase massive cities, unique systems of science, art, and writing, and 100 million people connected by social networks and spiritual beliefs spanning two continents. The series reveals some of the most advanced cultures in human history and the Native American people who created it and whose legacy continues, unbroken, to this day. The series explores this extraordinary world through an unprecedented combination of cutting edge science and traditional indigenous knowledge. It is NATIVE AMERICA as never seen before-featuring sacred rituals filmed for the first time, history changing scientific discoveries, and rarely heard voices from the living legacy of Native American culture. NATIVE AMERICA rediscovers a past whose splendor and sophistication is only now being realized, and whose story has for too long remained untold. Emmy-award winning cinematographers and Academy Award nominated animators bring to life towering pyramids, sprawling empires, and incredible indigenous legends. NATIVE AMERICA reveals a unifying belief that inspires these diverse cultures - people are deeply connected to earth, sky, water, and all living things. This belief is rooted in millennia of living on this land and continues to resonate in the lives of Native Americans to this day.

Sun, Nov 8 4:00 A.M. From Caves to Cosmos     NH World (11.3)

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.

Sun, Nov 8 4:00 A.M. From Caves to Cosmos     NHPBS (11.1)

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.

Sun, Nov 8 5:00 A.M. Nature to Nations     NH World (11.3)

Explore the rise of great American nations. 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.

Mon, Nov 9 7:00 P.M. Cities of the Sky     NH World (11.3)

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities.

Mon, Nov 9 8:00 P.M. New World Rising     NH World (11.3)

Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries of time.

Tue, Nov 10 12:00 A.M. Cities of the Sky     NH World (11.3)

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities.

Tue, Nov 10 1:00 A.M. New World Rising     NH World (11.3)

Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries of time.

Tue, Nov 10 8:00 A.M. Cities of the Sky     NH World (11.3)

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities.

Tue, Nov 10 9:00 A.M. New World Rising     NH World (11.3)

Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries of time.

Sun, Nov 15 4:00 A.M. Cities of the Sky     NH World (11.3)

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities.

Sun, Nov 15 5:00 A.M. New World Rising     NH World (11.3)

Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries of time.

Mon, Nov 16 7:00 P.M. New Worlds     NH World (11.3)

Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.

Mon, Nov 16 8:00 P.M. Warrior Spirit     NH World (11.3)

Across Native America, warrior traditions support incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games, and glory.

Tue, Nov 17 12:00 A.M. New Worlds     NH World (11.3)

Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.

Tue, Nov 17 1:00 A.M. Warrior Spirit     NH World (11.3)

Across Native America, warrior traditions support incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games, and glory.

Tue, Nov 17 8:00 A.M. New Worlds     NH World (11.3)

Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.

Tue, Nov 17 9:00 A.M. Warrior Spirit     NH World (11.3)

Across Native America, warrior traditions support incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games, and glory.

Wed, Nov 18 1:00 P.M. From Caves to Cosmos     NH Explore (11.2)

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.

Wed, Nov 18 2:00 P.M. Nature to Nations     NH Explore (11.2)

Explore the rise of great American nations. 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.

Wed, Nov 18 3:00 P.M. Cities of the Sky     NH Explore (11.2)

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities.

Wed, Nov 18 4:00 P.M. New World Rising     NH Explore (11.2)

Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries of time.

Thu, Nov 19 3:00 A.M. From Caves to Cosmos     NH Explore (11.2)

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.

Thu, Nov 19 4:00 A.M. Nature to Nations     NH Explore (11.2)

Explore the rise of great American nations. 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.

Thu, Nov 19 5:00 A.M. Cities of the Sky     NH Explore (11.2)

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities.

Fri, Nov 20 4:00 A.M. Cities of the Sky     NHPBS (11.1)

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities.

Sun, Nov 22 4:00 A.M. New Worlds     NH World (11.3)

Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.

Sun, Nov 22 5:00 A.M. Warrior Spirit     NH World (11.3)

Across Native America, warrior traditions support incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games, and glory.

Mon, Nov 23 7:00 P.M. Women Rule     NH World (11.3)

Native women are leading, innovating, and inspiring in the arts, politics, and protecting the planet.

Mon, Nov 23 8:00 P.M. Language Is Life     NH World (11.3)

Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them.

Tue, Nov 24 12:00 A.M. Women Rule     NH World (11.3)

Native women are leading, innovating, and inspiring in the arts, politics, and protecting the planet.

Tue, Nov 24 1:00 A.M. Language Is Life     NH World (11.3)

Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them.

Tue, Nov 24 8:00 A.M. Women Rule     NH World (11.3)

Native women are leading, innovating, and inspiring in the arts, politics, and protecting the planet.

Tue, Nov 24 9:00 A.M. Language Is Life     NH World (11.3)

Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them.

Wed, Nov 25 1:00 P.M. New Worlds     NH Explore (11.2)

Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.

Wed, Nov 25 2:00 P.M. Warrior Spirit     NH Explore (11.2)

Across Native America, warrior traditions support incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games, and glory.

Wed, Nov 25 3:00 P.M. Women Rule     NH Explore (11.2)

Native women are leading, innovating, and inspiring in the arts, politics, and protecting the planet.

Wed, Nov 25 4:00 P.M. Language Is Life     NH Explore (11.2)

Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them.

Thu, Nov 26 5:00 A.M. New Worlds     NH Explore (11.2)

Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration.

Sun, Nov 29 4:00 A.M. Women Rule     NH World (11.3)

Native women are leading, innovating, and inspiring in the arts, politics, and protecting the planet.

Sun, Nov 29 5:00 A.M. Language Is Life     NH World (11.3)

Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them.


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