Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People -
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Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Nowhere in North America will you find such diversity among Native Peoples, and nowhere will you find a more tragic history. Host Moses Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota) guides this episode of Growing Native, on a journey to Oklahoma's past and present. What he discovers among the many faces of Oklahoma culture is the determination, values and respect that tribes have brought to this land, once called Indian Territory.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 104

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About Growing Native:

GROWING NATIVE is a four-part series that takes viewers on adventures throughout Indian country.

Through conversations between different episode hosts and local guides, viewers get a glimpse of modern and traditional reservation life, and learn how native people pass on their experience and wisdom to others in a positive way.

The series highlights these shared experiences to help bridge a better understanding of native people.

Viewers also learn how Native communities are working toward sustainable food sovereignty and renewable energy sources, and how they are adapting to impacts from climate change.