Season 2

Season 2

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Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian country. Building on the success of the first season, this four-part Native directed series reveals the beauty and power of today’s Indigenous world.

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Language Is Life
Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them. From secret recordings to "Star Wars" films dubbed in Navajo, follow the revolutionary steps transforming Native America.
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Language Is Life
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Language Is Life
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Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them. From secret recordings to "Star
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Women Rule
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Women Rule
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Native women are leading, innovating, and inspiring in the arts, politics, and protecting the planet. Native America explo
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Warrior Spirit
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Warrior Spirit
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Across Native America, warrior traditions support incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games, and glory. Cele
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New Worlds
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New Worlds
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Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration. From the surface of Mars to the New York Ci
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Navajo Star Wars
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Navajo Star Wars
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May the Fourth is a special night at the West Winds Drive-In in Glendale Arizona where Manny Wheeler is screening Star War
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The First Frybread Western
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The First Frybread Western
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Manny Wheeler fights to preserve his people's language by dubbing popular movies like "Star Wars" into Navajo. In looking
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Arigon (Super) Starr
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Arigon (Super) Starr
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Arigon Starr is an award-winning singer songwriter, a stage and radio playwright, and the creator of the cult comic book S
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Betty Osceola - Earth Protector
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Betty Osceola - Earth Protector
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Betty Osceola draws on generations of Miccosukee teachings about respecting all living things and protecting the world in
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Voices from the Past
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Voices from the Past
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Native America Series Producer Daniel Golding is at the Library of Congress’s National Audio-Visual Conservation Center to
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The Halluci Nation Puts a New Spin On a Traditional Beat
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The Halluci Nation Puts a New Spin On a Traditional Beat
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In a club in Brooklyn, Bear Witness and Tim 2oolman Hill, the duo behind The Halluci Nation, an electronic music group, ar
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Reading Between the Lines in Cherokee
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Reading Between the Lines in Cherokee
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians archaeologist Beau Carroll and Cherokee Nation citizen and historian Julie Reed explore a
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From Church to Memorial in Passamaquoddy
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From Church to Memorial in Passamaquoddy
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Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Donald Soctomah visits an abandoned Catholic Church in Sipayik, Maine.
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Fashion Forever
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Fashion Forever
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By embracing her Native identity, Jamie Okuma is breaking down the barriers between Indigenous and mainstream art. Jamie’s
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Spider Woman on Mars
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Spider Woman on Mars
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NASA engineer Aaron Yazzie and Navajo master weaver TahNibaa Naataanii reflect on the role of weaving in the birth of the
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Solar Warrior
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Solar Warrior
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Henry Red Cloud is creating a sustainable solar powered housing for the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation using modern materia
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Halluci Nation Rocks Brooklyn
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Halluci Nation Rocks Brooklyn
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In a club in Brooklyn, Bear Witness and Tim 2oolman Hill, the duo behind The Halluci Nation, an electronic music group, ar
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Going for Gold
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Going for Gold
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18-year-old Mariah Bahe, seven time national amateur boxing champion, taps into warrior spirit to achieve her dream of ser
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Language Protectors
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Language Protectors
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Donald Soctomah and Dwayne Tomah are on a mission to keep the Passamaquoddy language alive and get back stolen land. They
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Native America Season 2 | Extended Trailer
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Native America Season 2 | Extended Trailer
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About Season 2

Smashing stereotypes, Season 2 follows the brilliant engineers, bold politicians, and cutting-edge artists who draw upon Native tradition to build a better 21st century.

Each hour brings a core tenet of Native heritage to life through contemporary stories of the here and now. “New Worlds” reveals the power of Indigenous art and engineering, and the musicians, astronauts, and builders who are constructing a better, Native-led, tomorrow. “Language is Life” explores how Native languages and communication have fueled the Indigenous soul since time immemorial. It uncovers the remarkable linguistic revitalization taking place through the dubbing of Hollywood blockbusters into Native languages, and the use of state-of-the-art technology to recover secret inscriptions that were once lost to time.

“Women Rule” showcases the diverse ways women lead across Indian Country, from state houses to the front lines of the environmental movements saving our planet. And “Warrior Spirit” uncovers how the long legacy of Native resilience lives on, both in a proud tradition of contemporary Native military service, and in world-leading feats of athleticism. It reveals a powerful Native drive to represent their communities, through going for gold in championship boxing, risking it all in Indian Horse Relay races, and honoring heroes of the past who laid down their lives to fight colonial oppression over 300 years ago.

These thematic episodes are filled with inspiring stories of Native resilience, resistance, and revival. They uncover the active dialogue between past and present that powers Native America as it enters the 21st century. And they showcase the foundational beliefs and traditions that Native Americans are carrying forward to this day, even as they live fully modern lives.

Native America was produced by a team with Native leadership at every level, created through active input from Native American participants and communities, and filmed by Emmy-award winning cinematographers. These aspects combine to create a depth of access and sense of up-close intimacy that is rarely seen on television. It is a series that was designed from the ground up to illustrate how, from the halls of Congress to the surface of Mars, the future is Native.

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