Native America
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Audio/Visual
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Category
Cultural Documentary
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Publication Year
2018
Publisher
URL
[ private ]
Duration
54 minutes
Subject
Indians -- History. Indians -- Social life and customs. Indians of Central America. Indians of North America. Indians of South America. Teotihuacan. Chaco Canyon. Cahokia. Monk's Mound. Iroquois. Chumash. Pyramids.
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Episode One: "From Caves to Cosmos"
Focuses on the deep roots of Native America: Who are America’s First Peoples and how did they create their unique world? Answers emerge from Hopi Elders on pilgrimage at sacred Chaco Canyon in the New Mexico desert, scientists examining ancient cave painting in the Amazon jungle, Chumash boat builders exploring their tribe’s ancient migration legacy off California’s coast, and an archaeologist digging deep below a towering pyramid at Teotihuacan near Mexico City
Episode Two: "Nature to Nations"
Entering on the democracy of New York’s Haudenosaunee Peoples — also known as the Iroquois Confederacy — “Nature to Nations” reveals how elements of the natural world drive governance in Native America. The story of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, as told by native elders, demonstrates how shell helped end war among five tribes and bring about America’s first democracy 500 years before the United States. Ben Franklin and the Founding Fathers would later integrate key ideas from their government into the United States Constitution.
Episode Three: "Cities of the Sky"
Outside present-day St. Louis, Missouri, ten thousand people came there to build massive earthwork pyramids into a city now known as Cahokia. Research suggests these ancient urban centers are more than just great feats of engineering and artistry. They are heavenly cities — aligned to, inspired by, and synchronized with the movement of the sun, moon and stars. It is the same story told today by the Choctaw, native descendants of other mound-building cultures who still consider sky worship central to ceremonies performed at their ancestral mound. These deeply held beliefs are expressed in the design of cities across the Americas, from the Mississippi to Teotihuacan and Uxmal in Mexico and the Incan Coriconcha in Cuzco, Peru.
Episode Four: "New World Rising"
Centers on a little-known empire forged by the Comanches in the American West. Their elders speak of how they transformed the horse — a weapon of conquest — into a treasured ally. And a stunning discovery of a canyon full of rock art reveals incredible new details about the empire’s birth. It is a window into the beginning of a long push back against colonialism and the Comanche Empire’s defense of a vibrant culture that thrives to this day. The Comanche story unifies diverse narratives of resistance, survival, and revival across North and South America. Other stories include an art historian deciphering messages hidden in an ancient Aztec manuscript known as the Florentine Codex, a Natchez chief passing on traditional medicine-making to a new generation in Oklahoma, the Amah Mutsun of California using fire to restore their ancestral forest, and a Peruvian village weaving a massive suspension bridge from blades of grass.
Focuses on the deep roots of Native America: Who are America’s First Peoples and how did they create their unique world? Answers emerge from Hopi Elders on pilgrimage at sacred Chaco Canyon in the New Mexico desert, scientists examining ancient cave painting in the Amazon jungle, Chumash boat builders exploring their tribe’s ancient migration legacy off California’s coast, and an archaeologist digging deep below a towering pyramid at Teotihuacan near Mexico City
Episode Two: "Nature to Nations"
Entering on the democracy of New York’s Haudenosaunee Peoples — also known as the Iroquois Confederacy — “Nature to Nations” reveals how elements of the natural world drive governance in Native America. The story of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, as told by native elders, demonstrates how shell helped end war among five tribes and bring about America’s first democracy 500 years before the United States. Ben Franklin and the Founding Fathers would later integrate key ideas from their government into the United States Constitution.
Episode Three: "Cities of the Sky"
Outside present-day St. Louis, Missouri, ten thousand people came there to build massive earthwork pyramids into a city now known as Cahokia. Research suggests these ancient urban centers are more than just great feats of engineering and artistry. They are heavenly cities — aligned to, inspired by, and synchronized with the movement of the sun, moon and stars. It is the same story told today by the Choctaw, native descendants of other mound-building cultures who still consider sky worship central to ceremonies performed at their ancestral mound. These deeply held beliefs are expressed in the design of cities across the Americas, from the Mississippi to Teotihuacan and Uxmal in Mexico and the Incan Coriconcha in Cuzco, Peru.
Episode Four: "New World Rising"
Centers on a little-known empire forged by the Comanches in the American West. Their elders speak of how they transformed the horse — a weapon of conquest — into a treasured ally. And a stunning discovery of a canyon full of rock art reveals incredible new details about the empire’s birth. It is a window into the beginning of a long push back against colonialism and the Comanche Empire’s defense of a vibrant culture that thrives to this day. The Comanche story unifies diverse narratives of resistance, survival, and revival across North and South America. Other stories include an art historian deciphering messages hidden in an ancient Aztec manuscript known as the Florentine Codex, a Natchez chief passing on traditional medicine-making to a new generation in Oklahoma, the Amah Mutsun of California using fire to restore their ancestral forest, and a Peruvian village weaving a massive suspension bridge from blades of grass.
Description
2 videodiscs (216 min.): sound, color; 4 3/4 in. Audio in English with optional English subtitles.
Episodes 54 minutes each.
Episodes 54 minutes each.
Biblio Notes
Academic Online Video:
https://video-alexanderstreet-com.swcproxy.swccd.edu/search?ff[]=series:Native%20America&sort=title_asc
Films on Demand:
https://digital-films-com.swcproxy.swccd.edu/p_Collection.aspx?seriesID=171661
https://video-alexanderstreet-com.swcproxy.swccd.edu/search?ff[]=series:Native%20America&sort=title_asc
Films on Demand:
https://digital-films-com.swcproxy.swccd.edu/p_Collection.aspx?seriesID=171661
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This series does a good job of introducing Native American art and culture within a contemporary framework. I liked that they include animations of myths and creation stories which are told in their original languages. I particularly like the episode "Cities of the Sky" because it links cultures across the Americas through their architecture and its relationship to astronomy.
4 years ago