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Native America explores the world created by America’s First Peoples. The four part series reaches back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the stars, unique systems of science and spirituality, and 100 million people connected by social networks spanning two continents.
Ancient clues and modern science answer the question: who were America’s First Peoples?
Learn how to make this staple dish, which is part of nearly every meal in a Cherokee home.
Learn How To Make Sumac Lemonade
Sumac berries lend themselves for a lemony-earthy flavored spice or in a beverage.
The gods gather in Teotihuacan to sacrifice themselves in order to create the world.
The Comanche adapt the horse as a powerful ally in the fight to protect their way of life.
Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky.
Haudenosaunee’s Legendary Founding
The Hiawatha wampum belt tells the story of the Haudenosaunee’s legendary founding.
Extended Interview: Severin Fowles on Native Science
Archaeologist Severin Fowles re-imagines Native religion as Native science.
Extended Interview: Diana Magaloni on the Power of Pigments
Illuminating the extraordinary measures Aztec artists took to record their culture.
Extended Interview: Burning a Forest to Revive a People
Valentin Lopez, of the Amah Mutsun, uses fire to save his peoples culture.
Episode 4 Preview | New World Rising
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed.
Extended Interview: Evidence of the Comanche
With help, the archaeologist finds evidence of the illusive Comanche.
Horses continue to be an important part of Comanche identity and tradition.
Episode 3 Preview | Cities of the Sky
Discover the cosmological secrets behind America’s ancient cities.
Extended Interview: Ian Thompson on Ancient Earthen Mounds
The Choctaw scholar reflects on the ancient tradition of earthen mounds and mound culture.
Extended Interview: Religion at Teotihuacan
Harvard professor of Religion David Carrasco speaks on religion and Teotihuacan.
