Nov 1 – 30
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Join Arizona PBS as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month! Discover the rich cultures and traditions of our nation’s First People through stories that connect us. With friends by our side, we learn, play and share incredible adventures, from storytelling to sleigh rides.
Community
Finding a Voice: Fostering Indigenous Composers
Over the past 20 years, the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s outreach efforts have grown into the fully-fledged Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP) providing levels of access to music education that are scarce in rural areas. Central Sound followed NACAP’s resident quartet throughout the Navajo Nation to schools involved in the project, capturing the process as well as interviewing students, performers and composers.
Indigenous arts and culture
Ed Kabotie
Ed Kabotie is a musician, painter, storyteller and educator from the Tewa village of Santa Clara in northern New Mexico, and the Hopi village of Shungopavi in northern Arizona. His music speaks to Native American history and the social and environmental injustices experienced by Native Americans in the southwestern U.S.
Hoop Dance
Learn about the history and importance of Hoop Dancing from guest Dennis Bowen Sr., long time emcee of the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest hosted annually by the Heard Museum.
SPONSOR MESSAGE:
Native American stories
a film by ken burns
The American Buffalo
The dramatic story of America’s national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world, and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.
Culture
Little Bird
Bezhig Little Bird was adopted into a Jewish family at the age of five, being stripped of her identity and becoming Esther Rosenblum. Now in her 20s, Bezhig longs for the family she lost and to fill in the missing pieces. Her quest lands her in the Canadian prairies where she discovers that she was one of the generation of children forcibly apprehended by the Canadian government.
Culture
Growing Native
Learn how Native communities are working toward sustainable food sovereignty and renewable energy sources, and how they are adapting to impacts from climate change. Members can stream online anytime with Arizona PBS Passport.
NOVA
Legacy of the Land Collection
In this six-part series, indigenous filmmakers highlight climate stories from native communities across the United States and share insight from their traditions, culture and knowledge.
Specials for kids
PBS KIDS
Explore Alaska Native values and history
In this animated story from “Molly of Denali,” Molly and Tooey are eager to help when tourists seek a “real” Alaska Native guide but feel hurt when they don’t meet the tourists’ expectations. Learning about activist Elizabeth Peratrovich, who fought discrimination, inspires them to challenge stereotypes and change perspectives.
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