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S1 E8: The American Revolution through Native Eyes

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

The Native Americans experience the American Revolution as allies, as participants in their own civil wars and as neutral parties; for many, the resolution of the American Revolution holds little meaning; the rule of the colonists or the Crown.

Oct 13

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11:30PM

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30 Min

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2022

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S1 E8: The American Revolution through Native Eyes

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

The Native Americans experience the American Revolution as allies, as participants in their own civil wars and as neutral parties; for many, the resolution of the American Revolution holds little meaning; the rule of the colonists or the Crown.

Oct 13

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11:30PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E7: The Seven Years' War in Indian Country

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

The French and Indian War are portrayed in history as a turning point for Native nations in the East; for some, it serves as a victory, for others, a defeat; a changed storyline; the perspectives of Native people who experience the era differently.

Oct 13

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11PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E6: Indian-European Encounters, 1700-1750

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

An exploration of the Iroquois Confederacy and the Lenape people; Native Americans keep or lose their lands through treaties and negotiations; the repercussions of these conflicts sometimes go beyond relocation; enslavement or near annihilation.

Oct 13

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10:30PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E5: Iroquoia and Wendake in the 1600s

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

Once Europeans arrive, the Native peoples of the Northeast want to maintain their autonomy; the strategies and experiences of the Wendat and Iroquois; Native Americans transform the European colonial project while preserving a measured separatism.

Oct 13

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10PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E4: Werowocomoco and Montaup in the 1600s

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

How connections are forged between Native Americans and newcomers as they incorporate each other into their worlds; examples across the Northeastern Woodlands down to Werowocomoco; how the search for common ground begins at first contact.

Oct 13

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9:30PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E3: The Native South and Southwest in the 1600s

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

The cultures that exist before the Spanish Invasion; the struggle for power through Hernando de Soto's entrada through the Southeast; the Pueblo War for Independence in the Southwest; the Native American worlds born in the aftermath of these events.

Oct 13

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9PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E2: The Columbian Exchange: New Worlds for All

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

The misleading dichotomy of Old World and New World impacts perceptions of Native Americans; the Columbian Exchange is the crux behind the creation of new worlds for all; shaping everything from the fauna and flora to the cuisines of the world.

Oct 13

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8:30PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream

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S1 E1: Native America: A Story of Survival

Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2016

The commonly held views of Native Americans and the realities of a tapestry of vibrant cultures; Cobb explains the pitfalls that occur when history does not provide this crucial viewpoint; the mistake of consigning Native Americans to the past.

Oct 13

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8PM

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30 Min

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Available with Freestream