Special Native American Programming in November is made possible by
Island Resort & Casino

Spirit of the Land
This 3-part series aimed at grades 7-12 shows how contemporary Native American cultures, living in vastly different environments, meet the challenge of balancing the past with the present. Highlights the Alaskan environment and Yup'lk lifestyle; various cultures found on the Hawaiian Islands; and present-day environmental concerns.
Mondays at 2:30 pm, November 3, 10 & 17

Remembered Earth: New Mexico’s High Desert
New Mexico’s high desert is a captivating land of hallowed mountains, red rock canyons and vast, sere plateaus. Filmmaker John Grabowska and author N. Scott Momaday interpret the myth, beauty and power of the scarred but sacred landscape of the American West.
Monday, November 17 at 10:30 pm ET

Independent Lens
“March Point”
This film follows the journey of three teens from the Swinomish Tribe who have been asked to make a film about the threat their people face from two local oil refineries. In the late 1950s, two refineries were built on March Point, an area that was once part of the Swinomish reservation by treaty. This is the story of the boys’ awakening to the destruction these refineries have wrought in their communities. Ambivalent environmental ambassadors at the onset, the boys grapple with their assignment through humor, sarcasm and a candid self-knowledge. But as their filmmaking evolves, they experience the need to understand and tell their stories, and the power of this process to change their lives.
Tuesday, November 18 at 10 pm ET

Brulé, Live at Mt. Rushmore:
A Concert for Reconciliation of the Cultures
Filmed in front an audience of 11,000 people at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial in July of 2007, this concert was produced by one of the top-selling Native American recording artists worldwide, Brulé. Combines beautiful music with breathtaking Native American rhythms and dance, while delivering the unmistakable message of peace, hope, and reconciliation.
Sunday, November 23 at 10 pm & Monday, November 24 at 2 pm

Inside Passage
This special expores the history, culture and natural beauty of the 1,000-mile-long waterway between Seattle and the Alaskan panhandle, with special emphasis on legendary native peoples, including the Tlingit, Lummi and Kwakwaka’wakw.
Pictured: Lummi canoe.
Wednesday, November 26 at 1 pm ET

Independent Lens
“Trudell”
Combining images and archival footage with interviews and performances, this biography reveals the philosophy and motivations behind Native American activist and poet John Trudell, examining his work and its relationship to contemporary Indian history. The film combines archival, concert and interview footage with abstract imagery mirroring the coyote nature of Trudell himself. Pictured: John Trudell speaks at a press conference during the Alcatraz occupation in 1971.
Wednesday, November 26 at 2 pm ET

Stories in Stone
This a story of love, for place, heritage and family and a tale that demonstrates how a craft, initiated at the point of European contact, has come to serve as a strategy for resiliency and resistance. For over four hundred years Narragansett Tribal stonemasons built the stone walls that wind picturesquely through the woods of southern New England. Interspersing footage that eloquently captures the beauty of these walls and interviews with tribal elders and members of two prominent Narragansett mason families, filmmakers Lilach Dekel and Marc Levitt weave a story that is at once poetic and inspirational.
Friday, November 28 at 2:30 pm ET