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Group of people stand in a cluster with cars in background. Caption. Living inside and outside of mainstream American society.

Native American person with face paint wears animal feathered headdress. Caption. But the history of American Indians in this land.

Native American figure with black covering on face holds up weapon in each hand. Second figure lunges in background. Caption. And one of the greatest warrior chiefs.

Man looks at camera and parts lips mid-speech. Backdrop displays black and white illustration of shirtless man falling forward with hair swept up behind him. Caption. One on the eastern seaboard near present-day Boston.

Black and white photo of the midsection of a woman with long, dark hair. Caption. Sarah was also the first American Indian.

Color illustration of a hunter with long, dark hair aiming a spear at two deer by a lake. Caption. Hurled with a unique and powerful tool.

Aerial view of sprawling red rock formations. Caption. Resting between the Rocky Mountains on the east.

Man looks down at camera and parts lips in mid-speech. Backdrop displays painting of a militia bearing an American flag and facing off against Native Americans in battle.

Person walking through low hills of green and brown shrubs and rock strewn in red soil. Caption: through the Texas Panhandle.

Digital illustration of green topographical map with brown cutouts of the human figure marking various locations. Caption. It honors the indigenous people who lived on the land.

Woman in pioneer costume with bonnet rests head on girl snuggled up in her lap. Caption. Anyone with a 10 dollar filing fee can free claim land.

Bright sun shines through cloudy sky over hazy landscape. Caption. Narrator. Land hunger becomes a fever, even for the government.

Forest with many trees. The ground is bumpy with several mounds of green grass between each of the trees. Text reads, “America’s Prehistoric Civilizations: The Mound Builders.”

Exterior walls of an ancient house made of stone with a reddish hue. Parts of the roof and doorway have crumbled. Text reads, “Ancient Pueblo People: The Anasazi.”

View of two Mayan temples made of stone that are crumbling with age. Text reads, “The Maya.”

Still image from: Ancient Life on the Great Plains

Still image from: Archaeo-Tech: Shell Tools

Still image from: Archaeo-Tech: The Atlatl

Aerial view of the ancient mud brick buildings and kivas of Mesa Verde under a sandstone cliff. Caption. "Mesa Verde rewrote the history of the west."

Closeup of a baler turning over a bale of hay.

2 Native American people wearing brightly colored traditional Native American clothing with big feathers perform a dance. Caption. "The Lumbee, the Native American tribe indigenous to this region."

Still image from: Between the Waters: Part 1

Still image from: Between the Waters: Part 2

Still image from: Beyond Being Silenced: Gyaa Isdlaa

Still image from: Bison, People, and Plains

Still image from: Cahokia: Mississippian Metropolis

Still image from: Carolina Snaps: King Hagler--Catawba Indian Chief

Still image from: Celebrate Native American Educators: Jason LaFontaine

Still image from: Celebrate Native American Educators: Mandy Smoker Broaddus

Still image from: Celebrate Native American Educators: Patricia Whitefoot

Still image from: Celebrate Native American Educators: Renae Guenther

Still image from: Chaco Canyon and the Chaco Phenomenon

Young girl seated across a table from a senior man. Caption. Allison, let me tell you a story about my grandfather.

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Name One American Indian Tribe in the United States.

Still image from: Civics Fundamentals With Judge Douglas Ginsburg: Who Lived in America Before the Europeans Arrived?

Group of Native Americans dancing. Some are in native dress. Caption. We're going to be in the dance together.

Senior Native American wearing a feather headdress looks directly at camera. Caption. These were portraits like you might see of Roman emperors.

Digital map titled "Battle of Little Bighorn." A black horse runs west towards Little Bighorn River and the Bighorn Mountains. 3 blue labeled banners for Gibbon, Terry and Custer, and Crook surround the horse, each with an arrow pointing in.

2 Native American men and 2 Native American children sit closely together inside a wood structure. Caption. Listening to stories told by the native elders.

Man wears polo and stands in a room. His mouth is open in mid-speech. Caption. It's a great day to learn about history.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards

Still image from: Dorset Culture and the Arctic Odyssey

Closeup of a person's face. Caption: This is pollution we don't see, smell, taste.

Still image from: Earliest Peoples in America

Senior woman stands behind a wood fence and looks out at a lush garden. Caption. Who continue to keep the family going.

Still image from: First Language: The Race to Save Cherokee

Cartoon. Native American people holding hands, waving at a mountain landscape. Caption. Mother Earth, we thank you for giving us everything we need.

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: French and Indian War (Part 1)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: French and Indian War (Part 2)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: Lewis and Clark Expedition--The Journey West (Part 2)

Still image from: History in a Nutshell: The Trail of Tears

Frame of a cowboy with back to camera. People in foreground lean on fencing. Caption. Because the cowboy has always been my hero.

Woman stands outside and holds both her hands up by her face with another person’s hand reaching in between them like they are doing a choreographed dance.

Man wearing a traditional native American pow wow vest and skirt next to dancers with multiple hoops.

Native dancer performs on a stage as an audience of people watch on.

Group of teenagers wearing yellow t-shirts shirts exit vans, stepping out onto a field. Caption. Man as narrator. Hi, guys.

Still image from: Indian by Birth: The Lumbee Dialect

Illustration of Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman with two braids in her hair and holding a wooden stick in her hand, as she looks out at us. Text reads, “Sacagawea.”

Herd of caribou graze and rest in a snowy, blue-tinted landscape. Caption. Caribou have amazingly warm fur.

Inuit woman with long braids smiles and leans forward as she carries child in hide pouch on her back. Caption. It was the same 50 years ago.

Inuit man works inside hollowed out snow structure while a second person assists outside. Caption. Other people would place the bricks carefully.

Blurry figure holds a paddle in a long canoe out on the water. Caption. He would also have to learn how to paddle a canoe.

4 Native American children walking around a park area. Caption. How am I going to coach these girls?

Rough lava rocks with a few trees growing out of them. Caption: (male narrator) Laval Beds National Monument is all things volcanic.

Narrow river wends through lush green landscape. Caption. Male as narrator. On rolling hills that comprise the river valley.

Native American person on horseback rides off into the distant sunset. Caption. We have a right to speak about it.

Still image from: Maize: The Engine of American Civilization

Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala surrounded by trees. Caption. Father Junipero Serra.

Closeup of the Mission San Diego de Alcala overlaid with a map of California. Gold crosses mark locations along the coast of the map. Spanish caption. La misión San Diego.

Closeup of the bell wall at the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Caption. All who and all who hear the ringing of its bells.

Closeup of the bell wall at the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. Spanish caption. Ésta la distinguida misión de San Gabriel Arcángel.

Closeup of a fountain in front of the arches of the Mission Santa Barbara. Caption. So soundly was this water system engineered that, remarkably.

Black and white illustration of the Mission Santa Barbara. Man in a wide brimmed hat rides a horse and other people populate the foreground. Spanish caption. La misión santa Bárbara.

Still image from: Mossback's Northwest: Chief Joseph in Seattle

Rectangular rock formation stands tall in the desert beneath puffy clouds. Text reads, "Native Americans."

Sepia-toned closeup portrait of a senior Native American man wearing a headdress. Caption. They all survived off the herds of buffalo that roamed the land.

Closeup of a shiny brown bird-like mask with a red beak and dark eyes. Caption. They also carved elaborate masks made of wood for ceremonies.

Sepia-toned photo of a multi-level stone structure with stairs, walls, and chimneys. Caption. They could be built to stand up to seven stories high.

Interior of hut with wood poles lashed together in a grid, forming the frame for the walls and ceiling. Caption. A long house was much like an apartment house.

Black and white photo of 4 military soldiers walking through rocky terrain. Caption. And then three other code talkers were wounded.

Inuk man wearing a fur coat walks away from a hunting shelter, hilly terrain covered in snow. Caption. Grandfathers. Are you ready, Nuligak?

Salmon on the floor of a boat. Caption: MY FIRST CATCH, A BEAUTIFUL PINK SALMON.

Closeup of light reflecting on water and a tangle of branches at bottom right of frame. Caption. Have just crossed the dominant geographical feature.

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Can Tattoos Be Taboo?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: How Columbus Invented Cannibals

Still image from: Origin of Everything: What is Cultural Appropriation?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Eat Popcorn at The Movies?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Would You Have Joined the American Revolution?

Still image from: Our Story: The Indigenous Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco

Large barn next to small red buildings shrouded by trees beneath a dusky sky. Caption. Pipestone is a billion and a half-year-old.

Black and white illustration of 3 figures standing around a wooden pole with their arms around one another. Other figures dance in a circle around them. Caption. Chief Powhatan decided he still loved his daughter.

Still image from: Potatoes: South America's Gift to the World

Treetop view of forested area with rolling hills peeking through in background. Caption. Not the uniformity of summer's full foliage.

Still image from: Rivertowns: 100 Miles, 200 Years, Countless Stories

Wooden sign with white figure aiming a spear-like arrow. Sign reads, "Russell Cave National Monument." Caption. Male as narrator. The monument's sign marks the entrance.

Low-angle closeup of a Native American woman appearing to portray Sacagawea. Her black hair is in low, braided pigtails wrapped with tan leather against a blue sky background. Caption. My heart is full.

Closeup of a man with a stoic expression wearing vibrant yellow, red, orange, and white ceremonial regalia.

Native American man in a head dress and traditional clothing gesturing with his hands. Come straight, buffalo! Caption: This extraordinary film from 1930 shows "Plains indian sign language," or "Hand talk."

Woman in a black blazer stands next to a large computer monitor. She looks past camera as her hands gesture with thumbs and pointer fingers bent parallel to 1 another to form brackets.

Covered wagon is drawn by horses through a field. Man walking and a man riding a horse follow behind. Caption. And for the 5,000 immigrants traveling the Oregon Trail.

Native American person speaking into camera with an image of snowy mountains as a backdrop. Caption. It took years to develop the self-image you possess.

Painting of 1800s frontiersmen shooting at Native Americans. Caption. He then, successfully, led his warriors.

Cartoon. Closeup of a wolf's face with eyes looking towards camera and its mouth slightly open as if speaking. Caption. The wolf clan tells us it's a land far to the north.

Cartoon. Closeup of a wolf's face with eyes looking towards camera and mouth slightly open as if speaking. Caption. During the season of the falling leaves.

Cartoon. Closeup of a wolf's face and neck. Wolf's eyes look slightly to the side and its mouth is gently open in a calm expression. Caption. Much higher.

Wide angle view of a section of a mountain range and slopes covered in snow and ice. Caption. Cub as narrator. What are glaciers?

Cartoon. Closeup of a freshly cut tree that was growing on a snowy slope. Sound of crashing.

Book cover shows illustrations of men wearing pants and hats and women wearing long skirts who all appear to be walking around a small fire on the ground. In the background, an orange sky and blue hills bursting with fall-colored trees. Book title appears in English as "We Are Grateful"; then it appears in phonetic Cherokee, "Otsaliheliga," and again in the Cherokee syllabary.

English soldiers march through the fog, moving towards a distant blaze. Caption. Mad Anthony's troops indiscriminately destroy.

Woman stands in front of a gold curtain and sings into a microphone. Lyrical caption. Sound of singing. And I just stopped growin'?

Low closeup of an Eskimo woman with dark straight hair and a headband worn at the forehead. Caption. Body decoration and tattoos were also used by Eskimos.

Black and white photos of a Native American woman and man wearing medals around their necks. Caption. Like currency used to purchase loyalty.

Still image from: The Electric Sheep: The Knowledge of Science in Indigenous Languages (Spanish)

3 wooden sailing ships with large masts and British flags sail on the calm, open sea. Caption. If he hopes to found his own colonies in North America.

Still image from: The Evolution of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Abundance, Prosperity, and Complexity

Tide recedes on a quiet beach beneath a rocky cliff and a cloudy sky. Text reads, "The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors."

Still image from: The Hohokam: Triumph in the Desert

Black and white illustration of Native Americans and English colonists intermingling. John Smith and Pocahontas are at the center standing next to a religious figure.

Aerial view of tufted treetops beneath a cloudy sky.

Shadowy closeup of men wearing face paint and aiming rifles in a forested setting.

Blurred film still of 3 men in period costumes holding rifles as they walk in a line through tall grass.

Native American man in a tan cowboy hat, navy suit jacket, and orange shirt looks down towards the camera. Behind him, a brightly colored wall hanging.

Two stacks of square-shaped adobe blocks. Caption. Adobe is a sandy clay which can be shaped easily.

5 Native American people on horseback in a snowy setting. All are holding long wooden medicine sticks at their side.

People sit in folding chairs around a table covered with a Native American tablecloth. Some have crossed arms and others are looking down.

Still image from: The Ring People (Episode 1)

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Still image from: The Ring People (Episode 8)

Closeup of a man with short blonde hair wearing a gray pinstripe suit talking in front of a blurred background. Caption. And relations between the colony and the Indians.

Still image from: The War of 1812

Native American woman dressed in a tan fringe top, colorful scarf and hair piece holds a child in her arms. Caption. Were foods like corn, potatoes, turkey.

2 Inuk children lay on a sled pulled through the snow by 4 Huskies. 2 children follow behind.

Close up of a young girl looking down and facing a senior person in a headscarf whose back faces camera. Caption. And if he was, all you have to do.

Indigenous woman with braided pigtails wears a traditional red costume with glitter and a cape with long multicolored fringe as she dances.

Side view of an industrial kitchen counter with 4 women wearing white hair nets while they prepare to mix and bake something in silver mixing bowls and springform pans. 1 woman on the left side takes a paper from a woman on the right.

Team of lacrosse players in uniform form a circle on the side of a rainy neighborhood street at dusk. They hold their black and white lacrosse sticks up and together in the center, and some players wear Santa hats.

Men in military uniform sit amongst civilians in a crowd of people. Caption. Man 2 as narrator. That at Iwo Jima, all those who fought.

Girl looks up proudly as she holds a feather while the wind blows through her hair. Outlines of people holding hands stand on hills in the background. Title reads, "We Are Water Protectors."

Still image from: We Will Speak

Still image from: Who Was Sitting Bull?

Illustration of 2 plateaus with 1 white and 1 red horizontal stripe topped with green trees above several adobe-style homes. Caption. And the importance of our culture.

Color illustration of a group of Native American people on horseback. Caption. The most important change came with the arrival of the horse.

Still image from: Wish You Were Here: A Century of Missouri State Parks

Still image from: Without a Whisper

Native American woman looking at camera, seated. Caption. To continue to do the things that he's doing for our people.