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Growing Native

Through conversations between episode hosts and local guides, viewers get a glimpse of modern and traditional reservation life. The series highlights these shared experiences to help bridge a better understanding of native people. Learn how Native communities are working toward sustainable food sovereignty and renewable energy sources, and how they are adapting to impacts from climate change.

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Oklahoma (Red People)

Season 1 Episode 104 | 56m 46s | CC

Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Nowhere in North America will you find such diversity among Native Peoples, and nowhere will you find a more tragic history. Host Moses Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota) discovers, among the many faces of Oklahoma culture, the determination, values and respect that tribes have brought to this land, once called Indian Territory.

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