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Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the brand-new, 2016, high-definition program, learn all about the Native Americans of the Northeast. What were the major Native-American tribes of the Northeast? What types of clothing did they wear and why? Explore the fascinating culture, lifestyle and history of the Iroquois, Pequot and Shawnee. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living in America. It wasn't exactly a 'New World,' but an old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors, and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals, and disease. Here is an exploration into...
6) 500 nations
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by contact"--Booklet.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Saint and strangers dramatizes the pilgrims voyage and arrival to America. Upon landing they encounter hunger, disease and the proud but wary Native Americans. Loyalties are tested and hard fought alliances between leaders become strained when the pilgrims suspect a traitor in their midst.
10) Wind river
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An FBI agent teams with a town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
11) Smoke signals
Series
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town to retrieve the remains of Victor's father.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Sign of the Beaver - Keith Carradine and Annette O'Toole head an outstanding cast in this gripping coming of age survival saga in the tradition of My Side of the Mountain. A colonial family seeks a new life in the uncharted Maine wilderness in 1768.
The Legend of Tillamook's Gold - Julie (Suzanne Marie Doyon), a lonely fourteen-year-old, is in for the most amazing summer of her life when she finds an ancient coin on the beach and uncovers a local...
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Living Desert is a study of plant and animal life in the arid plain which stretches from Oregon to Mexico and from California to Texas. Includes scenes of a death struggle between a hawk and a rattlesnake, an encounter between a bobcat and wild pigs, a contest between two male turtles for the favor of a female, and the courtship dance of a pair of scorpions. Also shows a time-lapse sequence of desert flowers coming into bloom. The Vanishing Prairie...
15) Powwow highway
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
With nothing in common but their Native American heritage, two men begin a cross-country adventure filled with comedy and drama.
16) The Pathfinder
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The legendary woodsman known as the Pathfinder, his adoptive Indian father, Chingachgook, and a beautiful Colonial woman, Mabel Dunham, are swept up in a desperate race to rescue a British fort besieged by hostile French forces, and a deadly, unknown traitor.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic,...
18) Pocahontas
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1607, a group of British adventurers, including John Smith, led by the greedy Virginia Company governor Ratcliffe, set sail for the New World, seeking gold and other treasures. In Virginia, Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan's daughter, ponders her life as she is faced with marriage to the stern warrior, Kocoum. The British establish the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia and dig up the countryside for gold. Smith meets Pocahontas and they overcome their...
19) Colonial America
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
How did the quest for Gold, God and Glory shape our country? What was at the heart of the tension between the colonists and the Powhatans? In what ways does our colonial heritage continue to shape the stories, art and culture of our modern world? All of that and pirates too!
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