Navajo Star Wars
Season 2
Episode 4
About the Episode
May the Fourth is a special night at the West Winds Drive-In in Glendale Arizona where Manny Wheeler is screening Star Wars, dubbed into Navajo. It's one of many innovative ways of preserving Native languages.
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| Expires: | Runtime: 5m 50s
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Extras
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Native America Season 2 | Extended Trailer
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Episode 1 Preview | From Caves to Cosmos
Ancient clues and modern science answer the question: who were America’s First Peoples?0:30 -
Extended Interview: The Earliest Cave Paintings in America
Anna Roosevelt dates the cave paintings in Brazil’s Amazon jungle to 13,000 years ago.2:58 -
Extended Interview: The Importance of Names
Zuni elder Jim Enote explains how Native names for places provides important information.2:36 -
Episode 2 Preview | Nature to Nations
Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies.0:30 -
Extended Interview: David Carrasco on Shared Beliefs
Illuminating the similarities of the religious beliefs shared across the Americas.4:24 -
Ancient Amazon Peoples
Ancient art suggests people have been in the Americas much longer than previously thought.3:03
