A Gift of Corn to the Choctaw
About the Episode
Across the eastern United States and Canada there are over 10,000 sacred mounds. Choctaw traditions link their mounds with their ancestors, corn, and the sky. One story tells of two hunters who feed a poor woman. She turns out to have magical powers and rewards the hunters and their people with corn.
Aired:
08/14/18
| Expires: | Runtime: 1m 17s
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Extras
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Season 1 Official Trailer
Native America explores the world created by America’s First Peoples.0:30 -
Native America Season 2 | Extended Trailer
Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country.2:47 -
Episode 3 Preview | Cities of the Sky
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Episode 4 Preview | New World Rising
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed.0:30 -
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
