Native American Heritage Month 2022
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NOVA, Nazca Desert Mystery*
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 9 PM
Thursday, Nov. 3, at 2 AM
Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 5 PM
Who created the Nazca lines, one of archaeology's greatest enigmas, and why? Recent finds of long-hidden lines and figures etched into the Peruvian Desert offer new clues to the origins and purpose behind these giant desert symbols.
Groundworks*
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Sunday, Nov. 6, at 11 PM
Monday, Nov. 7, at 4 AM
FUSION (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):
Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 PM
Saturday, Nov. 12, at 3 PM
Learn about four California Native co-creators of the Groundworks project, an immersive, year-long media collaboration that culminated with a performance on Alcatraz Island on San Francisco's first official Indigenous Peoples Day in October 2018. While weaving together these artists' stories and their contemporary ways of sharing traditional knowledge, the program also explores land management issues, water rights, and food-security—concerns for all Americans, especially in an age of climate change.
Battle Over Bears Ears
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Sunday, Nov. 20, at 11 PM
Monday, Nov. 21, at 4 AM
Explore the deep connections to place and the vast cultural divides that are fueling the fight over how the Bears Ears Monument is protected and managed. At its heart, it's a battle for homeland and sovereignty. Bears Ears, a remote section of land characterized by its distinctive red cliffs and abundance of juniper and sage, is at the center of a fight over who has a say in how Western landscapes are protected and managed.
American Masters, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On*
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 9 PM
Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 2 AM
FUSION (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):
Sunday, Nov. 27, at 5 PM
Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 8 PM
Discover the groundbreaking ascent of Indigenous artist Buffy Sainte-Marie as she rises to prominence in New York’s folk music scene and blazes a path as an Oscar-winning singer-songwriter, social activist, educator and artist.