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We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.

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Season 1

8.8/105 votes
Apache Stronghold
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2017
The Apache's most sacred land has been handed over to a multinational mining company by the US government, but the San Carlos Apache are fighting to stop the transfer.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Sacred Water: Standing Rock Part I
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/2017
The people of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota fight to stop a pipeline from being built on their ancestral homeland.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Red Power: Standing Rock Part II
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2017
Over 5,000 Red Power warriors have descended on Standing Rock camp to stand in solidarity and protect tribal burial sites from the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
MMA Warriors
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2017
Young Navajo fighters who engage in mixed-martial arts in order to combat alcoholism, racism and violence are spotlighted.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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The Urban Rez
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2017
An urban reservation in Canada aims to fight poverty, crime and violence against girls and women.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Hawaiian Sovereignty
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2017
Young Indigenous Hawaiians fight to reclaim their Occupied Kingdom from US control, resisting the construction of a billion-dollar telescope at the summit of their sacred Mauna Kea.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Poisoned River
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2017
The Krenak People fight to survive a toxic spill that has contaminated their river.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Warriors Rising
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2017
Savage Family, a militant Native hip-hop crew, recruits disenfranchised Native youth using rap to reclaim cultural identity and incite resistance by any means.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown