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Resilience Growing Up Native - Thirsty (for Knowledge) Thursday

In this moving, 10-minute profile, a Shoshone elder from Wyoming reflects on his childhood and his time fighting in Vietnam.

Philbert McLeod is featured in the new documentary What Was Ours, about Native Americans’ fight to reclaim their missing artifacts from Chicago’s Field Museum. You can stream the full documentary on the PBS website. 

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Creating a Living Language - Thirsty (for Knowledge) Thursday

"It's easier to speak our language when we're in the woods, because our language is really based on what's going on out there. But how do we make that transition into today's life... We spend a lot of days at home, in the office, on the road, and we have to learn to express those things, too."

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Thirsty (for Knowledge) Thursday - Dance & Regalia

Rooted in tradition and ceremony, dancing is an important part of Native American culture. Hundreds of dances exist, performed by tribes across the United States. In this segment, Russell Harjo, Leya Hale and Jennie Kappenman explore the meaning, history, and regalia of three unique Native American dances. 

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