Aerospace engineer Aaron Yazzie (Navajo) smudges astronaut John Herrington (Chickasaw) with an eagle feather that flew with Herrington on the Space Shuttle.

Aerospace engineer Aaron Yazzie (Navajo) smudges astronaut John Herrington (Chickasaw) with an eagle feather that flew with Herrington on the Space Shuttle.

Credit: Courtesy of Providence Pictures

Next week, we’ll explore the foundational beliefs and traditions that Native Americans carry forward to this day and spy on the largest ecosystem on earth with uncanny robotic deep-sea look-alikes. Take a look at what’s coming up!

Ken Burns: The American Buffalo - Sunday, October 22 at 10 AM
Join us for a marathon presentation of this two-part, four-hour series that takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history, tracing the buffalo’s evolution, significance to the Great Plains, near demise and relationship to the Indigenous People of North America.

POV: Aurora’s Sunrise - Monday, October 23 at 11 PM
At 14, Aurora Madriganian survived the Armenian Genocide and escaped to New York, where her story became a media sensation. Her newfound fame led to her starring in Auction of Souls, one of Hollywood's earliest blockbusters. Blending storybook animation, video testimony, and rediscovered footage from her lost silent epic, Aurora's Sunrise revives her forgotten story.

Native America Season 2 - Tuesday, October 24 at 9 PM
Building on the success of the first season, this four-part Native-directed series reveals the beauty and power of today’s Indigenous world. Part one explores how Native innovators led a revolution in music, building and space exploration.

Spy in the Ocean, A Nature Miniseries - Wednesday, October 25 at 8 PM
This four-part Nature miniseries employs animatronic spy cameras disguised as marine animals to secretly record behavior in the wild. These uncanny robotic look-alikes take us to places where no spy has gone before.

Secrets of the Dead: Eiffel’s Race to the Top - Wednesday, October 25 at 10 PM
Discover the untold story behind Paris’ most famous landmark and the race to build a monument 1,000 feet tall. Through dramatic recreations, official renderings and personal archives, see how the Eiffel Tower became an icon.