Native American Culture & History

This collection discusses how various Native American tribes have influenced different regions of North America. Native American tribe members also share their cultural heritage and love for the Earth.

  • 5 minutes 19 seconds
    Buffalo Robe
    Narrator Loren Yellowbird describes the impact of buffalo on the local trade market, and details the process of making a buffalo robe.
    5 July 2013, 4:00 am
  • 5 minutes 26 seconds
    Trade Scene
    A narrated re-enactment of a trade negotiation between a Fort Union Trader, a Native American Chief, and a translator. The negotiation ceremony is enacted and described in some detail.
    5 July 2013, 4:00 am
  • 7 minutes 29 seconds
    Passing On Traditions
    A brief video which details some of the traditions, practices, music, trades, and cultural artifacts of the Kaibab Paiute tribe in the Pipe Spring National Monument.
    5 July 2013, 4:00 am
  • 2 minutes 22 seconds
    Lewis and Clark: Clatsop Tribal Greetings!
    The indigenous people of the Fort Clatsop area welcome you.
    14 March 2013, 4:23 pm
  • 49 seconds
    Lewis and Clark: Preserve These Fragile Lands
    Richard Bash of the Clatsop tribe encourages visitors to make all efforts to preserve national parks.
    14 March 2013, 4:23 pm
  • 3 minutes 52 seconds
    Video - Insider's Look - Native American Heritage Month Celebration at Grand Canyon National Park
    Grand Canyon NP: Three Native Americans from different tribes share the stories of their relationships with the Grand Canyon.
    14 March 2013, 4:23 pm
  • 5 minutes 41 seconds
    Native American Perspectives
    Grand Canyon NP: Listen as three Native Americans from different tribes share their love of the Grand Canyon and the need to respect and preserve it.
    14 March 2013, 4:22 pm
  • 5 minutes 27 seconds
    Subsistence
    Denali NP & PRES: Two Athabascan elders help a high school senior build a half-size replica of a traditional moose hide boat. Their story illustrates the importance of preserving traditional practices so that cultural heritage is not lost.
    14 March 2013, 4:21 pm
  • 3 minutes 1 second
    The Legend of Mount McKinley
    Denali NP & PRES: Chief Mitch Demientieff of Nenana, Alaska, reads an Athabascan legend about the origins of Denali, the Great One. This recording was first produced as an audio exhibit for the Eielson Visitor Center which opened to the public in June 2008.
    14 March 2013, 4:21 pm
  • 4 minutes 37 seconds
    Ancestral Puebloans
    Canyonlands National Park: The ancestral Puebloans were some of the first farmers in the American Southwest. Join ranger Karen Henker for a brief look at their lifestyle, as well as the art and architecture they left behind.
    14 March 2013, 4:21 pm
  • 4 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 3: Bob Mierendorf
    North Cascades National Park: A park archeologist explains the significance of North Cascades cultural research, and rewriting our understanding of how native peoples in the Pacific Northwest interacted with the mountain landscape.
    14 March 2013, 4:21 pm
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