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Celebrate and explore Native American Heritage Month with WKAR HD and WKAR World

Native American Heritage Month 2022 | TV Listings

Celebrate and explore Native American Heritage Month with WKAR HD and WKAR World!

Mon., Nov. 7 at 9:00 PM on WKAR HD 23.1
Groundworks

On San Francisco’s first official Indigenous People’s Day, a group of Native artists contributed a dance performance, Groundworks, to the annual Sunrise Ceremony on Alcatraz nearly 50 years after the Indians of All Tribes occupied the island. Their contemporary creative practices and activism help these artists work towards the reclamation of Native lands while restoring traditional ways.

Mon., Nov. 14 at 8:00 PM on WKAR WORLD 23.2
Native America: Nature to Nations

Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies. Combining modern science with Native knowledge, the series shines a spotlight on these ancient cultures and the communities that still thrive today.

Mon., Nov. 21 at 8:00 PM on WKAR WORLD 23.2
Native America: New World Rising

Explore the splendor and ingenuity of the world created by America’s First Peoples, 15,000 years ago. Combining modern science with Native knowledge, the series shines a spotlight on these ancient cultures and the communities that still thrive today.

Mon., Nov. 21 at 9:00 PM on WKAR WORLD 23.2
The First Official Thanksgiving

"The First Official Thanksgiving" tells the story of what some historians might call the first "official, English-speaking" Thanksgiving held in the Americas. At a meeting in London in 1618, Sir William Throckmorton, George Thorpe, John Smyth and Richard Berkeley gathered to form the Berkeley Company and discuss a land grant in the new world, given to them by King James I.

Wed., Nov. 23 at 8:00 PM on WKAR WORLD 23.2
Two-Spirit Powwow

“Two-Spirit Powwow” shows how the San Francisco nonprofit Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) has hosted an annual queer-friendly powwow since 2012, the first and largest LGBTQI-hosted one of its kind in North America. When traditional conservative powwow protocol conflicts with queer-positive identity, the two-spirit powwow changes up the rules.

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