James Woodenlegs first learned to communicate using Plains Indians Sign Language from his family, growing up on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Also known as ""hand talk,"" the language has been used by both deaf and...

This clip explores the historical history, and some important cultural features of the Great Plains Region.

Grammy Nominated, Native American singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah narrates this five part series on Native Peoples. The daily lives and cultures of America's Native Peoples come to life for students through reenactments recorded at...

Dr. Forrester talks about the history of the Indian reservations in the United States and what the reservations are like today.

The Indus Valley civilization began to decline around 2000 BC. This decline coincided with the arrival of the Aryans, nomadic warriors who spread across the fertile Indian plains. Their society, divided into three classes—farmers,...

This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...

Discover the amazing cultures and histories of the Native American peoples of North America. For thousands of years, different nations and tribes lived across forests, plains, deserts, and coasts, each with their own unique traditions,...

One of the most diverse nations, India is best understood as a land of contrasts. From its vast deserts to its snowy mountain peaks, India is home to many different ethnicities and cultural traditions that can be traced back more than...

This video examines the tragic events leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, including the Ghost Dance Movement, the death of Sitting Bull, and the violent clash between the U.S. Army and Chief Spotted Elk's followers. It...

MOT 1942: WWII BRITISH INDIAN ARMY: Frontier blockhouse above rocks w/ soldiers walking down FG. Long troop line on plains road soldiers driving horse & wagons w/ supplies some walking. Colonial India British Raj Imperialism.

Kevin Hancock is an award-winning author and speaker. The CEO of Hancock Lumber Company, one of the oldest and best known family businesses in America, he is a recipient of the Ed Muskie Access to Justice award, the Habitat for Humanity...

A documentary film by Julien Bryan about the highlands of Bolivia and the descendants of the ancient Indians who live on the very rooftop of the Western world. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit:...

By the mid-1700s, many Plains nations survived on North America’s largest land mammals: bison. They ate its meat, made the hides into winter coats and blankets, and used the bones and horns for tools. But in the following decades,...

While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the globe...

The Appalachian Mountains are some of the oldest geological features on earth. And they also hold fossils that tell us about some of the very earliest life forms that we'll ever manage to see in the fossil record. So how did these...

The hidden history of an ancient language. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos Centuries before we had American Sign Language, Native sign...

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee is trying to do a lot of things. It is a powerful interpretation of the American Indian assimilation policy, but it has its problems. This was a difficult movie to review, because I’m a Western historian,...

And then took credit for “saving” them. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos In 1894, a notorious poacher, Ed Howell, was caught in...

James Woodenlegs first learned to communicate using Plains Indians Sign Language from his family, growing up on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Also known as "hand talk," the language has been used by both deaf and hearing...

The Comanche tribe were nomadic people of the Great Plains. They hunted buffalo and lived in the territory known as Comancheria, which occupied todays west Texas, a part of New Mexico and Oklahoma. In the 17th century they acquired...

This program compares and contrasts the lives of early Native people's of North America. The program focuses on how the geography of the land affected and shaped their lives. Using beautifully recorded reenactment footage, rare archival...

India is the world's largest country at 1.4 billion people. And of those 1.4 billion, about 450 million live in the northwest states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh. While that might be fine otherwise, these...

Howcast - Learn how to make pappadam from cookbook author Maya Kaimal in this Howcast Indian food video.