Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with KLRN's special programming throughout November.
For additional educational resources, please visit KLRN's Education blog.
Support for these programs is provided by the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project and The Briscoe Western Art Museum .
NOV. 5 | 10PM | LITTLE BIRD: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE (EP. 4)
Esther finds members of her family who help her put together the pieces of the past. She returns home to Montreal to confront Golda, her adoptive mother about the revelations she’s uncovered that shine a new light on their life and change the way they can look at the past.
NOV. 7 | 8PM | NATIVE AMERICA: WOMEN RULE
Native women are leading, innovating, and inspiring in the arts, politics, and protecting the planet. Native America explores the diverse ways they carry forward deep traditions to better their communities, their lands, and the world.
NOV. 8 | 10PM | NAZCA DESERT MYSTERY
One of the world’s greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossing lines, geometric shapes, and animal figures etched across 200 square miles of Peruvian desert. Who created them and why? Ever since they were rediscovered in the 1920s, scholars and enthusiasts have raised countless theories about their purpose.
NOV. 12 | 10PM | LITTLE BIRD: I WANT MY MOM (EP. 5)
One of the world’s greatest ancient enigmas, the Nazca lines are a dense network of criss-crossing lines, geometric shapes, and animal figures etched across 200 square miles of Peruvian desert. Who created them and why? Ever since they were rediscovered in the 1920s, scholars and enthusiasts have raised countless theories about their purpose.
NOV. 14 | 8PM | NATIVE AMERICA: LANGUAGE IS LIFE
Celebrate the power of Native languages and the inspirational people who are saving them. From secret recordings to Star Wars films dubbed in Navajo, follow the revolutionary steps transforming Native America.
NOV. 14 | 10PM | INDIGENIZE THE PLATE
Exploring the connection between food sustainability and cultural sustainability for indigenous communities, a Diné woman travels from New Mexico to the Andes in Peru to connect with a Quechuan community developing their own solutions to address challenges in their region.
NOV. 19 | 10PM | LITTLE BIRD: BINESHI KWE (EP. 6)
After much love and sorrow, the Little Bird family comes together to mourn death and celebrate life. Esther and Golda are both changed from this journey of self-discovery, but it has strengthened their bond as mother and daughter and instilled a new sense of identity in Esther. The journey has been onerous, but Esther has finally found what she’s been looking for.