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"Tending Nature" shines a light on the environmental knowledge of Indigenous peoples across California by exploring how the state's Native peoples have actively shaped and tended the land for millennia. The series examines how traditional practices can inspire a new generation of Californians to find a balance between humans and nature.
Traveling across the state, the series allows viewers to hear first-hand from Native communities engaged in contemporary projects that revive their culture and inform western sciences.
The upcoming season premiering Nov. 3 features stories about the Paiute, Chumash, Yurok and Tongva tribes.
Produced in partnership with the Autry Museum of the American West, a collaboration that began with the award-winning documentary "Tending the Wild."
Full Episodes
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Tending Nature
Tending Nature
S1 E2: Decolonizing Cuisine with Mak–‘amham
This episode explores how two Ohlone chefs Louis Trevino and Vincent Medina are revitalizing Ohlone language, food practices and adapting them for a modernist palate.
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Tending Nature
Tending Nature
S1 E3: Tribal Hunting with the Pit River Peoples
This episode explores how members of the Pit River Tribe in Northeast California are reviving traditional hunting practices and embracing Community Science initiatives to preserve and monitor wild elk and deer populations.
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Tending Nature
Tending Nature
S1 E4: Healing The Body with United Indian Health Services
Native peoples in rural areas have started several food sovereignty programs across California. The most prominent of these is United Indian Health Services’ Potawot Community Garden.
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Upcoming Airdates
Rethinking The Coast with the Ti'at Society
Climate change and urban development have significantly altered ocean conditions and our ability to access the coast, making it more and more difficult for the Tongva tribe to carry on their long-held seafaring traditions. Today, members of the Tongva, Chumash and Acjachemen are rebuilding their connection with the ocean and the Channel Islands by rebuilding a Ti’at, a traditional Tongva canoe.
Holistic Healing with the Syuxtun Collective
Since the 20th century, Western medicine has focused on treating a patient’s symptoms, not the underlying cause. Today, scientists and doctors are realizing that we should be wary of a health system that relies on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising and are embracing alternative, preventive whole body options, which start with a healthy mind, body, and spirit. These are concepts Indigenous peoples have practiced for thousands of years, by using medicinal plant knowledge that informed much our pharmacopeia.
Restoring The River with the Yurok, Hupa and Karuk
For the past two centuries, California has relied heavily on the natural resources of the North Coast region, exploiting its pristine watersheds for agriculture and its forests for timber. But today, the environmental costs of timber extraction and damming have reached a tipping point. Now the Yurok are working with local and state organizations to revitalize the forests, rivers and wildlife, a comprehensive feat requiring collaboration among community leaders up and down the Klamath and Trinity Rivers. This episode features interviews with:
Managing Groundwater with the Paiute
In the wake of the recent drought, scientists and politicians are beginning to understand that reserving and maintaining groundwater is essential for addressing the state’s water needs. California’s Native peoples have lived with drought cycles for millennia and today, the Paiute are shepherding conversations around access to water resources, raising key questions about how our snowpack, streams and aquifers are used and maintained.
Watch Tending the Wild
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traditional ecological knowledge
Tending the Wild
E5: Gathering Medicine - How Native Medicinal Practices Are Thriving Today
Episode 5
Native herbalism has a long history and continues to be practiced today. This video explores a holistic approach to health and how the environment can inform healthy living.
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traditional ecological knowledge
Tending the Wild
E6: Living Desert - How Native Peoples Are Confronting Environmental Threats From Large-Scale Industry
Episode 6
Indigenous peoples have thrived in the desert for centuries. This video explores how they are confronting threats to their environment from large-scale industry.
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