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Giving Thanks...and more stories to celebrate American Heritage
4 stories promote thankfulness and the celebration of American heritage. Stories include narration by Chief Jake Swamp, Danny Glover and others, and show the history of Native Americans, Pilgrims and two of American’s most influential leaders.
Comanche Warriors
For more than 150 years, the Comanche of the Southwest were ferocious raiders who struck terror into the hearts of the plains tribes, Mexican villagers, and frontier settlers. Once a ragtag band of scavengers, the [...]
Niagara: A History of the Falls
A Native American meeting place, Niagara Falls is famous for natural beauty and unlimited waterpower. Charles Dickens saw God there, while Harriet Beecher Stowe overcame a fear of death. Entrepreneurs made a fortune; and in [...]
Sitting Bull: Chief of the Lakota Nation
One of the last great leaders of the Native American Resistance, Sitting Bull earned his place in history with his stunning victory in the Battle at Little Bighorn-but his life encompassed much more than one [...]
Pocahontas: Her True Story
She was a Native American princess who saved the life of English explorer Captain John Smith at the age of 12. Before her death at 22, she had single-handedly forged an improbable peace between two [...]
The Crazy Horse: Last Warrior
His desperate battle to protect his people’s land resulted in his death, marking the end of an era. Yet Crazy Horse endures as an iconic and tragic figure of freedom and bravery. BIOGRAPHY® travels back [...]
Broken Rainbow
“Passionate” and “compelling” (The New York Times) the Academy Award-winning BROKEN RAINBOW is the heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona that began in the 1970s and [...]
Arctic Son
In the tiny village of Old Crow, 80 miles north of the Arctic Circle, a father and son are reunited after a lifetime apart. Stanley Njootli, Jr., treks to the harsh Arctic environment, to spend [...]
