 | Natchez Trace Parkway
The old Natchez Trace Trail was a major travel route for native people and colonial settlers and still contains many historical points of interest.
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| Moundville - Early Archeology
Some of the best-preserved mounds in North America are located in Alabama at a site known as Moundville.
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| Moundville - Cultural Origins
The highly-organized Moundville culture in what is now Alabama flourished about a thousand years ago.
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| Moundville - The Fall of Society
When the explorer Hernando de Soto traveled through the Alabama area, the Moundville Indians were gone, the reason is still uncertain.
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| Iowa's Loess Hills: Philosophy of Nature
Hunter-gatherer cultures developed certain philosophies about nature that differed from the philosophies of European agriculturalists.
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| Upper Iowa Archeology
Explorations of ancient rock shelters and archeological excavations tell the story of Iowa's ancient peoples.
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| Native Americans in Iowa's Woodlands
Early Native Americans adhered to the philosophy that what was taken from the earth must be returned in equal measure.
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| On the Trail of the Sagueso Cactus
The fact that sagueso cactuses were discovered growing far from their native climate proves that the Seri people had brought them there for food.
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| Multipurpose Mesquite
A popular plant with desert-dwelling Native Americans, the mesquite tree produces edible beans as well as roots, bark and wood good for multiple uses.
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| San Juan River and Anasazi Ruins - Part 1
Some of the best evidence of the Anasazi culture, including cliff dwellings, pictographs and petroglyphs, can be found along the San Juan River in Utah.
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| San Juan River and Anasazi Ruins - Part 2
Guided trips down the San Juan River in Utah give visitors special access to ruins and pictographs left behind by people of the Anasazi culture.
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| San Juan River and Anasazi Ruins - Part 3
Besides embodying a fascinating geological history, the San Juan River in Utah also contains evidence of ancient cultures.
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| The Sagueso and the Seri
The Seri Indians in Mexico, who have lived in the desert successfully for hundreds of years, rely on the fruit of a giant cactus - the sagueso.
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| Lenape Indians
In what is now New Jersey, the Lenape Indians lived along rivers, hunted, fished and grew crops until diseases from European traders killed many of them.
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| Ancient Agave Cultivation
Evidence suggests that agave plants were cultivated in Arizona by pre-Columbian peoples for the use of their fibers.
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| Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve
Ecologically-valuable salt marshes and historically-significant cultural artifacts are on display at Florida's Timucuan Preserve.
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| Thieves of Time - Part 1
Looters in search of valuable ancient relics cause irreversible damage to archeological sites.
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| Thieves of Time - Part 2
Although laws prohibiting the removal of artifacts from public lands have grown tougher, the looting of archeological sites continues.
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| Thieves of Time - Part 3
Looters have developed craftier methods for stealing archeological artifacts, a practice which greatly offends many Native Americans.
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| Tomoka River Canoe Trail State Park
Recreational opportunities, ecological diversity and cultural history greet visitors to Florida's Tomoka River Canoe Trail and State Park.
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| Canaveral National Seashore
Canaveral on Florida's eastern shore is not only the site where modern space exploration begins, but is also the site of ancient cultures.
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| Tlingit Archeological Dig - Part 1
Students from Mount Edgecumbe High School participate in an archeological dig to study an 800-year-old Tlingit food gathering site.
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| Tlingit Indian Fishtraps
Ancient fishtraps on the tidal flats of Alaska's Sandy Beach provide evidence of the Tlingit Indian culture.
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| Creating a Totem Pole
An experienced totem pole artist describes his artistic process, from the initial designs to selecting the tree.
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| Totem Pole Restoration
A restoration project enlisted the cooperation of skilled carvers to help recreate the decorative house posts from an Alaskan Native Tribal House.
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| Northwest Coast Native Arts
Native arts enthusiasts put their carving skills to work as they learn techniques for creating traditional rattles, fishhooks and dugout canoes.
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| Native Alaskan Legend Theater
Legends come alive as performers dance, sing and tell the stories of Alaskan Tlingit culture.
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| The Vancouver Expedition - Part 2
Exploring the northwestern coast of America, Captain George Vancouver encountered many Native Americans, sometimes provoking conflict.
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| Ancient Architecture of Chaco Canyon - Part 1
The great houses and kivas of Chaco Canyon reveal the inhabitant's technologically advanced and urban culture.
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| Ancient Architecture of Chaco Canyon - Part 2
To understand what might have happened to the ancient inhabitants of Chaco Canyon, archeologists must try to experience what these people's lives were like.
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| Ancient Architecture of Chaco Canyon - Part 3
The ancient inhabitants of Chaco Canyon used roads and kivas to link together outlying communities.
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| Barry Goldwater's Photographs of Arizona - Part 1
Senator Barry Goldwater discusses his photographs and efforts to record the landscapes and native peoples of Arizona.
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| Barry Goldwater's Photographs of Arizona - Part 2
Senator Barry Goldwater's photographs of Arizona's landscapes and native peoples are a chronicle of changing times.
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| San Pedro River Valley Railroad
The San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad takes visitors through the San Pedro River Valley, an area with scenic vistas and a wild, violent history.
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| Nez Perce and Chinook Salmon
The Nez Perce Indian Tribe is taking measures to restore populations of Chinook salmon, a fish critical to their culture and daily life.
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| Return of the Wolf
The United States government enlisted the assistance of the Nez Perce Indians to help reestablish wolves in Idaho.
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| Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Removed from their homeland a century ago, the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe is now trying to rectify past environmental wrongs.
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| Returning Salmon to the Umatilla River
Irrigation projects of the past century led to the disappearance of salmon on the Umatilla River; today, a cooperative effort is bringing them back.
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| Indiana Mound Builders
Great circular mounds built by an ancient culture in what is now Indiana were first thought to be burial sites - until one archeologist formed a new theory.
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| Unearthing the Past
One Indiana archeological site has yielded an incredible number of artifacts which have helped provide new information about how prehistoric tribes lived.
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| Navaho Photographer - Part 1
Photographer Leroy De Jolie was born and raised in Navaho country, and he leads a photography workshop in which he takes students through his homeland.
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| Navaho Photographer - Part 2
Navaho photographer Leroy De Jolie leads a photography workshop at the annual Navaho Fair to capture the color and energy of his culture.
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| Kentucky's Ancient Stone Mounds
Mounds of stones and earth in the fields and forests of Kentucky have presented archeologists with puzzles as to who built them and why.
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| Paiute Tribal Reburial
A Paiute medicine man performs a ritual to rebury the remains of tribal ancestors that were uncovered by floodwaters.
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| The Modoc Wars
The town of Canby, Oregon was named after a forgotten Civil War general who lost his life while fighting against Modoc Indians protecting their homelands.
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| Remembering Lewis and Clark
Learn all about the Lewis and Clark expedition: retrace their footsteps, re-enact their journey by canoe and recall their first contact with the Nez Perce.
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| Iowa's Natural History
Find out how the four major prehistoric eras shaped the land that is now Iowa.
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| Nishnabotna Excavation - Part 1
Archeologists excavate the site of a Glenwood earth lodge in Iowa's Nishnabotna River Valley.
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| Nishnabotna Excavation - Part 2
Archeologists analyze and compare artifacts with those typical of the Glenwood culture.
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| Nishnabotna Excavation - Part 3
Archeologists discuss the artifacts found at the Glenwood excavation and their significance in the lives of those who used them.
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| Mill Creek Culture
Archeological clues indicate that the people of the ancient Mill Creek culture of Iowa made many advances in tool use and technology.
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| Oneota Culture
The Oneota people of the Upper Iowa River left behind stone tools and ceramic artifacts that offer clues to their lives a thousand years ago.
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| Battle of Little Bighorn
A soldier that died at the Battle of Little Bighorn was recently buried, recalling the bloody confrontation between Custer's army and the Sioux Indians.
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| Newberry Crater Submerged Campsite
Thousands of years ago a volcanic event disrupted the lives of native people living in eastern Oregon, burying their homes.
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| Sunken Canoe
An ancient dugout canoe, discovered at the bottom of a mountain lake, was probably sunk there on purpose by ancient root-gatherers.
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| Owyhee Petroglyphs
Ancient people who lived in Owyhee country left behind many pieces of evidence about their lives - evidence that is now disappearing.
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