Pre-contact History Video Series

The United States television network PBS aired a four-episode series called Native America that examines the way of life in the Americas before colonization. While heavily focused on the United States context and on South America, much can be learned about the history of the land we are presently on through this series.

If you have access to PBS through your college or university library, you will be able to watch the episodes in full. You can also access the series through clips provided on the Native America in the Classroom website.

Here is the trailer to Native America: A Documentary Exploring the World of America’s First Peoples.

As you view the trailer consider what you learned previously about the people Indigenous to Turtle Island and how this might contrast with the messages you hear in the video and in the course.