We Shall Remain : America Through Native Eyes

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When Europeans arrived in North America, they encountered the Native people. Contrary to stereotype, American Indians were not simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land. They were, like all people, an amalgam: charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionat...

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Main Authors: Grimberg, Sharon (Author, Screenwriter), Makepeace, Anne (Author), Kusiak, John (Composer)
Other Authors: Zwonitzer, Mark (Screenwriter), Burns, Ric (Screenwriter), Craig, Dustinn (Screenwriter), Colt, Sarah (Screenwriter), Smith, Marcia A. (Screenwriter), Bratt, Benjamin, 1963- (Narrator), Akiaten, Marcos (Actor), Irons, Nicholas, 1970- (Actor), Weeden, Annawon (Actor), Merasty, Billy (Actor), Greyeyes, Michael (Actor), Brown, Dwier (Actor), Studi, Wes (Actor), Douglas, Freddy (Actor), Blaylock, Josh, 1990- (Actor), Finley, Will (Actor), French, Wesley, 1979- (Actor), Holland, Carla-Rae (Actor), Podleski, Emily, 1979- (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Algonquian
Published: Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2009]
Series:American experience (Television program). Season 21.
Subjects:
Tecumseh, > Shawnee Chief, > 1768-1813.
Geronimo, > 1829-1909.
Harrison, William Henry, > 1773-1841.
American Indian Movement.
Indians of North America > History.
Indians of North America > Wars.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Whites > Relations with Indians.
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
Wampanoag Indians > History > 17th century.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
Cherokee Indians > History > 19th century.
Apache Indians > History > 19th century.
Oglala Indians > History > 20th century.
United States > History.
United States > History > War of 1812.
San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
Wounded Knee (S.D.) > History > Indian occupation, 1973.
Streaming video.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1.
  • Episode 1: After the Mayflower
  • Introduction
  • First Thanksgiving
  • The People of the First Light
  • The Pilgrims
  • An alliance
  • Living together
  • The great migration
  • Dispossession
  • King Philip's War
  • The war's end
  • Credits / produced by Sharon Grimberg, Cathleen O'Connell, Mark Zwonitzer ; co-producer and interview producer, Anne Makepeace ; story by Sharon Grimberg and Anne Makepeace ; telescript by Sharon Grimberg and Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre ; (77 min.); Special features: ReelNative Films: Hill High Low / by Michael David Little
  • A freeway Christmas / by Rebecca Nelson
  • Untitled / by Courtney Leonard
  • Hope for bigger than 16 seconds / by Keely Curliss (21 min.); PBS preview film [featurette] (26 min.); Behind the scenes [featurette] (8 min.); Native Now Films [featurette] (25 min.); We Shall Remain signature image [featurette] (3 min.); Tecumseh's vision: deleted scene [featurette] (5 min.); PDF guides [PDF files require a DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat]; PBS.org [text feature]; American Experience [text feature].
  • Disc 2.
  • Episode 2: Tecumseh's vision
  • Introduction
  • "Here we shall remain"
  • Uncertainty and betrayal
  • Broken homes, broken communities
  • The prophet's vision
  • "Black Sun"
  • The tribes unite
  • Tecumseh and Harrison
  • The Battle of Tippecanoe
  • The War of 1812
  • The final betrayal
  • Credits / written and produced by Ric Burns ; directed by Ric Burns and Chris Eyre (86 min.).
  • Episode 3: Trail of Tears
  • Introduction
  • A civilized life
  • Among the white people
  • Cherokee Nation on the rise
  • "I ask you, shall Red Men live?"
  • The scent of blood
  • Two years to leave
  • Trail of Tears
  • New Cherokee Territory
  • Credits / produced by Mark Zwonitzer and Rob Rapley ; recreations produced by Jennifer Pearce ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre (75 min.); Special features: PBS.org [text feature]; American Experience [text feature].
  • Disc 3.
  • Episode 4: Geronimo
  • Introduction
  • Surrounded by enemies
  • Ravages of war
  • Two years of peace
  • Rejecting the reservation
  • On the run
  • The legend
  • Prisoners of war
  • Credits / written, produced and directed by Dustinn Craig and Sarah Colt (77 min.).
  • Episode 5: Wounded Knee
  • Introduction
  • The takeover
  • Day 2
  • Day 4
  • Day 6
  • The Independent Oglala Nation
  • Standoff
  • The end of the siege
  • Aftermath
  • Credits / written by Marcia Smith ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson (79 min.); Special features: PBS.org [text feature]; American Experience [text feature].

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