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Aerial view of a traditional Tongva canoe launching into the ocean. | Still from "Tending Nature"

Rethinking The Coast with the Ti'at Society

Season 2 Episode 1
26:42
Julie Cordero-Lamb leads a plant walk in Santa Barbara. | Still from "Tending Nature" episode "Holistic Healing with the Syuxtun Collective"

Holistic Healing with the Syuxtun Collective

Season 2 Episode 2
26:42
Restoring The River with the Yurok, Hupa and Karuk

Restoring The River with the Yurok, Hupa and Karuk

Season 2 Episode 3
26:42
“Managing Groundwater with the Paiute” Alan Bacock, Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley's Water Program Coordinator, testing water levels.

Managing Groundwater with the Paiute

Season 2 Episode 4
26:42
Cheryl Seidner and other members of the Wiyot tribe at a hearing for Terra-Gen's wind farm proposal. | Still from "Tending Nature" episode "Guarding Ancestral Grounds with the Wiyot"

Guarding Ancestral Grounds with the Wiyot

Season 3 Episode 1
26:39
Someone reaching into the water at Bonanza Spring in the Mojave Desert. | Still from "Tending Nature" episode "Preserving the Desert with the NALC"

Preserving the Desert with NALC

Season 3 Episode 2
24:40
A hand holds an olive branch at the Séka Hills olive grove. | Still from "Tending Nature" episode "Reclaiming Agriculture with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation"

Reclaiming Agriculture with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation

Season 3 Episode 3
26:39
Native Foodways with the Cultural Conservancy

Native Foodways with the Cultural Conservancy

Season 3 Episode 4
26:39
Native Foodways with the Cultural Conservancy

S3 E4: Cultivating Native Foodways with the Cultural Conservancy

Season 3 Episode 4
26:39
Harry Williams, a Bishop Paiute elder and environmental activist. | Still from "Tending Nature" episode "Managing Groundwater with the Paiute"

A Brief History of How Los Angeles Dried Up Owens Valley’s ‘Indian Ditches’

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From Snow Pack to Faucet: Tracing the Source of Our Water

From Snow Pack to Faucet: Tracing the Source of Our Water

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0:59
Water moving slowly across an irrigation garden. | Still from "Tending Nature" episode "Managing Groundwater with the Paiute"

Running Ditches and Slowing Water: Paiute People Adapt Traditions to Modern-Day Gardens

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5:11
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Tending Nature

Healing the Body with United Indian Health Services

Season 1 Episode 4

Native peoples in rural areas often lack easy access to healthy, affordable food, leading to health issues in their community. This episode explores how a new generation is jump starting several food sovereignty programs across California. The most prominent of these is in Arcata, CA at UIHS' Potawot Community Garden and is serving as an inspiration for other initiatives across California.
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