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In Their Element

Season 6 Episode 8

IN THEIR ELEMENT spotlights Indigenous leaders rising up to meet the challenge of the climate crisis. The film features four communities across the United States, each working to protect a different natural resource: earth, air, fire, and water. For people whose existence is inseparable from their native land, climate change is not a tale of the future - it is the present.

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Firelighters: Fire is Medicine
57:01
Women leaders reclaim for their right to share the indigenous practice of controlled burning.
Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life
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1:02:24
A love story of salmon, water and family that explores this deep connection for the Lummi people.
Inundation District
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1:18:02
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.
Segregation Scholarships
25:49
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.
Silence in Sikeston
55:19
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.
American Problems, Trans Solutions
25:17
Stories of trans leaders addressing critical issues around economic empowerment and human dignity.
Public Enemies, Private Friends
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1:28:49
Leaders from opposing sides of the abortion debate meet in secret talks following deadly attacks.
Chinatown Auxiliary
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27:04
Chinese residents patrol Manhattan's Chinatown to protect their home and find belonging.
Fire Tender
27:41
A Yurok knowledge keeper seeks to return fire practices, and restore land and people.
Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution
25:23
In Dawson, MN, PURIS promises to revolutionize "alt-meat" and the agricultural system.
HBCU Week: Tradition and Competition
16:57
From Hampton and Howard to NC A&T and NC Central, witness rivalries defining HBCU sports.
HBCU Week: Beyond the Field
26:03
From the CIAA to the Bayou Classic, a unique look at sports and spirit that define HBCUs.
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