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A road trip with cinematographer Dave Gaudet as he travels throughout North America, across the Maritimes, Great Plains and mountains to discover the art and history of Aboriginal peoples.

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EPISODE SYNOPSIS:

  • 101 - “Icons of Oppression

    Cinematographer Dave Gaudet begins his journey in New Orleans, Louisiana filming the Mardi Gras Indian. He then heads north to Lejac British Columbia to investigate the miracles of Rose Prince.

  • 102 - “Re-Animators”

    Dave explores the world of graphic novels in Winnipeg, and then travels to The Little Bighorn Battlefield in South Dakota to film battle reenactments.

  • 103 – “Peyote”

    Dave learns about the use of peyote in religious Native American ceremony, from Laredo, Texas all the way up to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

  • 104 - "A Rolling Stone"
    Dave investigates the Majorville Medicine Wheel located in Southern Alberta, which pulls him south to Mitchell South Dakota to film an archaeological dig.

  • 105 - "Space”

    Dave travels to Walsh, Alberta to film a mysterious face in the land called the Badlands Guardian. He then goes to Lewiston, Idaho to meet John Herrington the first Native American in space.

  • 106 - "The Haunt”

    Dave explores haunted cabins in Northern Alberta and then travels south to Pyramid Lake Nevada to search for more ghosts.

  • 107 - "The Hunt”
    In Neah Bay, Washington Dave tries hitch a ride in a whale hunting ocean canoe. He then travels to rural Saskatchewan for a traditional bison hunt.

  • 108 - “Silent Heroes”

    Dave learns about Navajo code talkers and then travels to Petawawa, Ontario to visit with a modern day Canadian war hero.

  • 109 - "Dance”

    Dave films Daystar a contemporary modern dancer working in Rochester, New York before traveling to Winnipeg to learn about a Mi'kmaq visual artist.

  • 110 - “Images of the Ages”

    Dave travels to Writing On Stone Provincial Park in Alberta before heading south to meet with a Native American Solar Pyographer.

  • 111 - "Resistance"
    Dave's journey takes him all the way to Alcatraz Island to learn about the Native American occupation of 1969. He then heads home and finds Idle No More activism happening in his own back yard.

  • 112 - “Legacy in Stone”

    Dave films the petroforms at Manito Ahbee before heading South to learn the story of Crazy Horse Memorial, coming face-to-face with the giant mountain carving.

  • 113 - "Dave’s Root"

    Dave travels to his tribe's annual powwow in Newfoundland before heading south to Louisiana for a special family reunion on the bayou.