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Disc 1

Episode 1: Wounded Knee Legacy and the Ancestors The series begins "where our story ends" with eyewitness accounts of Wounded Knee. The Ancestors next offers excerpts from Native American Creation stories, then explores three early North American cultures, including the 800-room Pueblo Bonito in the arid southwest, the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde and Cahokia, the largest city in the U.S. before 1800. Episode 2: Mexico A history of the native nations of Mexico from pre-Columbian times, through the period of European contact and colonization, including the rise and fall of the Toltecs and the growth of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire.

English
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network CBS
  • Created February 28, 2017 by
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Name Type Role
Jack Leustig Writer