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Native Traditions and Healing

Veterans share how they heal after serving in the military through the Warrior Traditions.

Aired 11/11/2019

The Warrior Tradition

Native Traditions and Healing

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Veterans share how they heal after serving in the military through the Warrior Traditions.

Veterans share their experiences with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how their culture and traditions have helped them. These traditions help bring back the veterans humanity and reintegrate them back into society through ceremonies that honor and purify.

Aired 11/11/2019

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Warrior Tradition has been made possible by a major grant from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: A private corporation funded by the American people. With additional funding provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Independent Health and Arizona Humanities.

Women Warriors

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Clip | 4m 31s | Native American women veterans speak about their experiences in the United States military (4m 31s)

The Warrior Tradition Promo

Preview | 30s | The largely-untold story of Native Americans who served in the United States military. (30s)

Trailer | The Warrior Tradition

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Preview | 2m 17s | The largely-untold story of Native Americans who served in the United States military. (2m 17s)

A Question of Identity

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Clip | 4m 6s | Native Americans question who they are while serving in the U.S. military. (4m 6s)

The Protector

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Clip | 5m 1s | Donavon Barney, an Iraq War veteran builds a career in Cybersecurity to help his community (5m 1s)

Native Traditions and Healing

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Clip | 6m 12s | Veterans share how they heal after serving in the military through the Warrior Traditions. (6m 12s)

Minnie's War Bonnet

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Clip | 4m 59s | Minnie Hollow Wood a Lakhota woman fights alongside her husband to save her tribe. (4m 59s)

The Image of Native Americans

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Clip | 2m 26s | Native American veterans speak about their cultural diversity and how they’ve dealt with s (2m 26s)

Disqualified Warriors

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Clip | 12m 3s | Disqualified Warriors is a story about fate, loss and redemption in the warrior tradition. (12m 3s)

Art, Honor and Service

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Clip | 5m 33s | Seneca artist and Vietnam veteran, Carson Waterman, says art saved his life. (5m 33s)

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Warrior Tradition has been made possible by a major grant from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: A private corporation funded by the American people. With additional funding provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Independent Health and Arizona Humanities.

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