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Catalina Trico: New Netherland's Founding Mother
Catalina Trico was a young trailblazer and the first European mother in what would become New York State.
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Lewis and Clark: the Making of an Expedition
Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery opened the American West up to expansion and settlement – but it all rested on the expert planning and preparation.
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Lozen: Fearless Apache Warrior
At a time when Apache men and women followed specific gender roles, Lozen defied convention – to become one of the finest warriors in the tribe's history.
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An Entrepreneur Begins a Start-up Company
Part 2/4 of Dana Donofree series: A year following part one, Dana reflects on the growth of AnaOno. She explores how being the target customer for her product would help inform her choices as she started her own business. She’ll follow...
One Minute History
The Pequot - Part 1 - Native American Stories - One Minutes History
The history and origins of the Pequot tribe, Part 1
Curated Video
How to Start a Successful Small Business
Part 3/3 of the Rising Tide Capital series: The video features Alfa Demmellash, the co-founder of Rising Tide Capital, a nonprofit organization that helps struggling mom-and-pop entrepreneurs get loans, run their businesses, and improve...
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Sacagawea: Intrepid Indigenous Explorer
Native American interpreter Sacagawea was the only woman on Lewis and Clark’s expedition into the West. She played a vital role, but was subsequently forgotten.
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What Role Can Business Play in Stabilizing Communities?
Part 2/3 of the Rising Tide Capital series: The video is about Alfa Demmellash and Alex Forrester, the founders of Rising Tide Capital. They share their personal stories, discuss the transformative role of education, and their...
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Tradition and Trailblazing: the First Bedouin Women Owned Business
Desert Daughter Cosmetics part 1/2:The video is about Miriam Aborkeek, the first Bedouin woman to start a business, and how she built Desert Daughter Cosmetics, an international cosmetics company that relies upon traditional Bedouin...
Brains On
Native Americans and the Wolf
Many Native American tribes use origin stories, or stories about creation, to explain how life came to exist and to highlight the relationship between nature and humankind. In this story, a member of the Ojibwe tribe shares an origin...
Curated Video
Turning Pain into Purpose: The Business Plan Inspiration of a Cancer Survivor
Part 1/4 of Dana Donofree series: The video tells the inspiring story of Dana, a breast cancer survivor who used her creativity and background in fashion to create a product line, AnaOno, designed to fit the needs of breast cancer...
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Innovating a Way to a Better Life
Kathy Luu's Spa Logic part 1/2: This video is a biography of Kathy Luu, the owner of Spa Logic, a successful four-story day spa with over 50 employees. The video tells the story of Kathy's struggles growing up in Vietnam, coping with the...
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Differentiating Yourself in a Market is Critical to Business Success
Kathy Luu's Spa Logic series part 2/2. In this inspiring video, we follow the journey of Kathy, who started with nothing and built a successful nail salon business through hard work, determination, and a passion for her craft. We learn...
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Insights for Business Success: The Importance of Quality, Hiring, and Company Culture
Part 3/3 of Dawn Halfaker series: She shares insights on the importance of serving one's country beyond military service and how it can shape business success. She also shares tips on hiring the right employees to fit in with a company's...
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Toypurina: Rebelling Against the Mission System
Toypurina, a Tongva woman who led a rebellion against a Spanish mission in Alta California.
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Birth of the Lone Star State
Today, Texas is famous around the world as being the most American state of them all – but it once belonged to Mexico. For almost a decade, it was an independent republic.
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Jim Thorpe: Native American Olympic Hero
Football, baseball, basketball player – he was one of America's most talented sportsmen and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory! So why don't we see Jim Thorpe's name up in lights?
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John Rollin Ridge: the Native American Novelist Like No Other
We've had some great American Novelists? You've read some of them in school, right? But one writer you've probably never heard of is John Rollin Ridge, aka Yellow Bird: the first Native American to ever publish a novel about a fictitious...
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Stephen H Long: The Man Who Mapped the West
Stephen H. Long mapped much of the unexplored American West – but he made one big mistake that set Western migration back decades.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: New Mexico
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
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The First Allies of the Revolution
The United States’ first true allies, the Oneida Tribe helped the Patriots to win the American Revolutionary War – but at what cost?
Mazz Media
Exploring Communities Long Ago
Take students on a journey to early Native American communities, Colonial towns and early American cities to explore the variety of communities, as they existed in the past. They'll learn how schools of the past are different from their...
KERA
The Many Meanings of "Hispanic"
The term “Hispanic” refers to a broad array of Spanish-speaking people from various countries, backgrounds, and ethnicities. Many Americans associate the word primarily with Mexicans or Spaniards, though, and do not fully appreciate the...
Hip Hughes History
The Plymouth Colony Explained: US History Review
Who were the Pilgrims? Why did they come to America? This in depth lecture traces the foundations of the Plymouth Colony beginning with it's European roots and through it's 70 year existence. Perfect for struggling #APUSH students,...