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New World Rising
Discover how resistance, survival and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in an Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries.
Episode Clips
Extended Interview: Diana Magaloni on the Power of Pigments
Illuminating the extraordinary measures Aztec artists took to record their culture.
Extended Interview: Evidence of the Comanche
With help, the archaeologist finds evidence of the illusive Comanche.
Extended Interview: Severin Fowles on Native Science
Archaeologist Severin Fowles re-imagines Native religion as Native science.
Extended Interview: Burning a Forest to Revive a People
Valentin Lopez, of the Amah Mutsun, uses fire to save his peoples culture.
Comanche Horse Traditions
Horses continue to be an important part of Comanche identity and tradition.
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