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Chiefs

Season 1
The six-part series is the saga of the great leaders, warriors, & diplomats of the First Nations whose stories form a central drama of the North American continent. A blend of documentary & dramatic reenactment, bringing to life the power, spirit, & mystery of the First Nations, the films also seek to separate the myth from the men!
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Part 1: Sitting Bull
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    October 1, 2002
    47min
    16+
    In the years following the Civil War, a hard-fought Sioux resistance to western expansion, led by the warrior Sitting Bull, seemed to have accomplished the impossible: a treaty in which the United States gave the Sioux control of their territory. However, the potential to harvest the riches of the western plains, especially gold, soon proved more important to the U.S. than honoring their treaty.
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  2. S1 E2 - Sitting Bull Pt. 2
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    October 1, 2002
    47min
    13+
    In the years following the Civil War, a hard-fought Sioux resistance to western expansion, led by the warrior Sitting Bull, seemed to have accomplished the impossible: a treaty in which the United States gave the Sioux control of their territory. However, the potential to harvest the riches of the western plains, especially gold, soon proved more important to the U.S. than honoring their treaty.
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  3. S1 E3 - The Blackhawk War
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    October 1, 2002
    47min
    13+
    While an immense statue of Black Hawk overlooks the Mississippi River today near the homeland of the Sauk & Fox nations, his descendants were forced to move from their original lands to the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. As the Sauk of today relate, the violent conflict that finally erupted around Black Hawk in the spring of 1832 spelled the end of Sauk resistance & nearly decimated their people.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Pontiac Rebellion
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    October 1, 2002
    47min
    7+
    This episode tells the story of the great Indian Chief who demonstrated to the world the British were not invincible. In the 1750s, Pontiac, had a peaceful relationship with the French. That harmonious situation changed when the British defeated the French in Quebec' in 1759. The British were confident of their supremacy on the frontier, but Pontiac proved them wrong.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Trial Of Poundmaker
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    October 1, 2002
    47min
    13+
    For two days in August of 1885, Plains Cree leader Poundmaker sat shackled in a Regina courtroom, accused of participating in a rebellion against the Queen's Canadian government. Administrators in Canada's Indian Department, including the Superintendent, Sir John A. Macdonald, saw the Cree leader as an agitator and assumed that the Cree were in complete collusion with the rebellion.
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  6. S1 E6 - The World of Joseph Brant
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    October 1, 2002
    47min
    13+
    Born in 1742 in what is now New York State's Mohawk Valley, Joseph Brant's parents gave him the traditional Mohawk name Thayendanegea - two sticks bound together in strength. Though unintended, the name would be strikingly symbolic of Brant's twin ambitions: to be a power broker between Indian and English societies and to satisfy his thirst for power, recognition, and eminence.
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Content advisory
Violencealcohol usesmokingfoul language
Audio languages
EnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Brian McKenna
Producers
Arnie Gelbart
Cast
August SchellenbergChristopher HeyerdahlMark CamachoPierre ChagnonBilly Merasty
Studio
Multicom Entertainment Group (MEG)
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