Native America

Warrior Spirit (2x2)

Uitzenddatum: Okt 31, 2023

Within Native communities across America, warrior traditions inspire incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games, and glory. This episode includes teen boxer Mariah Bahe (Navajo), ultrarunner Christian Gering (Katishtya), and Indian horse relay riders from the Flathead National Reservation in Montana. Today’s Native warriors are connected by an incredible history and drive to strengthen and empower themselves, their cultures, communities, and their Nations. This tradition of reaching within oneself to serve has deep roots in Native American communities, including the horse riders on the plains fighting to protect their homelands and the Navajo Code Talkers, who transmitted secret messages in World War II. And it lives on across Native America today, where nearly one in five serves in the American armed forces—the highest rate of any group.