American Experience: WE SHALL REMAIN

WE SHALL REMAIN is the groundbreaking five-part television series from American Experience that spans 300 years to tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective. WE SHALL REMAIN shows how Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture -- from the Wampanoags of New England in the 1600s who used their alliance with the English to weaken rival tribes, to the bold new leaders of the 1970s who harnessed the momentum of the civil rights movement to forge a pan-Indian identity.

American Experience: WE SHALL REMAIN represents an unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers and involved Native advisors and scholars at all levels of the project.

Visit AZPM's We Shall Remain Page to see a 30-minute preview and behind the scenes look at the five 90-minute documentaries spanning 300 years telling the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective.

Listen to "Wounded Knee" Co-producer Julianna Brannum talk about the 1973 incident with Arizona Spotlight's Mark McLemore.

This landmark miniseries is broadcast Monday evenings through May 11:

Episode One: After the Mayflower Premieres Monday, April 13 at 9 p.m. In 1621, the Wampanoag of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation.

Episode Two: Tecumseh's Vision Premieres Monday, April 20 at 9 p.m. In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted on the North American continent.

Episode Three: Trail of Tears Premieres Monday, April 27 at 9 p.m. Though the Cherokee embraced “civilization” and won recognition of tribal sovereignty in the U.S. Supreme Court, their resistance to removal from their homeland failed. Thousands were forced on a perilous march to Oklahoma.

Episode Four: Geronimo Premieres Monday, May 4 at 9 p.m. As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance.

Episode Five: Wounded Knee Premieres Monday, May 11 at 9 p.m. In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the country forged a new path into the future.

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