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Rise

Season 1 · 8 episodes · Jan 27, 2017

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    Episode 1

    Sacred Water: Standing Rock Part I

    Jan 27, 2017

    The people of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota fight to stop a pipeline from being built on their ancestral homeland.

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    Episode 2

    Red Power: Standing Rock Part II

    Jan 27, 2017

    Over 5,000 Red Power warriors have descended on Standing Rock camp to stand in solidarity and protect tribal burial sites from the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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    Episode 3

    Apache Stronghold

    Feb 3, 2017

    The Apache's most sacred land has been handed over to a multinational mining company by the US government, but the San Carlos Apache are fighting to stop the transfer.

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    Episode 4

    MMA Warriors

    Feb 10, 2017

    Young Navajo fighters who engage in mixed-martial arts in order to combat alcoholism, racism and violence are spotlighted.

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    Episode 5

    The Urban Rez

    Feb 17, 2017

    An urban reservation in Canada aims to fight poverty, crime and violence against girls and women.

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    Episode 6

    Hawaiian Sovereignty

    Feb 24, 2017

    Young Indigenous Hawaiians fight to reclaim their Occupied Kingdom from US control, resisting the construction of a billion-dollar telescope at the summit of their sacred Mauna Kea.

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    Episode 7

    Poisoned River

    Mar 3, 2017

    The Krenak People fight to survive a toxic spill that has contaminated their river.

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    Episode 8

    Warriors Rising

    Mar 10, 2017

    Savage Family, a militant Native hip-hop crew, recruits disenfranchised Native youth using rap to reclaim cultural identity and incite resistance by any means.