Rise
Rise: Season 1

Air Date

January 27, 2017

Episodes

8 episodes

Rise

Season 1

Episodes

Sacred Water: Standing Rock Part I

1. Sacred Water: Standing Rock Part I

January 27, 2017
43 min

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.

Red Power: Standing Rock Part II

2. Red Power: Standing Rock Part II

January 27, 2017
43 min

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.

Apache Stronghold

3. Apache Stronghold

February 3, 2017
43 min

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.

MMA Warriors

4. MMA Warriors

February 10, 2017
43 min

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

The Urban Rez

5. The Urban Rez

February 17, 2017
43 min

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

Hawaiian Sovereignty

6. Hawaiian Sovereignty

February 24, 2017
43 min

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.

Poisoned River

7. Poisoned River

March 3, 2017
43 min

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

Warriors Rising

8. Warriors Rising

March 10, 2017
43 min

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

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