Official Trailer | Before America
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Reframing America’s origins through Native resistance in the Great Lakes.
New episodes Sundays Nov. 16-Dec. 14, 2025. Before America… is a five-part digital series reframing Revolutionary-era history through Native perspectives. Centered in the Great Lakes, it explores Indigenous resistance, memory, and sovereignty—where the fight for freedom truly began. Each episode uncovers hidden stories of women’s power, rebellion and the land that still remembers. A WKAR original.
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Before America is a local public television program presented by WKAR
Official Trailer | Before America
Preview: Season 2025 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
New episodes Sundays Nov. 16-Dec. 14, 2025. Before America… is a five-part digital series reframing Revolutionary-era history through Native perspectives. Centered in the Great Lakes, it explores Indigenous resistance, memory, and sovereignty—where the fight for freedom truly began. Each episode uncovers hidden stories of women’s power, rebellion and the land that still remembers. A WKAR original.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIn term of historic cultural relevance, it doesn't get any bigger, than right in this area.
You have to be in the spot to hear the story.
This was a war that was about land.
It's a very pivotal part of our history, but also the eventual creation of the United States.
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