Episode 1
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Chenoa Egawa hosts our first episode from the Daybreak Cultural Center during a benefit concert for the Commemoration of the Battle of Fort Lawton forty years ago. Stories include: The story of how Daybreak Star was created, The John Barnett Memorial Canoe Races, The Squamish First Nations Totem raising, the opening of the Puyallup Elders Center and news from Throughout our Native Nations with Mystique Hurtado.

Episode 2
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Native Heartbeat is thrilled to have Tlingt artist Gene Tagaban sing and dance for the entire show. Gene Tagaban dances the Raven Dance, tells the story of how Raven freed the Sun, Moon and Stars into the sky and sings and drums a song from his clan.

Episode 3
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Mystique Hurtado hosts the show from the University of Washington’s Winter Pow Wow. Stories include: a look into the Native BRIDGE organization and its efforts to bring Elders and youth together. Native Heartbeat reporter Frank Giese attends the Tacoma Art Museum’s Coastal Native Celebration, we take you to Alert Bay on the British Columbia’s coast to visit the U’mista Cultural Center and finally Jeremiah George tells us the news from Throughout our Native Nations.