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Flying Ninja Turkeys

Eric Walden (Little Hawk Logistics)

A pilot marvels at the ninja-like moves of the wild turkey mid-flight.

6 mins

Life as a Turkey Mother

Joe Hutto

World-renowned naturalist Joe Hutto, subject of the Emmy winning BBC documentary “My Life As a Turkey”, discusses how he became a wild turkey mother in the hammocks of Florida.

15 mins

Why the Bronze Turkey Disappeared

Paul Kelly and Judd Culver (KellyBronze Turkeys)

A visit to an organic turkey farm to find out how the once-scorned bronze-feathered turkey is making a comeback.

5 mins

A Rhyme of Engineering Gone Way Wrong

Jay Sullivan (Virginia Military Institute)

Sullivan, a professor of Mechanical Engineering, sends his students off on Thanksgiving break with this poem about a young engineer who meddles in the preparation of the Thanksgiving turkey with Hindenberg-like results.

3 mins

Native American Harvest Traditions

Anton Treuer (Bemidji State University)

Anton Treuer, author of Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, shares how he and his family give thanks.

12 mins

Frybread Please

Karenne Wood (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities)

A simple food born of desperate times, you can count on seeing frybread at Native American feasts.

5 mins

The Sioux Chef

Sean Sherman (The Sioux Chef)

A Minnesota chef gives us a taste of pre-contact American Indian cuisine.

7 mins

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