Before the Ships: A Native American Epic

Embark on a transformative journey through the heart of Indigenous America. Watches With Patience, a young Haudenosaunee man, is sent by his elders to learn from other Native nations across Turtle Island. His travels take him from the Eastern Woodlands to the Great Plains, from the deserts of the Southwest to the icy Arctic. Along the way, he encounters communities whose deep connections to their lands and ancestors have sustained them through countless generations.
Through Watches With Patience's observant eyes, we witness the wisdom of the Ancestral Pueblo people who built their homes from the very earth itself, the Lakota hunters who dance with the buffalo, the Cherokee medicine woman who speaks with plants, and the Inuit innovators who turn ice into shelter. Each encounter reveals a different facet of Indigenous knowledge-a tapestry woven from relationships, reciprocity, and a profound understanding of the natural world.
Before the Ships is a powerful testament to the resilience and wisdom of Indigenous America, a reminder that the old ways hold the seeds of a future that might yet be.