# The Hidden Founders of American Democracy | Full Episode | Native America

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Watch more with PBS Passport: https://to.pbs.org/2DdzTCv Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies. Investigate lost cities in Mexico, a temple in Peru, a potlatch ceremony in the Pacific Northwest and a tapestry of shell beads in upstate New York whose story inspired our own democracy. \[Originally aired in 2018\]

Nature to Nations | Native America

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Native America A four-part PBS series that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Americas before and since contact with Europe. It travels through 15,000-years to showcase massive cities, unique systems of science, art, and writing, and 100 million people connected by social networks and spiritual beliefs spanning two continents. The series reveals some of the most advanced cultures in human history and the Native American people who created it and whose legacy continues, unbroken, to this day.

- What it is: Full episode
- Series: [Native America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/library/rights-holders/series/a3178850f8a8)
- Previous episode: [How Native Americans Read the Stars (And Built a Civilization) | Full Episode | Native America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/rights-holders/1knIpTuzUW8)
- Length: 54 min
- Rights holder: [PBS Digital Studios](https://www.pbs.org/digital-studios/) (its site links the channel: https://www.pbs.org/digital-studios/)
- Channel: [PBS Documentaries](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6OAftTQOuUBRdtUDq5SUA)
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- Who can watch here: Adult profiles and older (no rating is recorded on YouTube, so adults only)
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