KQED DTV Channels
-
KQED 9HD
Comcast 9 and 709
Digital 9.1, 54.2 or 25.1All widescreen and HD programs
-
KTEH 54
Comcast 10
Digital 9.2, 54.1 or 25.2KTEH TV from San Jose in Silicon Valley
-
KQED Life
Comcast 189
Digital 54.3Arts, food, how-to, gardening, travel
-
KQED World
Comcast 190
Digital 9.3History, world events, news, science, nature
-
V-Me
Comcast 191 & 621
Digital 54.5 or 25.324-hour national Spanish-language network
-
KQED Kids
Comcast 192
Digital 54.4Quality children's programming parents love too
More from KQED
Indian Boarding Schools: Keeping The Culture Alive
One of the most devastating threats to individual Native cultures was the establishment of government-run boarding schools. Whether these were small on-site reservation locations aimed at the younger tribal members or one of the many "Carlisle" Indian schools scattered throughout the country, the United States Congress and Bureau of Indian Affairs' program for education pursued a policy of total assimilation into mainstream society by disassociating the children from all things inherently Indian - in effect, erasing all connection with traditional cultural systems and values. This unfortunate saga of the American Indian boarding schools has been included in US primary and secondary curriculums only in recent decades, relegated to a few scant paragraphs. In truth, the story continues to be written. Many Indians are still trying to reconcile their lives as tribal members with their lives as part of 250 million other Americans, and many struggle with a disconnected tribal heritage, striving to recover what was taken from them.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
Beyond The Mesas (#101)
Duration:
26:46 CC Stereo TVG
Produced with the full participation of The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, Beyond The Mesas tells the stories of the federal government's efforts to assimilate and acculturate Hopis, the visit by four Hopi chiefs to Washington, the subsequent Oraibi split, and the forced removal and experiences of Hopi children in off-reservation boarding schools such as the Sherman Institute and the Phoenix and Stewart Indian Schools. Faced with the enforced loss of their language in their children, vastly outnumbered by a technologically advanced military that had the power to annihilate them, enlightened Hopi leadership sought a peaceful middle ground that would preserve the best of Hopi culture and combine it with the best of the white man's culture. Both federal policies and pressure to resist from within the Hopi community challenged this strategy.
Channels and Airdates:
Beautiful Resistance (#102)
Duration:
26:46 CC Stereo TVG
From 1879, and as late as the 1950s, America attempted to destroy Native Culture through the Boarding School system, where the educational dictum was "Kill the Indian to save the man". "Beautiful Resistance" tells the story of contemporary Native artists and their courageous efforts to keep their culture alive by communicating their stories, myths and evolving emotions and lifestyles through their art.
