Season 11 - In The Americas with David Yetman

1101 Summer Mardi Gras: Caribbean Carnival in Toronto

In August, Toronto explodes with celebration as Carnival festivities begin, delayed for months by the wintry blasts of the north.

1102 Copán, Honduras: Chronicles Of The Maya Kings

Four more than four centuries, kings of the ancient Mayas at Copán, Honduras, recorded their exploits, carved into rock, now deciphered and revealed in majestic detail.

1103 Popolocas and Their Heritage in Mexico

For many centuries, Popolocas of southern Mexico, persisted in the shadow of their Aztec conquerors, a tradition that continues in their desert environment.

1104 African and Indigenous Heritage in Oaxaca’s Coast

On the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, runaway slaves built their own communities and joined other indigenous groups, forging a culture that persists into the present.

1105 Turquoise in the Southwest

For millennia, turquoise has been the gemstone of choice for jewelers of the Southwest, a tradition that continues, even as the sources dwindle.

1106 Puerto Rico: The Colony and its Emergence

Though Puerto Rico is part of the United States, its colonial history, its distinct culture, and its tropical Caribbean setting make it decidedly different from the upper states.

1107 Brasilia and Chapada Dos Veadeiros

Brazil’s capital city, far removed from the Amazon, sits on a plateau that is also home to home rugged cliffs, streams, and waterfalls, indigenous communities, homesteads of pioneering families, and habitats found in these mountains and nowhere else.

1108 Kraho: Enduring People of Brazil’s Plateau

The Krahó people of Brazil’s plateau country survive on their traditional lands where they maintain their culture and their ancient ways in the nation’s largest Indian reservation.

1109 – The Mississippi River Program

The Mississippi is the largest river in North America and the most destructive of human works, presenting an epic challenge for the Army Corps of Engineers around New Orleans.

1110 Imperiled Refuges: Islets in the Sea of Cortés

Islands and waters of Mexico’s northern Gulf of California are refuges for sea creatures, still reliant on decreasing fish stocks and beset with the uncertainties of climate change.