Uncharted Territory
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Dec 3, 2025
1:30 PM on Dec 3, 2025
Explores the challenges the tribe faces as they take on a new economic venture: casino gambling. The tribe is in uncharted territory, but through cooperative relationships and dedicated tribal members they finally begin to lay the groundwork for true sovereignty.
Gaining Legitimacy
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Dec 10, 2025
1:30 PM on Dec 10, 2025
Gaining Legitimacy finds the tribe in a new era of prosperity. They have become a major force in the Inland Empire; bringing much needed jobs and economic revitalization to the area. Their journey from poverty has been difficult, however, as legal battles over their sovereignty continue to challenge their gaming venture.
Legacy of Casinos
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Dec 17, 2025
1:30 PM on Dec 17, 2025
Looks to the future and how the San Manuel Tribe is building a legacy beyond casinos. With new and diversified business ventures, the tribe has returned to their status as one of the most powerful, influential tribes in Southern California, as they were in antiquity.
From Contact to Colonization
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Dec 24, 2025
1:30 PM on Dec 24, 2025
The focus of the program encompasses the initial settlements established by the Spanish in the form of missions and presidios, changes that incurred due to Mexican Independence, and the eventual take over of California by the American government.
From Contact to Colonization
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Dec 24, 2025
1:30 PM on Dec 24, 2025
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American California
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Dec 31, 2025
1:30 PM on Dec 31, 2025
This program turns its focus onto the era of the gold rush, California statehood, and the birth of the reservation systems. The desire for Indian lands, anti Indian laws and Indian massacres are discussed.
American California
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Dec 31, 2025
1:30 PM on Dec 31, 2025
This program turns its focus onto the era of the gold rush, California statehood, and the birth of the reservation systems. The desire for Indian lands, anti Indian laws and Indian massacres are discussed.
Native Resistance
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Jan 7, 2026
1:30 PM on Jan 7, 2026
Historians and Native Indians talk about the reservation system and the various manners in which California Indians fought to maintain and remain within their ancestral lands. Broken treaties, the Modoc Wars, and the perseverance of the Serrano Indians are discussed.
Assimilation
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Jan 14, 2026
1:30 PM on Jan 14, 2026
The various ways in which California's indigenous people were assimilated into American society are covered. Indian boarding schools, military service and the Indian extermination policies are presented and discussed.
Voices of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
FNX 9.3
Past Show Times:
7:30 AM on Jan 25, 2026
7:30 AM on Jan 25, 2026
1:30 PM on Jan 21, 2026
1:30 PM on Jan 21, 2026
Indian people from throughout California discuss the importance of maintaining their unique cultures to preserve this knowledge for future generations.
The Origin of the Yuhaviatam
FNX 9.3
Upcoming Show Times:
7:30 AM on Feb 1, 2026
7:30 AM on Feb 1, 2026
Past Show Times:
1:30 PM on Jan 28, 2026
1:30 PM on Jan 28, 2026
Begins the story arc that follows the Serrano people from their creation story which begins in Marra (near 29 Palms) and the top of the San Bernardino Mountains fo their ultimate settlement on the San Manuel Reservation. Jerry Paresa narrates.
The World of the Serrano
FNX 9.3
Upcoming Show Times:
1:30 PM on Feb 4, 2026
1:30 PM on Feb 4, 2026
7:30 AM on Feb 8, 2026
Learn how knowledge of plants, animals and technologies has bound members of The San Manual Tribe to the land and informs their contemporary identities as Indian People. Jerry Paresa narrates. Promo for Program #103 is embedded in the body of this program and also after the program close after approx. 2 mins of black.