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When the U.S. government tried to terminate its relationship with the Tribes of Florida, the Miccosukees played geopolitical rivals against one another, making a diplomatic visit to Castro's Cuba at the height of Cold War tensions.

A reclusive Native American hunter is thrust into a deadly conspiracy when he stumbles upon a group of smugglers trafficking fentanyl through tribal land; left for dead, he returns to bring down the operation using the wilderness itself, only to discover the betrayal reaches the highest level of tribal leadership.

Pursued by Wilson Fisk's criminal empire, Maya's journey brings her home and she must confront her own family and legacy.

People of the West is a ten-part premium documentary series that reclaims the history of California through Indigenous perspectives. Blending oral histories, tribal archives, expert insight, and cinematic recreations, the series spans from creation stories and pre-contact life through colonization, state-sponsored violence, resistance, and cultural survival. Each episode centers Native voices and lived experience, reframing well-known events—from the mission system and Gold Rush to Alcatraz and modern sovereignty movements—through those who endured them. Visually ambitious and emotionally grounded, the series pairs sweeping landscapes with intimate storytelling to reveal California as it has always been: Native land. Designed to live both on screen and in classrooms, People of the West offers a corrective to dominant narratives while highlighting the resilience, continuity, and contemporary presence of Native nations shaping the state today.