Nation Untamed

Sam and Chuck travel to the Painted Warriors Ranch in Alberta to learn traditional Métis bush skills, including fire starting, horse packing and identifying medicinal plants. Then, they put their new skills to the test on an overnight adventure.

Sam and Chuck go on an unexpected adventure at a Manitoba bison ranch, where they harvest, skin and butcher the animals by hand. They also visit a First Nation in Saskatchewan that’s re-establishing its own bison herd.

Sam and Chuck travel to southwestern Colorado to learn about the Southern Ute Tribe. Trekking through the magnificent San Juan Mountains in search of a mountain lion, they come face to face with an apex predator.

Sam and Chuck spend a few days as helpers on a large northern Saskatchewan trapline, where they learn new techniques from Woodland Cree trapper Jarret Nelson. They also learn how to catch the elusive lynx, an animal that Chuck has never trapped before.

Sam and Chuck head to Lac du Flambeau in Wisconsin, where they head out onto the dark, frozen lakes to learn how to fish giant muskellunge. This fish is particularly special to the Ojibwe, who have traditional ways of hunting it.

Sam and Chuck journey to the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan to experience traditional dogsledding and snowshoeing. They discover how a remote camp uses land-based learning initiatives to help keep Cree culture and language alive.