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Meet the Natives: USA

Meet the Natives: USA (2009)

November. 29,2009

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Meet the Natives: USA

Meet the Natives: USA is an American reality television series that premiered on the Travel Channel on November 29, 2009. The series follows five tribesmen from the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, as they travel to the United States on an adventure to explore America and the American way of life. During their visit to America they also have a special message of peace and kindness that they wish to relay.

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Meet the Natives: USA

2009

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2009

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Montana

November. 29,2009

The first US stop for our 5 tribesmen from Tanna is a cattle ranch in Montana. On the ranch, they join in with everything from hunting deer to medicating and branding cattle. It's not all work though: on a trip to Yellowstone Park they discover how much fun snow is, while a visit to a 2-step night at a local bar leaves them in hysterics.

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Episode 2 - New York

November. 29,2009

Swept by limo to the glamorous apartment of Mrs. Bunny Beekman, the 5 tribesmen are plunged into the rituals of a tribe known as "the wasp people." They dine at Sardi's, find totems at the Metropolitan Museum built by their neighbors back home in the South Pacific, and even learn how to skateboard.

Episode 3 - Peoria

December. 06,2009

In their third episode, the 5 Tanna ambassadors are heading to middle America. Since they are staying over the Thanksgiving holiday, they join in all the seasonal rituals from cooking the "big chicken" and watching football on TV, to helping to build a strange, plastic tree inside the house.

Episode 4 - Orange County, CA

December. 13,2009

Fourth stop of the tribesman from Tanna in the US. They went from cold to sunny in Orange County, California. With their hosts they get a taste how frivolous can America be and even get their nails painted. They do have fun riding a Roller Coaster, except the chief.

Episode 5 - Ft. Stewart, GA/Washington DC

December. 20,2009

Next two stops of the tribesman from Tanna. Here with the military they hope to learn more about Tom Navy, then they travel to Washington D.C. and possible visit General Collin Powell.

Episode 6 - Reflections

December. 20,2009

The host families are shown the finished episodes and they share their memories of the visit.