Native American Movies

  • 2011
    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

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    In the Sacramento Mountains of Southern New Mexico In the shadow of Sierra Blanca Peak Live the proud people of the Mescalero Apache With a history...

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache
  • 2018
    Eagle Boy

    Eagle Boy

    Eagle Boy

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    A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.

    Eagle Boy
  • 1970
    Tasunke Witko

    Tasunke Witko

    Tasunke Witko

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    Told from the perspective of contemporary Lakota people, the film explores the life of Crazy Horse (Tasunke Witko). Viewers see the natural world of...

    Tasunke Witko
  • 2012
    Racing the Rez

    Racing the Rez

    Racing the Rez

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    Racing the Rez reveals the transformative potential of cross-country running at the team level. The story follows two rival high school teams...

    Racing the Rez
  • 2013
    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

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    A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again
  • 2017
    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY

    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY

    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY

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    Black Snake Killaz is a feature-length documentary film about the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. This film explores actions taken by water...

    BLACK SNAKE KILLAZ: A #NODAPL STORY
  • 2010
    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

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    Documentary about the Red Lake school shooting and its perpetrator, Jeff Weise.

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary
  • 1975
    Cold Journey

    Cold Journey

    Cold Journey

    01975HD

    In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him...

    Cold Journey
  • 2023
    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM

    02023HD

    The documentary adresses the meaning of music and the musical diversity present in Umbanda (a Brazilian religion with afroindigenous roots). With...

    ENCRUZILHADAS DO SOM
  • 1995
    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

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    A Chippewa prophecy foretells a time called the 7th Fire when lost traditions will be recovered. Native American filmmaker Sandra Sunrising Osawa...

    Lighting the 7th Fire
  • 2021
    Scenes from the Glittering World

    Scenes from the Glittering World

    Scenes from the Glittering World

    02021HD

    At the farthest edge of the Navajo Nation, the purpose and future of the most remote high school in the continental United States is in question...

    Scenes from the Glittering World
  • 2012
    Dakota 38

    Dakota 38

    Dakota 38

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    In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great...

    Dakota 38
  • 2021
    Say Her Name

    Say Her Name

    Say Her Name

    02021HD

    A short film highlighting the epidemic of missing indigenous men and women who have gone missing in Bighorn County, Montana. It features several...

    Say Her Name
  • 2007
    Standing Silent Nation

    Standing Silent Nation

    Standing Silent Nation

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    When the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance separating industrial hemp from its illegal cousin, marijuana, Alex White Plume and his family...

    Standing Silent Nation
  • 2009
    The Lost Spirits

    The Lost Spirits

    The Lost Spirits

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    The last surviving Native Americans on Long Island are the focus of The Lost Spirits. The film chronicles their struggles as an indigenous people to...

    The Lost Spirits
  • 1970
    The Trial of Standing Bear

    The Trial of Standing Bear

    The Trial of Standing Bear

    01970HD

    Examines the 1879 court case of Standing Bear vs. Crook and the struggle for basic Native American rights.

    The Trial of Standing Bear
  • 2010
    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    02010HD

    The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the...

    Cry Rock
  • 1995
    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes

    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes

    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes

    01995HD

    Odell Borg, an accomplished player and maker of Native American flutes, teaches about embouchures, rhythm, scales, duets, double flutes, dealing with...

    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes
  • 2018
    Battle Over Bears Ears

    Battle Over Bears Ears

    Battle Over Bears Ears

    02018HD

    At its heart, it’s a battle for homeland and sovereignty. Bears Ears, a remote section of land lined with red cliffs and filled with juniper...

    Battle Over Bears Ears
  • 2014
    American Interior

    American Interior

    American Interior

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    Two men. Two quests. Two centuries apart. Four ways to experience the search for a lost tribe. Film. Book. Album. App.

    American Interior