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Choctaw Code Talkers

The personal and heartfelt story of Choctaw soldiers whose dedication and bravery assisted in ending World War I, even though as individuals the men were not recognized as American citizens.

Blood Memory

The untold history of America's Indian Adoption Era - a time when nearly one-third of children were removed from tribal communities nationwide.

Badger Creek

A portrait of a Blackfeet (Pikuni) family, the Mombergs, who live on the lower Blackfeet Reservation in Montana near the banks of Badger Creek.

ATTLA

ATTLA tells the gripping but virtually unknown story of George Attla, an Alaska Native dogsled racer.

Apache 8

The story of the courageous all-female Apache 8 firefighting unit which has protected their reservation and responded to wildfires around the nation for 30 years.

And Now We Rise

A portrait of Samuel Johns, a young Athabaskan hip hop artist, founder of the Forget Me Not Facebook Group.

Aleut Story

In the turbulence of war, in a place where survival was just short of miraculous, the Aleuts of Alaska would redefine themselves — and America.

A Blackfeet Encounter

Explore the only deadly clash between Native Americans and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Without Arrows

WITHOUT ARROWS chronicles the vibrance and struggle of a Lakȟóta family.

Without a Whisper

Explore the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality.

Who She Is

The story of four individual women caught in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) epidemic.

The Electric Indian

Follow Henry Boucha's journey - from high school hockey to Olympic medalist.

The Bears on Pine Ridge

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has declared a “State of Emergency” after an outbreak of youth suicides has devastated the community.

Something Inside is Broken

Native American Musical based on actual historical events of the untold story of how Natives were slaves under Johann Sutter's Mexican reign.

SKINDIGENOUS Season 3

SKINDIGENOUS returns for its third season with 13 new episodes profiling some of the most talented Indigenous tattoo artists in the world.

SKINDIGENOUS Season 2

Second season of a 13-part series exploring the art of tattooing as practices by Indigenous peoples around the world.

Time Has Many Voices

In the Bay area of San Francisco is an ancient village site where native peoples long ago lived and prospered.

The Medicine Game

Two brothers from the Onondaga Nation pursue their dreams of playing lacrosse.

Sousa on the Rez

An unexpected and engaging picture of the little-known native American marching band scene.

Rising Voices

A feature film about the imminent peril of the Lakota language.

RETURN: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

The food sovereignty movement occurring across the country through the stories of women.

Red Power Energy

The American Indian perspective reframing today's complex energy debate.

Racing the Rez

Follow Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners from two rival high schools.

Oyate Woyaka

OYATE WOYAKA tells the story of the Lakota language history, loss and revitalization.

Older than the Crown

To the Sinixt, hunting on ancestral land is an aboriginal right gifted to them by Creator. However, they have been legally denied this right since 1956, when the Canadian government unjustly declared the tribe extinct.

Native Horse

Today, new discoveries in Western science have come together with Lakota scientists to create a more complete understanding of the Horse, its evolution, and its bond with humans.

Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust

At the foot of the majestic snow-capped Sierras, Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp, becomes the confluence for memories of Payahuunadü, the now-parched “land of flowing water.”

Almost an Island

A cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiaq family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska.

Indigenize the Plate

Exploring the connection between food sustainability and cultural sustainability for Indigenous communities.

Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes.

Growing Native Northwest: Coast Salish

From totem poles to language revitalization and traditional agriculture, Host Chris Eyre (Cheyenne Arapaho) discovers the resilience of the Coast Salish Tribes of the Pacific Northwest.

Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island

The Great Lakes and connecting waterways have remained the center of traditional and contemporary economies for centuries.

Growing Native Alaska: People of the North

All across Alaska, Native cultures have depended on the abundant natural resources found there to support their families, cultures and way of life.

Groundworks

Four diverse Native performers who come together in a collaborative performance on Alcatraz Island, on San Francisco’s first official Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Fire Tender

Yurok people have been putting fire on the land since time immemorial. But for more than 100 years, this practice has been disrupted by California settlers.

Daughter of a Lost Bird

Kendra, a Native adoptee, is a thriving woman who grew up in a loving, upper middle-class white family, and feels no significant loss with the absence of Indigenous culture or family in her life.

Chasing Voices

The life story of controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington, who beginning in 1907 crisscrossed the United States frantically searching and documenting dying Native American languages

Bring Her Home

Three Indigenous women — an artist, an activist and a politician — work to vindicate and honor their relatives who are victims in the growing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Home From School: The Children of Carlisle

“Kill the Indian in him, and save the man” was the guiding principle of the U.S. government-run Indian Boarding School program starting in the late 19th Century.

Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life

Celebrating the resilience and adaptive natures of salmon and the people, the film is a reflection on a spiritual life way centered on respect and gratitude for salmon.

One With the Whale

In St. Lawrence, Alaska, a remote island in the Bering Sea where hunting whales is a matter of life and death, a shy Native teen, Chris Apassingok, became the youngest person ever to harpoon a whale for his village.

Firelighters: Fire is Medicine

Indigenous women leaders from the Yurok, Hoopa and Karuk tribes are building educational resources to share Indigenous land management practices and create policies to reinstate indigenous burning rights.

And Knowledge to Keep Us

A community reconnecting with its deep, rich culture and using that knowledge to try to heal from what had been taken over many generations.

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