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A Kayak To Carry Us
Learn how building a traditional Sugpiaq kayak can help maintain and invigorate a language, a culture, and a way of knowing the land and ocean.
Almost an Island
ALMOST AN ISLAND is a cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiat family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska.
And Now We Rise
A portrait of Samuel Johns, a young Athabaskan hip hop artist, founder of the Forget Me Not Facebook Group.
Apache 8
This is 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.
ATTLA
ATTLA tells the gripping but virtually unknown story of George Attla, an Alaska Native dogsled racer.
Badger Creek
Badger Creek is a half-hour documentary portrait of a Blackfeet (Pikuni) family, the Mombergs, who live on the lower Blackfeet Reservation in Montana near the banks of Badger Creek.
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.
Chasing Voices
John Peabody Harrington's quest to document Native languages and how it strengthens the Native language revival movement today.
Choctaw Code Talkers
In 1918, not considered citizens of the U.S., Choctaw members of the U.S. American Expeditionary Forces were asked to use their native language as a powerful tool against the German Forces in World War I, setting a precedent for code talking as an effective military weapon and Learn More
Clans
Clans explores relationships among the Na-Dene, the largest Indigenous linguistic family in North America, through the origin and migration stories of the Dene in the Canadian Subarctic and the Diné (Navajo) in the American Southwest.
Crying Earth Rise Up
Follows the search for why there are high levels of radiation in drinking water.
Daugher of a Lost Bird
What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act, is on a journey to reconnect with her birth family and discover her Lummi heritage.
DAWNLAND
The first official “truth and reconciliation commission” of Native child adoption in the United States.
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska tells the story of an extraordinary Alaskan woman who becomes an unforeseen hero in the fight for civil rights.
Growing Native Alaska: People of the North
Alaska Native cultures have depended on the abundant natural resources. Now these resources are growing scarce, and the people have to find new ways to adapt.
Growing Native Great Lakes: Turtle Island
Meet the Ojibwe and a tribe that was relocated to this region—the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin who care for these lands.
Growing Native Northwest: Coast Salish
Host Chris Eyre (Cheyenne Arapaho) discovers the resilience of the Coast Salish Tribes of the Pacific Northwest.
Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People
Host Moses Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota) guides this episode of Growing Native on a journey through Oklahoma’s past and present.
Home From School
Explores the controversial history of Indian boarding schools.
Indigeneity Learning Media
The ‘Indigeneity’ webisode series presents an accurate portrait of the Native American Experience by tackling stereotypes, exploring contemporary issues, and celebrating Indigenous contributions to America. The ‘Indigeneity’ series brings virtual “Native American Studies” lessons to all learners with access to the internet. Hosted by Native American media Learn More
Ishi’s Return
A short film about Ishi, billed in 1911 as the “last wild Indian" and who became a national sensation.
Keep Talking
Four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Alutiiq, a critically endangered language.
Kinaalda: Navajo Rite of Passage
A Navajo filmmaker turns the camera on herself and her family as she documents the Kinaalda, or coming of age ceremony.
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 chronicles the life of Comanche activist and national civil rights leader LaDonna Harris and her influences in Native and mainstream American history.
Lake of Betrayal
The history of Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and its impact on the Seneca Nation of Indians.
Mankiller
MANKILLER examines the legacy of the formidable Wilma Mankiller, who defied all odds to become one of the most influential leaders in the United States.
Medicine Woman
Interweaves the lives of Native healers of today with that of the first Native American doctor.
Metal Road
Explores the dynamics of livelihood, family, and the railroads through the lens of a Navajo trackman.
Moroni for President
Wilma Mankiller was the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, elected at a time when women faced considerable opposition.
My Louisiana Love
A young Native American woman as she returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family.
Navajo Math Circles
Navajo Math Circles follows Navajo students in a lively collaboration with mathematicians. Using a model called math circles, the students stay late after school and assemble over the summer at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, to study mathematics.
Ohero:kon Under the Husk
“Ohero:kon - Under the Husk” is a 26-min documentary following the journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their passage rites to become women in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory located in upstate NY.
Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian
Kate Beane, a young Dakota woman, examines the extraordinary life of her celebrated relative, Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa).
On A Knife Edge
A coming-of-age story of George Dull Knife, a Lakota teenager growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Osage Murders
Osage Murders tells the story of how the Osage became known as the wealthiest people in the world during an oil boom on their reservation and the practices used to rob them.
Racing the Rez
Follows Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners from two rival high schools.
Red Power Energy
The American Indian perspective reframing today's complex energy debate.
Rematriation Series: Joanne Shenandoah
"Rematriation Series: Joanne Shenandoah," the newest installment of Rematriation Magazine’s film series on dismantling social injustice through a spiritually grounded lens.
Return to Rainy Mountain
The story of famous poet N. Scott Momaday from his own voice, and in the voice of his daughter.
RETURN: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit
The food-sovereignty movement occurring across the country through the stories of women.
Rising Voices
A feature film about the imminent peril to the Lakota language.
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
The story of a profound, essential, and, until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous influence.
Searching for Sequoyah
The first documentary feature to chronicle the legendary accomplishments and mysterious life of the famed Cherokee Renaissance man, Sequoyah.
Sisters Rising
Six Native women fight to heal a society crippled for far too long by violence against indigenous women in the United States.
Skindigenous Season 1
A 13-part series exploring the art of tattooing as practiced by Indigenous peoples around the world.
Skindigenous Season 2
Second season of a 13-part series exploring the art of tattooing as practiced by Indigenous peoples around the world.
Sousa on the Rez
An unexpected and engaging picture of the little-known Native American marching band scene.
Standing Bear’s Footsteps
An Indian chief who went to court and redefined what it means to be an American.
The Blackfeet Flood
Two Blackfeet families struggle to come to terms with the 1964 Montana flood.
The Medicine Game
Two brothers from the Onondaga Nation pursue their dreams of playing lacrosse.
The People’s Protectors
Four Native American veterans reflect on their experiences in the military during the divisive Vietnam War.
The Seven Generation River
Cultural preservation and environmental restoration efforts made by the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians.
The Twelve Days of Native Christmas
The Twelve Days of Native Christmas is an animated short film written and directed by Gary Robinson with illustrations by Jesse T. Hummingbird.
Tribal Justice
The little-known, underreported efforts of tribal courts to create alternative systems of justice.
Warrior Women
The story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists' children.
What Was Ours
Award winning Independent Lens documentary by Mat Hames about Native American tribes seeking to reclaim their artifacts with a dream of their own museum.
Without a Whisper
Explore the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality.
Words from a Bear
Words from a Bear examines the enigmatic life and mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Navarro Scott Momaday, one of Native America’s most celebrated authors of poetry and prose.