Native American Movies

  • 2022
    Fighting Indians

    Fighting Indians

    Fighting Indians

    02022HD

    On May 16th, 2019, the State of Maine made history by passing LD 944 An Act to Ban Native American Mascots in All Public Schools, the first...

    Fighting Indians
  • 1989
    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

    01989HD

    A film made by Victress Hitchcock and Ava Hamilton in 1989 on the Wind River Reservation for Wyoming Public Television.

    Children of Wind River
  • 1991
    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

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    Documentation of the encroachment of European settlers upon Native American lands and the violent reaction of the Indians in their struggle to...

    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890
  • 2017
    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    5.22017HD

    First hand interviews and on the ground footage give a stirring account of The Standing Rock Sioux Nation's and water protectors' opposition to the...

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water
  • 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
  • 2016
    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland

    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland

    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland

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    Three Lenape tribes send their youth to the Delaware Water Gap region to reconnect with their ancestral homelands.

    The Water Gap: Return to the Homeland
  • 2010
    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    02010HD

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

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary
  • 2016
    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

    Canyon Song

    02016HD

    This short film follows Tonisha, Toneil and their family as they reclaim their Navajo history and reconnect with ancestors within the canyon walls.

    Canyon Song
  • 2015
    Mitakuye Oyasin

    Mitakuye Oyasin

    Mitakuye Oyasin

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    Lakota people from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota describe the ongoing struggle of their people.

    Mitakuye Oyasin
  • 2021
    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

    02021HD

    For 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native...

    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
  • 1992
    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

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    Focuses on 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, as she discusses the lack of human rights for the indigenous people of Guatemala and her...

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
  • 1994
    Indian America: A Gift from the Past

    Indian America: A Gift from the Past

    Indian America: A Gift from the Past

    01994HD

    In 1970 a storm uncovers an ancient whaling village called Ozette which had been buried some 500 years ago by a massive mudslide. The resulting...

    Indian America: A Gift from the Past
  • 2021
    When Shadows Dance at Night

    When Shadows Dance at Night

    When Shadows Dance at Night

    02021HD

    Following her brother's death, Georgia, a young college student, returns home to her reservation only to find she's become the prey of a...

    When Shadows Dance at Night
  • 1992
    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    Surviving Columbus

    01992HD

    This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

    Surviving Columbus
  • 1996
    Different Lenses: The Photography of Edward & Asahel Curtis

    Different Lenses: The Photography of Edward & Asahel Curtis

    Different Lenses: The Photography of Edward & Asahel Curtis

    01996HD

    Documentary examines the different paths taken by brothers Edward & Asahel Curtis in their photographs of Northwest Indians and Yukon explorers, as...

    Different Lenses: The Photography of Edward & Asahel Curtis
  • 1926
    Tragedies of the Osage Hills

    Tragedies of the Osage Hills

    Tragedies of the Osage Hills

    01926HD

    A lost film based on the 'Reign of Terror', a real-life series of several dozen murders committed against the Osage people. 'Tragedies of the Osage...

    Tragedies of the Osage Hills
  • 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
  • 2019
    Thunderer

    Thunderer

    Thunderer

    02019HD

    A six year old Indigenous girl discovers she has super human powers.

    Thunderer
  • 2018
    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    Indian Rights for Indian Women

    02018HD

    Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.

    Indian Rights for Indian Women
  • 2018
    Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock

    Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock

    Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock

    02018HD

    Standing Rock, 2016: the largest Native American occupation since Wounded Knee, thousands of activists, environmentalists, and militarized police...

    Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock