Native American Movies

  • 2001
    The Buffalo War

    The Buffalo War

    The Buffalo War

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    Native Americans, ranchers, government officials, and environmental activists battle over the yearly slaughter of America's last wild bison, based on...

    The Buffalo War
  • 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
  • 1934
    Massacre

    Massacre

    Massacre

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    Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his...

    Massacre
  • 2017
    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary

    72017HD

    The title of this video, taken from the texts of the architect Kengo Kuma, suggests a way of looking at everything as “interconnected and...

    Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary
  • 1953
    Villages in the Sky

    Villages in the Sky

    Villages in the Sky

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    A portrait of the Hopi tribe who live in northeastern Arizona.

    Villages in the Sky
  • 1973
    Prologue to Wounded Knee

    Prologue to Wounded Knee

    Prologue to Wounded Knee

    81973HD

    An Indian is accused of the rape and murder of a white girl. The girl's stepfather incites the townspeople to punish the Indian - to cover up the...

    Prologue to Wounded Knee
  • 1952
    Wild Stallion

    Wild Stallion

    Wild Stallion

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    A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.

    Wild Stallion
  • 2011
    The Thick Dark Fog

    The Thick Dark Fog

    The Thick Dark Fog

    82011HD

    Walter Littlemoon attended a federal Indian boarding school in South Dakota sixty years ago. The mission of many of these schools in 1950, was still...

    The Thick Dark Fog
  • 1954
    Navajo Canyon Country

    Navajo Canyon Country

    Navajo Canyon Country

    01954HD

    Overview of the Navajo people and the relationship to their land in Northern Arizona.

    Navajo Canyon Country
  • 2021
    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    02021HD

    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...

    Daughter of a Lost Bird
  • 1985
    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

    71985HD

    Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts...

    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
  • 1975
    Cold Journey

    Cold Journey

    Cold Journey

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    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
  • 2001
    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    82001HD

    Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.

    The Shaman's Apprentice
  • 2015
    The Seventh Fire

    The Seventh Fire

    The Seventh Fire

    62015HD

    When gang leader Rob Brown is sentenced to prison for a fifth time, he must confront his role in bringing violent drug culture into his beloved...

    The Seventh Fire
  • 1920
    The Daughter of Dawn

    The Daughter of Dawn

    The Daughter of Dawn

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    The Daughter of Dawn is a silent Western, and one of the few films of the silent era to have an entirely Native American cast. It tells the story of...

    The Daughter of Dawn
  • 1967
    Indian Memento

    Indian Memento

    Indian Memento

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    A visit to the "Indians of Canada" pavilion at Expo 67, Montréal. Inside there are Indigenous artifacts, but even more arresting are the...

    Indian Memento
  • 2018
    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    02018HD

    Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Nowhere in North America will you find such diversity among Native Peoples, and nowhere...

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People
  • 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
  • 1994
    The Color of Fear

    The Color of Fear

    The Color of Fear

    7.61994HD

    Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah assembles a diverse group of eight American men to talk about their experience of race relations in the United States....

    The Color of Fear
  • 2011
    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

    Homeland Nation: Mescalero Apache

    82011HD

    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