MOVIES
Wind River (2017)
A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.
Smoke Signals (1998)
Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.
Skins (2002)
An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Pow Wow Highway (1989)
Depicts the struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central United States. The main character is an introspective and lovable person in a process of seeking pride
Warrior Women (2018)
A documentary which details the life of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, whose career fighting for Indigenous and women's rights has now spanned over 50 years.
DOCUMENTARIES
All on Netflix
We Still Live Here As Nutayunean
The revival of language by a Wampanoag social worker
American Experience: We Shall Remain (2009)
300 years of history in 3 parts
500 Nations
Number and diversity of tribal people in North and Central America
8 parts
Reel Injun
Portrayals, often inaccurate and damaging, of Indigenous people in films
A Good Day to Die
Dennis Banks and the American Indian Movement
American Outreach (2009)
Two Shoshone sisters take on the federal government in a battle for their land rights
Broken Rainbow (2013)
Historical and recent efforts to force Navajo and other Indigenous people off their land
Holy Man: The US vs Douglas White (2017)
A gross miscarriage of justice leads to the conviction and 17-year imprisonment of Douglas White
Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart
As European settler-colonialists expand west, Sitting Bull works to protect his people and culture.
On PBS.org
A Place to Remember: Indigenous Stories from the Everglades
Seminole and Miccosukee traditions
Water Warriors
Indigenous and white families unite to protect their water from an energy company
Indie Alaska
A series about indigenous life in Alaska
The Dig
Accohanock tribal elder goes on the water to tell his story and teach about his tribal history
Return of Indian Island
In northern California the Wiyot tribe lost its remaining land in the 1860s, but in 2018 the city of Eureka voted to return the site of their spiritual universe to them
N. Scott Momaday: words from a Bear
Pulitzer-Prize winning author and poet Scott Momaday talks about his life and drive to create
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