Native American Movies

Evoking a cinema verite feel not found in most sports documentaries, Fast Break examines the 1977 Portland Trailblazers basketball team in a...

When Ferrel White-Owl moves to a small Midwestern town, he falls for a girl who's father objects to their relationship.

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...

A reporter searches for the truth behind an old Indian legend about a spirit that guards the entranceway to heaven and hell.

Wah-Ta-Wah, or Hist, the lady-love of Chingachgook, a Delaware chief, has been captured by the warlike Hurons. Chingachgook asks the aid of...

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

Raised in the suburbs of Phoenix, a Navajo college student must choose between a vacation in Rome or moving to the reservation to care for her ailing...

From totem poles to language revitalization and traditional agriculture, host Chris Eyre (Cheyenne Arapaho) discovers the resilience of the Coast...

American Indians of African descent, or Freedmen, battle their own tribes and the federal government to regain their tribal citizenship. Witness how...

The Battle of New Orleans: A Meaningful Victory explores how the British misjudged their opponent and miscalculated the complexities of the battle...

The Ojibway Switchback, a Popular Native American gigolo, is sent to repay a debt for his madam in trade. However, he underestimates exactly what is...

Waters’ LIFT project, ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (Meet Me at the Creek), is the fourth of a quartet of films, and...

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

Examines the 1879 court case of Standing Bear vs. Crook and the struggle for basic Native American rights.

Written and hosted by Jack Marks, an American Jewish author who misrepresented himself as Native American; this PBS documentary examines the...

A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.

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...

19 year old Bert sits in the shade of a tree in Yo Park. Cassandra Warrior feeds her daughter Diamond Rose. Daniel Runs Close sweats under the sun at...

Thirty miles from Manhattan a group of mysterious mountain people fight for recognition as a legitimate Native American tribe from the Bureau of...

On a secluded island in the Florida Everglades, relic hunters accidentally uncover the grave of an Indian medicine man, unleashing the fury of an...