Native American Movies

  • 1989
    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

    Children of Wind River

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

    Children of Wind River
  • 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
  • 1983
    The Compass Rose

    The Compass Rose

    The Compass Rose

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    Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial statement on the creation and survival of...

    The Compass Rose
  • 2017
    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

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    A look into the 19th century American-Indian Wars, Manifest Destiny, and the conflicts between Apache tribes and the African-American Buffalo soldier...

    Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny
  • 1990
    Warriors and Prisoners

    Warriors and Prisoners

    Warriors and Prisoners

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    Patagonia, Argentina, 1880s. During the Conquest of the Desert, Marguerite, the French wife of Colonel Garay, in charge of protecting a new railway,...

    Warriors and Prisoners
  • 2018
    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

    Growing Native Oklahoma: Red People

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    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 1983
    The Scout

    The Scout

    The Scout

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    1877, the tribe of the Nez Percés Indians are driven into the reservation by a white cavalry force. So that they can not escape, their horses...

    The Scout
  • 1941
    Northwestern Mountains

    Northwestern Mountains

    Northwestern Mountains

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    An early silent color film of Glacier National Park and Mount Rainier. The film is part of the 'Our Colorful World' series, produced by Bell &...

    Northwestern Mountains
  • 2010
    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

    Cry Rock

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    In the Bella Coola Valley, a haunting legend endures through generations as a filmmaker reckons with whether the stories of her ancestors can survive...

    Cry Rock
  • 2023
    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

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    The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas...

    We Will Speak
  • 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
  • 1961
    The Exiles

    The Exiles

    The Exiles

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    The story of one night in the lives of a group of young Native American men and women who have left their reservations and are now living in the...

    The Exiles
  • 1949
    Apache Chief

    Apache Chief

    Apache Chief

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    When his tribesmen begin killing off white settlers, Young Eagle is opposed to the carnage. In order to assure a lasting peace, however, the chief...

    Apache Chief
  • 2024
    Red Fever

    Red Fever

    Red Fever

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    Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity....

    Red Fever
  • 1897
    Buffalo Bill: peaux rouges

    Buffalo Bill: peaux rouges

    Buffalo Bill: peaux rouges

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    One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

    Buffalo Bill: peaux rouges
  • 1954
    Navajo Canyon Country

    Navajo Canyon Country

    Navajo Canyon Country

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

    Navajo Canyon Country
  • 2019
    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

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    Concerned about the declining health of people all around them, Native American women are sparking physical and spiritual rejuvenation through...

    Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit
  • 1977
    Chance/Trail of the Apache

    Chance/Trail of the Apache

    Chance/Trail of the Apache

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    A renegade Englishman known as “The White Apache” tangles with brutal scalp hunters who fear no man! Gripping Western adventure!

    Chance/Trail of the Apache