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Yellow Fever

The dark secrets behind the uranium Mining Boom and its legacy effect and impact on the health of the Navajo Reservation.

Words From a Bear

The enigmatic life and mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Navarro Scott Momaday, one of Native America’s most celebrated authors of poetry and prose.

What Was Ours

Thousands of ancestral artifacts are in the darkness of underground archives of museums and churches, boxed away and forgotten.

Weaving Worlds

The world of contemporary Navajo weavers and their struggles for self-sufficiency.

We Breathe Again

For centuries survival was difficult for Alaska Native peoples, but they lived full lives. Today survival is easier, but they are dying young.

Way of the Warrior

Exploring the warrior ethic among Native Americans.

Waterbuster

A personal story of how a multimillion dollar project displaced the Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara Nation in North Dakota.

Warrior Women

Mothers and daughters fighting for Indigenous rights in the American Indian Movement.

Walking into the Unknown

The personal journey of an American Indian physician who turns 50 and realizes his own health is in jeopardy and he is not following the advice he gives his middle-aged male patients.

Waila! Making the People Happy

The relationship music has on contemporary Native family, community, and culture.

Urban Rez

The controversial legacy and modern day effects of the federal government’s assimilation policies that relocated American Indians from reservations to urban areas in order to end the Indian Reservation system.

Tribal Justice

Two Judges. Two Tribes. One Goal.

To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey

The personal story of Mohawk filmmaker Reaghan Tarbell from Kahnawake, Quebec, as she explores her roots and traces the connections of her family to the Mohawk community in Brooklyn, New York.

The Thick Dark Fog

Before he could move forward, he had to remember.

A Native American Night Before Christmas

An animated short film written and directed by Gary Robinson with illustrations by Jesse T. Hummingbird.

The Twelve Days of Native Christmas

A whimsical adaptation of the timeless classic yuletide song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" adapted to a Native American perspective.

The Seven Generation River

Cultural preservation and environmental restoration efforts made by the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians.

The People's Protectors

Four Native American veterans reflect on their experiences in the military during the divisive Vietnam War.

The Oneida Speak

The Oneida Speak, is based in part on oral interviews of Oneida Indian elders in Wisconsin conducted between 1939-1941, as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project sponsored by the federal government.

The Great American Foot Race

A small-town Cherokee boy takes home the gold after winning a grueling 3,422-mile foot race designed to bring attention to the newly constructed Route 66 Highway.

The Blackfeet Flood

Two Blackfeet families struggle to come to terms with the 1964 Montana flood.

Standing Silent Nation

What does a family have to endure to create a future for itself?

Standing Bear's Footsteps

An Indian Chief who went to court and redefined what it means to be an American.

Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork

Celebrate the spectacular beadwork and culture of the Columbia River Plateau People through the eyes and hearts of the artists.

SKINDIGENOUS Season 1

A 13-part series exploring the art of tattooing as practiced by Indigenous peoples around the world.

Sisters Rising

Six Native women fight to heal a society crippled for far too long by violence against Indigenous women in the United States.

Smokin' Fish

Cory Mann is a quirky businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau, Alaska.

Silent Thunder

A heartwarming story of Stanford Addison: a Native American Elder, Spiritual Leader, Horse Tamer, and Quadriplegic.

Seasoned With Spirit: Food Upon the Water

Wild rice, or manoomin, is still harvested the traditional way by the Anishanabe, or Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes Region.

Seasoned With Spirit: Bounty of the River's Edge

The people of the Yurok Tribe live off the bounty of the Pacific Coast on the banks of California’s Klamath River.

Seasoned With Spirit: Return of the Buffalo

There is a movement among Tribes to bring the buffalo back to the Great Plains.

Seasoned With Spirit: Cuisine of the Desert Southwest

Loretta joins the Tohono O’odham Tribe of Arizona for their annual 3-day harvest of Saguaro Cactus fruit.

Seasoned With Spirit: Gulf Coast Originals

Native influences on Cajun cooking.

Sacred Stick

The historical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of lacrosse.

RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World

The story of a profound, essential, and until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous influence.

Return to Rainy Mountain

A personal story of N. Scott Momaday's life and legacy told in his own voice, and in the voice of his daughter Jill.

Osage Murders

The story of how the Osage became known as the wealthiest people in the world during an oil boom on their reservation and the practices used to rob them.

Rematriation Series: Joanne Shenandoah

Joanne Shenandoah, a Grammy winner and humanitarian, captured hearts around the world and is an ambassador for peace, and human and Earth rights.

On a Knife Edge

A coming-of-age story of George Dull Knife, a Lakota teenager growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian

A young Dakota woman examines the extraordinary life of her celebrated relative, Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa).

Oheró:kon Under the Husk

The journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their traditional passage rites to becoming Mohawk Women.

My Louisiana Love

A young Native American woman returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family.

Moroni for President

Moroni Benally runs for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American nation in the U.S.

Metal Road

A Day in the Life of a Navajo Railroader.

March Point

A coming of age story, March Point follows the journey of three teens from the Swinomish Tribe who have been asked to make a film about the threat their people face from two local oil refineries.

Looking Toward Home

Government relocation programs in the 1950s enticed significant numbers of Native Americans to leave the reservation for life in major cities such as, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Injunuity

An eye-popping, mind-jolting mix of animation, music and real voices collected from interviews with Native Americans across the country to create a distinct view of modern America from a uniquely contemporary Native American perspective.

Indians Like Us

A sincere admiration of Native culture gives way to this charming documentary about a small group of French Citizens – called “Savy Western” – who share a passion for everything Native American.

Indian Relay

Follow teams from different American Indian communities as they prepare for Indian Relay.

Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire

The challenges faced by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians on their reservation in North Carolina.

Indian Country Diaries: A Seat at the Drum

A look at the imperfect process of assimilation of Native people into an urban American culture.

Horse Tribe

A charismatic Navajo horseman mentors at-risk teenagers toward the strong medicine of horses, and his equine skills bring historic Nez Perce horse culture to modern renown.

Harold of Orange

A contemporary satire which dispels many Hollywood stereotypes.

Hand Game

The Native North American game of power and chance.

GRAB

Indian Giver Redefined. Grab is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe, who annually throw water and food items from the rooftop of a home to people standing below them.

Good Meat

Once a star athlete in his community, Beau LeBeau (Oglala Lakota) now weighs 333 pounds–an unhealthy weight which has triggered the onset of Type II Diabetes.

Games of the North

For thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for survival within the unforgiving Arctic.

Finding Refuge

A dying woman’s effort to preserve her Native culture doesn’t end when she passes, but prompts a renewal in finding pride in that culture.

Aboriginal Architecture: Living Architecture

Explore the way Aboriginal architecture reflects the diversity of environments and Aboriginal cultures across North America.

MANKILLER

The legacy of the formidable Wilma Mankiller, who defied all odds to become one of the most influential leaders in the United States.

LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 chronicles the life of Comanche activist and national civil rights leader LaDonna Harris and her influences in Native and mainstream American history.

Kinaalda: Navajo Rite of Passage

A Navajo filmmaker turns the camera on herself and her family as she documents the Kinaalda, or coming of age ceremony, of her niece.

Keep Talking

Four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Altiiq, a critically endangered language.

Ishi's Return

A short film about Ishi, billed in 1911 as the "last wild Indian" and who became a national sensation.

Across the Creek

Broken by the legacy of colonialism, Lakota Tribes struggle for restoration, healing and rebuilding.

Indigi-Genius

“INDIGI-GENIUS” is a web series celebrating the innovative and creative spirit of Indigenous cultures worldwide.

Indigeneity Learning Media

The ‘Indigeneity’ web series presents an accurate portrait of the Native American Experience, tackling stereotypes, exploring contemporary issues, and celebrating Indigenous contributions to America.

Columbus Day Legacy

A very personal yet public conflict is visualized through hard questions about the freedom of speech, the interpretation of history, and what it means to be an “American.”

The Mayors of Shiprock

In the small community of Shiprock, New Mexico, a group of young Navajo leaders meet to decide how they will help their community.

Navajo Math Circles

Follow Navajo students in a lively collaboration with mathematicians.

For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

The story of an extraordinary Alaskan woman who becomes an unforeseen hero in the fight for civil rights.

DAWNLAND

The first official "truth and reconciliation commission" of Native child adoption in the United States.

Lake of Betrayal

The history of Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and its impact on the Seneca Nation of Indians.

Medicine Woman

Interweaves the lives of Native healers of today with that of the first Native American doctor.

Crying Earth Rise Up

Follows the search for why there are high levels of radiation in drinking water.

Choctaw Code Talkers

The personal and heartfelt story of Choctaw soldiers whose dedication and bravery assisted in ending World War I, even though as individuals the men were not recognized as American citizens.

Blood Memory

The untold history of America's Indian Adoption Era - a time when nearly one-third of children were removed from tribal communities nationwide.

Badger Creek

A portrait of a Blackfeet (Pikuni) family, the Mombergs, who live on the lower Blackfeet Reservation in Montana near the banks of Badger Creek.

ATTLA

ATTLA tells the gripping but virtually unknown story of George Attla, an Alaska Native dogsled racer.

Apache 8

The story of the courageous all-female Apache 8 firefighting unit which has protected their reservation and responded to wildfires around the nation for 30 years.

And Now We Rise

A portrait of Samuel Johns, a young Athabaskan hip hop artist, founder of the Forget Me Not Facebook Group.

Aleut Story

In the turbulence of war, in a place where survival was just short of miraculous, the Aleuts of Alaska would redefine themselves — and America.

A Blackfeet Encounter

Explore the only deadly clash between Native Americans and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Without Arrows

WITHOUT ARROWS chronicles the vibrance and struggle of a Lakȟóta family.

Without a Whisper

Explore the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality.

Who She Is

The story of four individual women caught in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) epidemic.

The Electric Indian

Follow Henry Boucha's journey - from high school hockey to Olympic medalist.

The Bears on Pine Ridge

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has declared a “State of Emergency” after an outbreak of youth suicides has devastated the community.

Something Inside is Broken

Native American Musical based on actual historical events of the untold story of how Natives were slaves under Johann Sutter's Mexican reign.

SKINDIGENOUS Season 3

SKINDIGENOUS returns for its third season with 13 new episodes profiling some of the most talented Indigenous tattoo artists in the world.

SKINDIGENOUS Season 2

Second season of a 13-part series exploring the art of tattooing as practiced by Indigenous peoples around the world.

Time Has Many Voices

In the Bay area of San Francisco is an ancient village site where native peoples long ago lived and prospered.

The Medicine Game

Two brothers from the Onondaga Nation pursue their dreams of playing lacrosse.

Sousa on the Rez

An unexpected and engaging picture of the little-known native American marching band scene.

Rising Voices

A feature film about the imminent peril of the Lakota language.

RETURN: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health & Spirit

The food sovereignty movement occurring across the country through the stories of women.

Red Power Energy

The American Indian perspective reframing today's complex energy debate.

Racing the Rez

Follow Navajo and Hopi cross-country runners from two rival high schools.

Oyate Woyaka

OYATE WOYAKA tells the story of the Lakota language history, loss and revitalization.

Older than the Crown

To the Sinixt, hunting on ancestral land is an aboriginal right gifted to them by Creator. However, they have been legally denied this right since 1956, when the Canadian government unjustly declared the tribe extinct.

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