Native American Movies

Essence of Healing is a documentary exploring the life journeys of 14 American Indian nurses - their experiences growing up, their experiences in...

This short documentary tells the story of the life and legacy of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, an Omaha woman who became the first Native American...

Somebody’s Daughter focuses on higher-profile MMIW cases, some of which were raised during the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in December...

Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three high school seniors living on the Navajo Nation and struggling to shape their identities as both...

While most teens spend their days in a self-absorbed haze, Simon Jackson was out in the world connecting with anyone who could help him save the...

A day in the life of 91.1, Nuxalk Radio, a radio station built to help keep the Nuxalk language alive while broadcasting the laws of the lands and...

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

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

Three Lenape tribes send their youth to the Delaware Water Gap region to reconnect with their ancestral homelands.

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.

"Sisters Rising" is the story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing colonial...

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...

Documentary that follows Pablo, a man that used to live on the streets in Brazil

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...

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

Lakota people from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota describe the ongoing struggle of their people.

The town of Picher, Oklahoma, was once home to the world's richest lead and zinc mining field. After decades of mining, towering piles of mine waste...

A six year old Indigenous girl discovers she has super human powers.

Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian.

Explores the only deadly clash between Native Americans and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, framed by the Blackfeet history and culture, the...