Native American Movies

  • 1991
    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890

    61991HD

    Documentation of the encroachment of European settlers upon Native American lands and the violent reaction of the Indians in their struggle to...

    The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890
  • 1995
    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    01995HD

    A Chippewa prophecy foretells a time called the 7th Fire when lost traditions will be recovered. Native American filmmaker Sandra Sunrising Osawa...

    Lighting the 7th Fire
  • 1934
    The Old Pioneer

    The Old Pioneer

    The Old Pioneer

    61934HD

    In this first entry in MGM's Happy Harmonies series, an old man tells a newsboy about his adventures with Native Americans in the Old West.

    The Old Pioneer
  • 2017
    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

    02017HD

    African American soldiers throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries faced discrimination and segregation, yet many still chose to fight for their...

    Pride of the Buffalo Soldier
  • 1992
    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    01992HD

    Focuses on 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu, as she discusses the lack of human rights for the indigenous people of Guatemala and her...

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
  • 2013
    Pablo

    Pablo

    Pablo

    02013HD

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

    Pablo
  • 2019
    Homecoming Song

    Homecoming Song

    Homecoming Song

    02019HD

    Homecoming Song is a poetic documentary that tells the parallel stories of two men who came home. Many years ago Kaax'achgook of the Kiks.adi clan of...

    Homecoming Song
  • 1968
    Comanche Crossing

    Comanche Crossing

    Comanche Crossing

    01968HD

    Native american western by Larry Buchanan.

    Comanche Crossing
  • 2020
    To Save a Language

    To Save a Language

    To Save a Language

    02020HD

    Linguist Indrek Park has been working with Native American languages for over ten years. The film sees him recording the language of the Mandan...

    To Save a Language
  • 2020
    Nuxalk Radio

    Nuxalk Radio

    Nuxalk Radio

    02020HD

    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...

    Nuxalk Radio
  • 2001
    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    02001HD

    Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.

    The Shaman's Apprentice
  • 2001
    The Buffalo War

    The Buffalo War

    The Buffalo War

    02001HD

    Native Americans, ranchers, government officials, and environmental activists battle over the yearly slaughter of America's last wild bison, based on...

    The Buffalo War
  • 2010
    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary

    02010HD

    Documentary about the Red Lake school shooting and its perpetrator, Jeff Weise.

    Jeff Weise: My Personal Documentary
  • 2014
    The Medicine Game

    The Medicine Game

    The Medicine Game

    02014HD

    Two brothers from the Onondaga Nation pursue their dreams of playing lacrosse for national powerhouse Syracuse University. The obstacles in their way...

    The Medicine Game
  • 2016
    The Land of Rock and Gold

    The Land of Rock and Gold

    The Land of Rock and Gold

    02016HD

    In a remote northern woodland community, a young First Nations mother and her 7-year-old son search for her boyfriend in the wake of his mysterious...

    The Land of Rock and Gold
  • 1926
    Tragedies of the Osage Hills

    Tragedies of the Osage Hills

    Tragedies of the Osage Hills

    01926HD

    A lost film based on the 'Reign of Terror', a real-life series of several dozen murders committed against the Osage people. 'Tragedies of the Osage...

    Tragedies of the Osage Hills
  • 2007
    Standing Silent Nation

    Standing Silent Nation

    Standing Silent Nation

    02007HD

    When the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance separating industrial hemp from its illegal cousin, marijuana, Alex White Plume and his family...

    Standing Silent Nation
  • 1994
    The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest

    The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest

    The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest

    01994HD

    A meeting of the Far West Council elders inspires a discussion of Northwest Native American history and traditions, and the struggle to remember and...

    The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest
  • 2014
    By Blood

    By Blood

    By Blood

    52014HD

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

    By Blood
  • 2021
    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    Daughter of a Lost Bird

    02021HD

    What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child...

    Daughter of a Lost Bird