Native American Movies
- 2019

Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within
Empowered: Helping Native Youth See Their Power Within02019HD
For four years, the Jicarilla Apache Nation's Johnson O'Malley program, led by Lynn Roanhorse, and Holt Hamilton Films have joined forces to...
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- 2010

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...
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- 1941

Northwestern Mountains
Northwestern Mountains01941HD
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 &...
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- 1992

Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence
Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence71992HD
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...
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- 1987

The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People
The Mystery of the Lost Red Paint People01987HD
Follows U.S., Canadian, and European scientists from the barrens of Labrador - where archaeologists uncover an ancient stone burial mound - to sites...
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- 1934

The Old Pioneer
The Old Pioneer6.61934HD
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.
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- 1993

Grandfather Sky
Grandfather Sky81993HD
A young Native American man on his way to visit his uncle learns about his Navajo heritage by attending tribal gatherings, traditional ceremonies and...
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- 2013

Pine Ridge
Pine Ridge92013HD
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...
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- 1965

High Steel
High Steel7.21965HD
A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Mohawk...
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- 2020

Somebody's Daughter
Somebody's Daughter02020HD
Somebody’s Daughter focuses on higher-profile MMIW cases, some of which were raised during the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in December...
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- 2007

Turquoise Rose
Turquoise Rose102007HD
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...
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- 2022

Fighting Indians
Fighting Indians02022HD
On May 16th, 2019, the State of Maine made history by passing LD 944 An Act to Ban Native American Mascots in All Public Schools, the first...
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- 2014

By Blood
By Blood52014HD
American Indians of African descent, or Freedmen, battle their own tribes and the federal government to regain their tribal citizenship. Witness how...
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- 2013

I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again
I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again92013HD
A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.
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- 2025

Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History
Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History02025HD
The American Southwest holds a dark legacy as the place where nuclear weapons were invented and built. Navajo people have long held this place...
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- 2021

When Shadows Dance at Night
When Shadows Dance at Night02021HD
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...
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- 1962

An Indian Story
An Indian Story6.31962HD
Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian.
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- 1916

The Cliff Dwellers of America
The Cliff Dwellers of America01916HD
The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...
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- 2021

Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington02021HD
For 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native...
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- 1970

She Cried That Day
She Cried That Day01970HD
The story of a sister's love and the spirit, strength, and will of Indigenous Women refusing to let their loved ones remain invisible in the eyes of...
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