Native American Movies

  • 2021
    Say Her Name

    Say Her Name

    Say Her Name

    02021HD

    A short film highlighting the epidemic of missing indigenous men and women who have gone missing in Bighorn County, Montana. It features several...

    Say Her Name
  • 1934
    The Old Pioneer

    The Old Pioneer

    The Old Pioneer

    6.61934HD

    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
  • 2018
    Eagle Boy

    Eagle Boy

    Eagle Boy

    02018HD

    A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.

    Eagle Boy
  • 2012
    Great Falls

    Great Falls

    Great Falls

    02012HD

    Professional, native and antiquarian researchers combine to investigate the archaeological history and modern legacy of Eastern Native civilization...

    Great Falls
  • 2025
    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin

    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin

    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin

    02025HD

    "The First People Taking Care of the Fishery" are the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the largest indigenous tribe east of the Mississippi. For...

    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin
  • 1992
    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    Rigoberta Menchú: Broken Silence

    71992HD

    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
  • 2016
    Dig It If You Can

    Dig It If You Can

    Dig It If You Can

    02016HD

    We get up close and personal with Steven Paul Judd, the dynamic and bold 21st century renaissance man. This self-taught artist’s love for pop...

    Dig It If You Can
  • 2025
    Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History

    Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History

    Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History

    02025HD

    The American Southwest holds a dark legacy as the place where nuclear weapons were invented and built. Navajo people have long held this place...

    Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History
  • 2014
    Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge

    Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge

    Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge

    02014HD

    This documentary is the story of Adrian Esposito's journey to find healing for his anger and autism by traveling across America and Canada and...

    Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge
  • 2017
    Tribal Justice

    Tribal Justice

    Tribal Justice

    02017HD

    Two formidable Native American women, both chief judges in their tribe's courts, strive to reduce incarceration rates and heal their people by...

    Tribal Justice
  • 1970
    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    01970HD

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

    The Primal Mind
  • 2014
    Where God Likes to Be

    Where God Likes to Be

    Where God Likes to Be

    72014HD

    Where God Likes to Be focuses on three young protagonists full of hope and promise - Andi Running Wolf, Edward Tailfeathers, and Douglas Fitzgerald -...

    Where God Likes to Be
  • 2013
    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again

    92013HD

    A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.

    I Said I Would Never Paint This Way Again
  • 1995
    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

    Lighting the 7th Fire

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    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
  • 1995
    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes

    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes

    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes

    01995HD

    Odell Borg, an accomplished player and maker of Native American flutes, teaches about embouchures, rhythm, scales, duets, double flutes, dealing with...

    Intermediate Techniques for Native American Flutes
  • 2022
    Aruka

    Aruka

    Aruka

    02022HD

    During a winter storm, a man staggers home after a long night of drinking. Some time later, there is a ruckus that echoes through-out the house. The...

    Aruka
  • 2017
    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water

    5.22017HD

    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...

    I Stand: The Guardians of the Water
  • 2020
    Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance

    Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance

    Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance

    02020HD

    Exploration of how the reality and resistance of Native Americans inspires the work of Pawnee artist Bunky Echo-Hawk, igniting discussions about...

    Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance
  • 2019
    The Warrior Tradition

    The Warrior Tradition

    The Warrior Tradition

    02019HD

    The astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the United States military. Why do they do it? Why would...

    The Warrior Tradition
  • 1970
    She Cried That Day

    She Cried That Day

    She Cried That Day

    01970HD

    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...

    She Cried That Day