Native American Movies

A reporter searches for the truth behind an old Indian legend about a spirit that guards the entranceway to heaven and hell.

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

Racing the Rez reveals the transformative potential of cross-country running at the team level. The story follows two rival high school teams...

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...

A MYSTICAL GRANDFATHER transforms the life of a modern day boy through the legend of SEEKS-TO-HUNT-GREAT. In this haunting and sometimes humorous,...

In this evocative meditation, a disturbing link is made between the resource extraction industries’ exploitation of the land and violence...

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

A short documentary about Americans with Native American and Finnish heritage.

Four interlinking stories about a benign native american legend that has been distorted throughout the years into something much darker.

Gerald, the somewhat frail son of a wealthy New York family, is bested at the beach by Bill, a strapping young cowboy from Arizona. His...

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as...

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

This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

Turns out, Native American ancestry causes immunity to the zombie virus sweeping the nation.

When Ferrel White-Owl moves to a small Midwestern town, he falls for a girl who's father objects to their relationship.

Award-winning documentary, Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart, makes extensive use of Sitting Bull’s own words, giving the viewer an intimate...

Left in the care of his half-breed brother, Buck, by his dying mother, Wallace Layson has no knowledge of his family history. His father, knowing...

In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great...