Documentary
American Indians of African descent, or Freedmen, battle their own tribes and the federal government to regain their tribal citizenship. Witness how indigenous American Indian tribes, their minority members, and surrounding communities are confronting racism and intolerance.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
Surviving Columbus
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
The Shaman's Apprentice
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
The Lost Spirits
Navajo Canyon Country
Apache
K'anech'oxdekdiigh: I'm Not Going to Teach You
Homeland
I Stand: The Guardians of the Water
First Daughter and the Black Snake
Yellowtail
My Name is Hungry Buffalo
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: New Evidence
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Cry Rock
Two Spirits
SIMILAR MOVIES
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1977
For generations the American Indians have drawn their legendary strength from their sacred ancestral lands. Academy-Award winner Cliff Robertson takes you on a remarkable trip to the spiritual places that hold the secrets of courageous warriors and the legacy of these proud people.Surviving Columbus
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1992
This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2021
Examining the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond.LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
IMDB 1 | Mar , 2014
A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on her traditional cultural and leadership values to a new generation of emerging Indigenous leaders.The Shaman's Apprentice
IMDB 0 | May , 2001
Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1991
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself.Indian America: A Gift from the Past
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1994
In 1970 a storm uncovers an ancient whaling village called Ozette which had been buried some 500 years ago by a massive mudslide. The resulting excavation brings new knowledge of the past important to both the Makah Indians, living on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and for the historical record of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest.The Lost Spirits
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2009
The last surviving Native Americans on Long Island are the focus of The Lost Spirits. The film chronicles their struggles as an indigenous people to maintain their identity amidst relentless modernization and a heartless bureaucracy.Navajo Canyon Country
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1954
Overview of the Navajo people and the relationship to their land in Northern Arizona.Apache
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1953
Short about the daily life of the Apaches, including their ceremonies.K'anech'oxdekdiigh: I'm Not Going to Teach You
IMDB 0 | May , 2006
The collaboration between the Tanacross and Northway, Alaska communities and trained linguistic specialists from the Alaska Native Language Center to keep their native language from disappearing. And the continuation of the tangential community effort of preserving their language and culture by teaching and using them at home and in schools and in their lives.Homeland
IMDB 8 | Oct , 2000
Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of tribal and government corruption, scarce housing, unemployment, and alcoholism. Intimate interviews with a spiritual leader, a grandmother, an artist, and a community activist from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation reveal how each survives through family ties, cultural tradition, humor, and a palpable yearning for self-reliance and personal freedom.I Stand: The Guardians of the Water
IMDB 5.2 | Mar , 2017
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 Dakota Access PipelineFirst Daughter and the Black Snake
IMDB 5 | Apr , 2017
The “Prophecy of the 7th Fire” says a “black snake” will bring destruction to the earth. For Winona LaDuke, the “black snake” is oil trains and pipelines. When she learns that Canadian-owned Enbridge plans to route a new pipeline through her tribe’s 1855 Treaty land, she and her community spring into action to save the sacred wild rice lakes and preserve their traditional indigenous way of life. Launching an annual spiritual horse ride along the proposed pipeline route, speaking at community meetings and regulatory hearings. Winona testifies that the pipeline route follows one of historical and present-day trauma. The tribe participates in the pipeline permitting process, asserting their treaty rights to protect their natural resources. LaDuke joins with her tribe and others to demand that the pipelines’ impact on tribal people’s resources be considered in the permitting process.Yellowtail
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2025
Yellowtail is the story of a young Native American cowboy searching for meaning as his chaotic lifestyle begins to wear on him both physically and mentally. To find his purpose the young man has to reflect on his upbringing as a native to become the spiritually connect man he was meant to be.My Name is Hungry Buffalo
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2017
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: New Evidence
IMDB 7 | May , 2022
In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historians for centuries; now, experts use the latest forensic archaeology to investigate the true story behind America's oldest and most controversial mystery.Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
IMDB 7.7 | Jul , 2017
Documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of the some of the greatest music legends.Cry Rock
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2010
The wild beauty of the Bella Coola Valley blends with vivid watercolor animation illuminating the role of the Nuxalk oral tradition and the intersection of story, place and culture.Two Spirits
IMDB 4.8 | Jun , 2009
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he 'bug-smashed a fag'. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits.