Native American Arts and Culture

Streaming Film - Four Indigenous leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian Boreal forests to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of “Climate Justice”. The Condor & The Eagle documentary offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy. Their path through the jungle takes them on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another.

Streaming Film - Native imagery is embedded in the national subconscious, whether we're paying attention or not. A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian is titled simply Americans and shows how all aspects of life have been touched by the history and symbols of native culture.

Streaming Film - Native Americans had established a rich and highly developed tradition of oral literature long before the writings of the European colonists. This program explores that richness by introducing Native American oral traditions through the work of three contemporary authors: Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo), and Luci Tapahonso (Navajo).

Available both in streaming and on DVD - This documentary follows a group of renowned rock musicians on a journey through Native American reservations in the southwest and the Great Plains. We learn about the many injustices done to Native Americans and how the seeds of repression have contributed to the poverty, alcoholism, and illness that continues to plague the reservations.

DVD - Story of the journey of two Coeur d'Alene Indian boys from Idaho to Arizona. Based on Sherman Alexie's book and directed by Chris Eyre, acclaimed director and member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma.

Streaming Film - In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation as a community of extended families. WARRIOR WOMEN is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists' children - including her daughter Marcy - into the "We Will Remember" Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education.