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• For the Next 7 Generations

  13 Indigenous Grandmothers Weaving a World That Works

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  In 2004, thirteen grandmothers from indigenous nations around the globe met out of a shared concern for the Earth. They formed an alliance, called the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, and traveled the Earth, the Amazon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• El viaje de Paty

  Paty's journey

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  Paty, an Indigenous woman from the Wixárika community, sets out on a journey that keeps her away for extended periods of time as she represents her community in the Indigenous Council of Government (CIG) while her husband Rubén takes care of their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Imagining the Indian

  the Fight Against Native American Mascoting

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  Exploring the exploitation of Native American culture in sports, including the use of names and logos that have been adopted by teams and franchises with no apparent connection to the tribes and peoples whose cultures they are appropriating.

• Blood Quantum

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  The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'gMaq reserve of Red Crow, except its Indigenous inhabitants are strangely immune to the zombie plague. Desperate refugees flood the reserve and it falls to one tribal sheriff to protect his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Games of the North

  Playing for Survival

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  "For thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for survival within the unforgiving Arctic. Acrobatic and explosive, these ancestral games evolved to strengthen mind, body and spirit within the community. Following four modern…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For the Rights of All

  Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

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  "In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On a Knife Edge

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  Set against a background of rising tension and protest, a Lakota teenager learns first-hand what it means to lead a new generation and enter adulthood in a world where the odds are stacked against him. Filmed over a five-year period, and culminating…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Metal Road

  a Day in the Life of a Navajo Railroader

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  "For decades, thousands of Navajos worked the railroads, maintaining the trans-continental network. Metal Road explores the dynamics of livelihood, family and the railroads through the lens of a Navajo trackman. The film follows three Navajo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The falling sky

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  Documentary about Indigenous peoples' profound connection to nature and their struggle against deforestation, a grave threat to their way of life and the ecosystem they call home.

• Requiem for a River

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  Requiem for a River explores the New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande an iconic but endangered American waterway in a time of climate crisis and calls for environmental justice. Through lyrical imagery and in-depth interviews with a diverse range of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Breathe Again

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  Rarely heard of 40 years ago, suicide among Alaska Native peoples is now a silent epidemic 3.5 times higher than the national average, affecting Alaska Native men between the ages of 15-24 at the highest rate in the country. Alaska's rate of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crying Earth Rise Up

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  "A Lakota mother studying geology seeks the source of the water contamination that caused her daughter's critcal health problems. Meanwhile, a Lakota grandmother fights the regional expansion of uranium mining. Crying Earth Rise Up exposes the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Return

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  Native American women discuss empowering people to overcome their current circumstances through eating as their ancestors did -- nutritiously and locally. Explores the food-sovereignty movement occurring across the country through the stories of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Home From School

  the Children of Carlisle

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  Follow the difficult journey of Mark Soldier Wolf and tribal elders as they delve into the controversial history of Indian boarding schools, patch together the historic record and personal stories of the relatives who were shipped away, and,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Were Children

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  We Were Children — As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools. The trauma of this experience was made worse by years of physical, and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist.

• Horse Tribe

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  "For hundreds of years, the Nez Perce were recognized as one of America's greatest horse tribes. In the 21st century they made a decision both reverent and bold: to bring horses back to their tribal lands and lives, and to bring the powerful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One With the Whale

  An Indigenous Story of Resistance

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  Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence, a tiny island in the Bering Sea. So, when Chris Agra Apassingok becomes the youngest person to ever harpoon a whale for his Alaskan village, his mother proudly shares the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rumble

  the Indians Who Rocked the World

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  "This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America. Rumble shows how these Native American musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives." --Container

• N. Scott Momaday

  Words From a Bear

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  Words from a Bear gives a thorough survey of Momaday's most prolific years as a doctorate fellow at Stanford University, his achievement of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1969, and his later works that solidified his place as the founding…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Without Arrows

  13 Years in the Life of a Lakota Family

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  Follow three generations of a Lakota family as Delwin Fiddler Jr., an acclaimed grass dancer, returns to his ancestral home on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota. After 11 years of living in Philadelphia, he leaves his big…Read moreRead more of this annotation