Native American Heritage
A collection of films about Native Americans and First Nations peoples -- history, spirituality, and the struggle to defend the environment, protect their traditions and cultures, and address the challenges of the 21st century.
The Native American Heritage includes the following titles:
Aboriginal ArchitectureNew structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.
AmaThe untold story of the involuntary sterilization of Native American women by the Indian Health Service well into the 1970s.
American OutrageTwo elderly Western Shoshone sisters, the Danns, put up a heroic fight for their land rights and human rights.
Apache 8A story of resilience, strength, and tradition, APACHE 8 tells the story of an all-female group of firefighters, who protect their reservation from fire and respond to wildfires around the station.
AwareSix brilliant researchers approach the mysteries of consciousness from radically different perspectives, from within and without.
Coming to LightAn in-depth portrait of Edward S. Curtis, the preeminent photographer of North American Indians.
Common Ground: The Story of Bears EarsThe politicization of national parks.
Conscience PointCONSCIENCE POINT unearths a deep clash of values between the Shinnecock Indian Nation and their elite Hamptons neighbors, who have made sacred land their playground.
CoppermineAn introduction to the Copper Inuit of the Coronation Gulf region of Canada's Northwest Territories, one of the last aboriginal groups to be contacted by people from outside.
Cowboys, Indians, and LawyersThe story of a pork-barrel project: a dam on the free-flowing Animas River in Colorado.
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