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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.

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The Native American Heritage collection includes the following titles:

Baked Alaska - imageBaked Alaska

Looks at the battle over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the context of Alaska's accelerated warming.

Bullfrog Films | 2003 | 26 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Beyond Being Silenced: Gyaa Isdlaa - imageBeyond Being Silenced: Gyaa Isdlaa

World-famous Haida artist Robert Davidson stages a potlatch acknowledging centuries of Indigenous abuse by government and colonists, but celebrating the newfound spirit of cultural and societal renewal and reconcilliation.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 23 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Building on Tainted Soil - imageBuilding on Tainted Soil

Discover how three generations of Native American boarding school survivors and their families are dealing with the fall-out of cultural erasure and reclaiming their culture.

EPF Media | 2022 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
CBQM - imageCBQM

Citizen-run radio station CQBM, serving remote areas of northern Canada, stitches together the far-flung communities.

National Film Board of Canada | 2009 | 66 minutes
Call Me Human - imageCall Me Human

Innu writer Joséphine Bacon travels across Canada, sharing reflections and stories backdropped by the film’s stunning cinematography.

Women Make Movies | 2020 | 77 minutes | College, Adults
Coming to Light - imageComing to Light

An in-depth portrait of Edward S. Curtis, the preeminent photographer of North American Indians.

Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 84 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Common Ground: The Story of Bears Ears - imageCommon Ground: The Story of Bears Ears

The politicization of national parks.

Collective Eye Films | 2020 | 59 minutes
Connectivity Project - imageConnectivity Project

Examines the ripple effects of our actions in an interconnected world.

Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 45 minutes | 5 - 12, College, Adults
Conscience Point - imageConscience Point

CONSCIENCE POINT unearths a deep clash of values between the Shinnecock Indian Nation and their elite Hamptons neighbors, who have made sacred land their playground.

Women Make Movies | 2020 | 75 minutes
Coppermine - imageCoppermine

An 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.

National Film Board of Canada | 1993 | 56 minutes

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