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• Oyate

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  In the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, Indigenous People are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them to embark upon the process of decolonization.

• A Good Day to Die

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  "A Good Day to Die chronicles a movement that started a revolution and inspired a nation. By recounting the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trudell

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  A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances and politics.

• LaDonna Harris

  Indian 101

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  Documentary chronicles the life of Comanche activist and national civil rights leader, LaDonna Harris, and the role she has played in Native and mainstream American history since the 1960s.

• We Shall Remain

  America Through Native Eyes

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  They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute. At times they were arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sisters Rising

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  "Sisters rising is the story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing sexual violence against indigenous women in the United States"--

• BY BLOOD

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  By Blood chronicles American Indians of African descent as they battle to regain their tribal citizenship. The film explores the impact of this battle, which has manifested into a broader conflict about race, identity, and the sovereign rights of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reservation Dogs

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  (Unreleased on DVD/BLU-RAY) Reservation Dogs is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX Productions. It follows the lives of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma, as they spend their days…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rutherford Falls. Season One

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  Rutherford Falls is an idyllic small town until lifelong best friends Nathan Rutherford and Reagan Wells discover their quiet community sits on a powder keg of problems. When the mayor makes a simple proposal to move a crash-causing statue, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dark Winds. Season 1

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  The year is 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Native America. Season Two

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  This Native-directed series reveals the beauty and power of today's Indigenous communities. Smashing stereotypes, it follows the brilliant engineers, bold politicians, and cutting-edge artists who draw upon Native tradition to build a better 21st…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wildhood

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  Two brothers reconnect with their indigenous Mi'kmaq heritage and find a new friend while on a search for their birth mother.

• Barking Water

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  Frankie, a proud Native American, is attempting to reconnect with his estranged family. Released from the hospital, but still very ill, he hits the road with his ex-lover Irene, who acts as Frankie's nurse but refuses to offer forgiveness for his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Powwow Highway

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  With nothing in common but their Native American heritage, two men begin a cross-country adventure filled with comedy and drama.

• Smoke Signals

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  This movie Depicts Two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town to retrieve the remains of Victor's father.

• Little Bird

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  In 1968, five-year-old Bezhig Little Bird was forcibly removed from Long Pine Reserve and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, and renamed Esther Rosenblum. Eighteen years later, she embarks on a journey to unravel her history.

• The Unknown Country

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  After a devastating loss, an unexpected invitation launches Tana on a solitary road trip through the Midwest, reconnecting with family, seeking closure, and making unexpected connections along the way.

• Beans

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  Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge. Torn between innocent childhood and delinquent adolescence, she is forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior that she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Atanarjuat

  the fast runner

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  A retelling of an Inuit legend of love, jealousy, murder and revenge in the Igloolik region, focusing on two brothers: Atanarjuat and Amaqjuaq.

• Malni

  Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore

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  "A poetic, experimental debut feature circling the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, the film follows two people as they wander through their surrounding nature, the spirit world, and something much deeper…Read moreRead more of this annotation