Research Guides: Videos on the U.S. and American Studies: Native North Americans

Native North Americans DVDs

6 generations 2011

Paul Goldsmith, John R Johnson, Ernestine Ygnacio De Soto, Kristina Foss, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

"Chumash Indians have been living along the coast of Southern California for many thousands of years, as far back as the archeological record can determine. Recent genetic evidence suggests that they were part of the very first group of people to reach the Americans. This is the story of one Chumash family that can trace their history back to first contact [with the Spaniards]"--Opening frames. 1 videodisc (57 min.) :

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Between two worlds c1990

Barry Greenwald, Peter Raymont, Barbara Sears, William Whitehead, Investigative Productions, Telefilm Canada, First Run/Icarus Films, and West Glen Communications

Tells the tragic story of Joseph Idlout, an Inuit hunter, who attained celebrity status in 1950's Canada as a model eskimo in the "good Indian" mold. Through his son, Peter Paniloo, the film takes us on a poignant journey through Idlout's life. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

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Club native 2008

Tracey Deer, Linda Ludwick, Christina Fon, Adam Symansky, Kanerahtenhįwi Hilda Nicholas, Akwiratekha Martin, Rezolution Pictures Inc, National Film Board of Canada, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

"In Club Native, filmmaker Tracey Deer uses Kahnawake, her hometown, as a lens to probe deeply into the history and contemporary reality of Aboriginal identity. Following the stories of four women, she reveals the exclusionary attitudes that divide the community and many others like it across Canada. Deer traces the roots of the problem, from the advent of the highly discriminatory Indian Act through the controversy of Bill C31, up to the present day, where membership on the reserve is determined by a council of Mohawk elders, whose rulings often appear inconsistent. And with her own home as a poignant case study, she raises a difficult question faced by people of many ethnicities across the world: What roles do bloodline and culture play in determining identity?"--Http://www3.nfb.ca/webextension/club-native. 1 videodisc (78 min.) :

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The cost of oil voices from the Arctic c2009

Mitchell Coulter, Joshua C Dukes, Jill Robinson, Rebecca Dukes, and Stone Soup Productions

The cost of oil: voices from the Arctic examines the subsistence lifestyle of one Inupiat society in Point Hope, Alaska that may be forever altered, or even destroyed, by exploration and drilling for oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Captivating images and footage from the Alaskan North Slope set the scene for the native peoples to describe how their cultural heritage, hunting methods, language, and subsistence lifestyle will be affected by offshore oil drilling. The Inupiat tell of their struggles of balancing the poverty relating to increased globalization with preserving their historical way of life. This strife is multiplied by attempting to pass on their rich cultural ancestry to teens striving to identify who they are and where they belong in a world where their future is so uncertain. 1 videodisc (42 min.)

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The exiles c2009

Sherman Alexie, Charles Burnett, Kent Mackenzie, Anthony J Hilder, Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds, Revels (Musical group), Milestone Film & Video, Oscilloscope Pictures, United States Information Agency, United Artists Television (Firm), Wolper Productions, Churchill Films, Dimension Films (1962-1985), University of Southern California, Moving image archive, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and National Film Preservation Foundation (U.S.)

"[C]hronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles -- transplants from Southwest reservations -- as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance." -- Container. 2 videodiscs (73 min.):

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Finding Dawn c2006

Christine Welsh, Svend-Erik Eriksen, National Film Board of Canada, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Finding Dawn gets its title from Dawn Crey, one of the estimated 500 Canadian Native women who have gone missing or have been murdered in the last thirty years. Illustrates the deep historical, social and economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Native women in Canada and presents the message that stopping that violence is everyone's responsibility. 1 videodisc (73 min.)

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Fort Apache 1948, 1985

John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, John Agar, and James Warner Bellah

A demoted Civil War colonel is sent to command the frontier regiment Fort Apache. The colonel's harsh attitude toward the Indians conflicts withe attitude of cooperation expressed by his second in command, Captain York, and the regiment. The climax of the film, the massacre of the regiment, is depicted as the result of the colonel's arrogance and betrayal of the Apache by a venal government agent. The romantic sub-plot involves the colonel's daughter and a young lieutenant of the regiment. 1 videocassette (127 min.)

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Fortunes in furs c1992

Survey of the settlement of New Jersey from the founding of the Dutch colony of New Netherland to the establishment of English power in 1664. Covers the significance of the fur trade, relations with Delaware Indians, political events and social life of the colony. 1 videocassette (27 min., 33 sec.)

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Frozen river 2009

Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae, Courtney Hunt, Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone, Charlie McDermott, Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), Harwood Hunt Productions, Cohen Media Group, OffHollywood Pictures, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Ray, a white woman, and Lila, a Mohawk, both single mothers facing desperate circumstances, are drawn by the lure of fast money into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. 1 videodisc (93 min.)

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Homeland four portraits of Native action 2005

Tells the story of four battles in which Native American activists are fighting to preserve their land and culture. Gail Small leads the fight to protect the Cheyenne homeland in Montana from proposed methane gas wells that threaten to pollute the water and make the land unsuitable for farming or ranching. In Alaska, Evon Peter is fighting against efforts to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Mitchell and Rita Capitan have founded an organization of Eastern Navajo people in New Mexico, whose drinking water is threatened by proposed uranium mining. In Maine, Barry Dana is battling state government and the paper companies that have left his people unable to fish or swim in or harvest medicinal plants from the river on which they've depended for 10,000 years. 1 videodisc (88 min.)

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Hopi, songs of the fourth world 2008

An in-depth look at the meaning of the Hopi way, a philosophy of living in balance with nature. Describes the Hopi philosophy of life, death, and renewal as revealed in the interweaving life cycle of humans and corn plants. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

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In beauty I walk the Navajo way to harmony c2002

Sheri Brenner, Johnson Dennison, Harry Walters, Peter Gold, and Sheri Brenner Productions

Navajo medicineman, Johnson Dennison, Navajo philosopher, Harry Walters and American anthropologist, Peter Gold come together amid the stunning environs of Arizona's sacred Canyon de Chelly, for an intelligent, lively and warmhearted exploration of Navajo ways of spiritual balance and harmony in daily living. Their words of wisdom are mirrored in Navajo art and in the stunning landscape of the Colorado Plateau: homeland of the Navajo people. 1 videodisc (28 min., 30 sec.)

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Incident at Oglala the Leonard Peltier story c2004

Leonard Peltier, Robert Redford, Michael Apted, Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm) , Miramax Films, and Spanish Fork Motion Picture Company

Examines the 1975 incident where armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, resulting in the deaths of a Native American and two FBI agents. Explores the controversy and potential abuse of justice surrounding the case of Leonard Peltier, who was the sole person in the incident convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

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Indians, outlaws and Angie Debo c2010

Angie Debo, Barbara Abrash, Martha Sandlin , Institute for Research in History (New York, N.Y.), WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), and PBS Video

A profile of historian Angie Debo. Focuses on her research in the 1930s uncovering a statewide conspiracy that deprived the Oklahoma Indians of their oil-rich lands and the efforts of officials and business interests to suppress her findings. 1 videodisc (56 min.) :

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Into the circle an introduction to Native American powwows 2004

An introduction to Oklahoma powwows including an explanation of the meaning of powwow in Indian culture, how it has evolved, the role of the drum, the head singer and the songs in powwows and related celebrations. 1 videodisc (117 min.)

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James Welch c2004

James Welch, Matteo Bellinelli, Andrea Belloni, Claudio Belotti, Robert Lanchester, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

The Native American experience is portrayed in conversations with James Welch. 1 videodisc (48 min.)

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The last conquistador c2008

John J Valadez, Cristina Ibarra, John Sherrill Houser, Valadez Media (Firm), Kitchen Sync, Inc, and Independent Television Service

The story of sculptor John Houser's dream to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for El Paso, Texas, to memorialize the Spanish conquistador Juan de Ońate and to honor the contributions of Hispanic people in the American West. But Native Americans are outraged, remembering Ońate as the man who brought genocide, cut off their feet, and sold their children into slavery. As El Paso divides along lines of race and class, Houser must face the moral implications of his work. 1 videodisc (69 min. ) :

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Lewis & Clark the journey of the Corps of Discovery c2009

Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them . 2 videodiscs (240 min.)

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Miss Navajo 2007

Billy Luther, Mike Rysavy, David Benjamin Steinberg, Independent Television Service, and Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

The film follows the path of 21-year-old Crystal Frazier, a not-so-fluent Navajo speaker and self-professed introvert, as she undertakes the challenges of the pageant. It is through Crystal's quiet perseverance that we see the strength and power of Navajo womanhood revealed. No matter who takes the crown, this is a journey that will change her life. Interspersed with pageant activities are interviews with former Miss Navajos, whose cheerful recollections of past pageants break the tension the current contestants are undergoing. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

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Mohawk girls 2005

Joanne Robertson, Tracey Deer, Linda Ludwick, Christina Fon, National Film Board of Canada, Rezolution Pictures Inc, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

Documentary explores the lives and reveals the challenges facing three teenaged girls of Mokawk heritage living on the Kahnawake Native Reserve in Quebec and includes home video footage of the director as she experienced similar conflicts of emotions. 1 videodisc (53 min)

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The mound builders 2003?

Lanford Wilson, Ken Campbell, Marshall W Mason, Trish Hawkins, Brad Dourif, Tanya Berezin, Hal Holbrook, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Broadway Theatre Archive, Kultur International Films, and Circle Repertory Company

Contrasts goals of a team of archaeologists with aspirations of the local residents. 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.)

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Power paths c2009

Peter Coyote, Bo Boudart, Specialty Studios, Looking Hawk Productions, and Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco, Calif.)

This documentary follows the Navajo, Hopi and Lakota Sioux tribes, as they find ways to introduce renewable energy projects into their communities through a grassroots movement that the filmmakers have tracked over the past two years. 1 videodisc (53 min.)

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Reel injun 2009

Neil Diamond, Christina Fon, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes, Linda Ludwick, Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch, Graham Greene, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill, Russell Means, Adam Beach, Zacharias Kunuk, Rezolution Pictures Inc, National Film Board of Canada, and CBC Newsworld

Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Native peoples. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill and Russell Means, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema's depiction of Native people from the silent film era to the present day. 1 videodisc (88 min.)

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Religion in Mesoamerica a video documentary c2006

Alfonso Moises, Martha Moises, and Cinema Guild

Examines the religious history of the people of Mesoamerica as their religious practices and beliefs shaped and influenced the cultural system of the society. 1 videodisc (55 min.)

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The return of Navajo Boy 2011

"The Return of Navajo Boy ... reunited a Navajo family and triggered a federal investigation into uranium contamination. It tells the story of Elsie Mae Begay, whose history in pictures reveals an incredible and ongoing struggle for environmental justice. A powerful new epilogue (produced in 2008) shows how the film and Groundswell Educational Films' outreach campaign create news and rally supporters including Congressman Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform who has mandated a clean-up plan by the five agencies that are responsible for uranium contamination."--Container. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

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Shellmound 2010?

Andrés Cediel, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism, and New Day Films

The Bay Street shopping mall in Emeryville, California "used to be a decrepit paint factory that leaked toxic waste into the bay. ...When construction crews began digging to build the foundation of the new complex in 1999, they encountered not only deadly combinations of lead and arsenic, but also a native burial ground whose enormous size astounded everyone --including the archaeologists. ... Shellmound... examines the decisions made during the toxic cleanup, excavation, and construction through the eyes of the city of Emeryville, the developer, the archaeologists, and the native Californians who worked on the site."--http://shellmoundthemovie.com. Peace walk 2005 chronicles the non-violent protests in the Bay Street mall vicinity from November 7-25, 2005, when demonstrators attempted to draw attendtion to the issues surrounding development of the shopping mall on the burial grounds. 1 videodisc (21 min.) :

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Skins 2003, 2002

Jon Kilik, Jennifer D Lyne, Chris Eyre, Graham Greene, Eric Schweig, Yellow Pony Pettibone, Gary Farmer, Michael Spears, Leonard George, Noah Watts, Michelle Thrush, Adrian C Louis, Grandview Pictures (Firm), First Look Media (Firm), Starz Encore Entertainment (Firm) , Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, and First Look Home Entertainment (Firm)

In the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, lies one of the poorest counties in America, The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge, the painful legacy of Indian existence is brought home every night as he locks up drunk and disorderly Indians, including his own brother. Rudy's frustration leads him to take the law into his own hands. Ultimately, Rudy is able to honor his big brother, and his people with a life-affirming act of defiance. 1 videodisc (87 min.)

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Smoke signals 1998?

Chris Eyre, Scott Rosenfelt, Larry Estes, Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, and Tantoo Cardinal

Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town on the Cour d'Alene Reservation to retrieve the remains of Victor's father. 1 videodisc (89 min.)

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Spirits for sale 2007

Folke Johansson, Annika Banfield, Filmakers Library, inc, and Levande Bilder

Documentary on the appropriation of Native American religious traditions by non-Natives. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

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Sun kissed 2012

Dorey and Yolanda Nez care for their 16 year old daughter who suffers from the rare genetic disorder, xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). Filmed over three years, the filmmakers follow the couple as they search for answers to the mystery of XP outbreak among the Navajo population. Ultimately their journey leads them to the shocking truth: Their children and other Navajo children are still paying the price for the American conquest of the tribe in the 1860s, a brutal campaign culminating in an almost-forgotten chapter in American history, the Navajo "Long Walk" of 1864. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

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Teachings of the Tree People the work of Bruce Miller c2006

Bruce Miller, Katie Jennings, Janice Giteck, IslandWood, and New Day Films

National Heritage Fellow Gerald Bruce (Słbiyay) Miller, Skokomish Tribal Twana Indian leader, gathers and weaves a cedar bark mat and shares his life story and the teachings of the Tree People. A passionate student of the traditional culture, Bruce became the bearer of the language, oral history, art and spirituality of the tuwaduq (Twana) and Southern Coast Salish peoples. This film documents his race against time and ailing health to pass the knowledge of his ancestors on to those who would listen. The film chronicles Bruce's youth among his tribal elders; his young adulthood in school (Berkeley), war (Viet Nam) and on the stage (New York City); and his decision to return home and lead a cultural renaissance in the Pacific Northwest. It documents traditional practices of gathering and preparing cedar bark for weaving, uses of medicinal plants, and the presentation of wild foods for the fall Ceremony of First Foods. Completed just before his death in 2005. 1 videodisc (58 min.) :

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Two spirits c2009

Lydia Nibley, Russell Martin, Say Yes Quickly Productions, and Just Media (Firm)

Examines the role of two-spirit people in the Navajo culture in the context of the story of a gay youth named Fred Martinez. Martinez was a naadleehai or a male-bodied person with a feminine essence, who was murdered in a hate crime at the age of sixteen. Discusses the traditional Native American perspective on gender and sexuality and the need for a balanced interrelationship between the feminine and masculine. 1 videodisc (61 min., 28 sec.)

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The way West how the West was lost and won 2006

David G McCullough, Russell Baker, Ric Burns, Lisa Ades, Steeplechase Films Inc, and PBS Home Video

Chronicles the final decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee. 2 videodiscs (360 min.)

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The West c2010

Ken Burns, Stephen Ives, Geoffrey C Ward, Dayton Duncan, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor, Peter Coyote, Insignia Films, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), Florentine Films, Time Life Video & Television, West Film Project, Inc , Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, PBS Home Video, and Paramount Home Video (Firm)

Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee. 5 videodiscs (711 min.) :

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The worlds of Joseph Brant c2002

Gil Cardinal, Arnie Gelbart, Richard Elson , Lawrence Bayne, Sandra Laronde, Gary Farmer, National Film Board of Canada, Galafilm Inc, and History Channel (Television network)

Born in 1742 in what is now New York State's Mohawk Valley, Joseph Brant's parents gave him the traditional Mohawk name Thayendanegea - 'two sticks bound together in strength'. This looks at his people, the loss of their homeland, their re-settling in Canada, and the impact Brant had on those changing times. It is the story of a man whose name still stirs up controversy today, especially among his descendants, the people of the Six Nations. 1 videodisc (47 min.)

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Woven ways 2009

Linda Helm Krapf and Gloria La Morte

"Woven ways shares the stories of Navajo weavers, the sheep that sustain their art and culture, and the environmental issues that threaten the living bonds between them. Deadly uranium and dirty coal power pose serious problems for the Navajo living on the Reservation. "--Producers. 1 videodisc (ca. 49 min.)

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Ās Nutayuneān We still live here c2010

The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts ensured the survival of the Pilgrims in New England, and lived to regret it. This film tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no native speakers for many generations has been revived in this country. Spurred on by an indomitable linguist named Jessie Little Doe, the Wampanoag are bringing their language and their culture back home. 1 videodisc (56 min.)

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Native North Americans

4-Butte-1 a lesson in archaeology 1968

Donald S Miller, Peter Schnitzler, Tony Gorsline, Don Gunn, University of California Archaeological Survey, University of California (System), and Extension Media Center

Uses a Maidu Indian village located in Sacramento Valley, Calif., to show the range of activity of an archaeologist, from pre-excavation research planning to the end of field excavation. 1 videocassette (33 min.)

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Across the sea of grass 1991

Ned Kelly, Susan Western, and George Page

Trace the journey of Lewis and Clark and other early pioneers of the land beyond the Mississippi who made their way across the plains that were home to buffalo, grizzly bear, pocket gophers, pronghorn antelope, and tribes of Mandan, Sioux and Pawnie. See how thousands of these determined settlers turned these wild lands into wheat fields. And understand why the destruction of the vast buffalo herds had such an impact on the Indian population who depended on them. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Acts of defiance 1992

Alec G MacLeod and Mark Zannis

Discusses the conflict between Canadian Mohawks, provincial police, and non-Indian citizens in summer 1990 in Kahnawake and Kanesatake, Quebec over a land dispute. 1 videocassette (104 min.)

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Alaska the last frontier? 1996

Eleanor Morris and Dane Hahn

This program shows the difficulties of balancing the needs of indigenous peoples and the wilderness with economic development and modern life in the state of Alaska. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

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Allen Houser 1976

Don Cirillo, Jack Peterson, and Ron McKuen

Follows Allen Houser, the first contemporary Native American sculptor, through the complex creation of a bronze image, from selection of stone in the desert to the casting at the foundry. Houser's major source of inspiration is revealed as his mother tells stories of Geronimo and life on Fort Sill Reservation in Oklahoma. 1 videocassette (ca. 29 min.)

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Ancient America 1997

Gray Warriner, Wes Studi, and Glen Mazen

This series looks at America before the arrival of the Europeans, discussing Native American peoples and cultures. "Eastern woodlands" discusses technological accomplishments of these tribes, such as Cahokia's Woodhenge and Monks Mound. In "Indians of the Northwest," the totem pole is explained. The Anasazi's structures, the city of Chimney Rocks, and Mesa Verde are some of the accomplishments featured in "The Southwest". "Nomadic Indians of the West" surveys Medicine Wheel and covers the transition of the Great Basin from the Ice Age to desert. 4 videocassettes (ca. 60 min. ea.)

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Angotee story of an Eskimo boy 1953

Douglas Wilkinson and Michael Spencer

An account of an Eskimo boy's life from infancy to maturity. 1 videocassette (32 min.)

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The Approach of civilization 1995

Ric Burns, David G McCullough, and Russell Baker

Chronicles the four-year period following the Civil War--an extraordinarily transformative and disruptive era on the Great Plains, marked by two great climaxes: the triumph, in 1868, of Red Cloud and Crazy Horse over the U.S. Army on the Bozeman Trail, and the joining, in 1869, of the two ends of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point in Utah. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

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Archeological dating retracing time 1976

Cynthia Irwin-Williams

Shows the processes by which the age of artifacts uncovered in an ancient Southwest American Indian pueblo site are determined by such methods as dendrochronology, archeomagnetic dating, obsidianhydration, and carbon 14 testing. 1 videocassette (18 min.)

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The Art of Navajo weaving ; The Durango collection 1987

H. Jackson Clark, Mark Winter, David Baysinger, Elizabeth Gilmore, Isabel John, and Geanita John

Features two complete programs. The first, The Art of Navajo weaving, beautifully documents the state of Navajo weaving, looking at its origins and, through a visit with a contemporary weaving family, its current state. It features Isabel and Geanita John, award winning pictorial weavers. The second program is an interesting and educational tour through the Durango Collection, the most complete private collection of Navajo and Southwestern weaving in the world. The collection is presented as it was seen in a recent exhibition at the Denver Museum of Natural History. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

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Between two worlds c1990

Barry Greenwald, Peter Raymont, Barbara Sears, William Whitehead, Investigative Productions, Telefilm Canada, First Run/Icarus Films, and West Glen Communications

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Black Indians an American story c2000

Chip Richie, Steven R Heape, Daniel Blake Smith, Charles Crosley, Dennis V Hazzard, Everett Dahlquist, Gabrielle West, Richard W Wilcox, Linda Coombs, Claudio Saunt, Thomas Doughton, Joanne Melish, James Earl Jones, and Rich-Heape Films

This video explores the issue of racial identity among Native and African Americans. This in-depth documentary examines the coalescence of these two groups in American history. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

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Black robe 1991

Robert Lantos, Brian Moore, Bruce Beresford, St ephane Reichel, Sue Milliken, Lothaire Bluteau, August Schellenberg, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, and Tantoo Cardinal

In the 17th century, Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the Canadian wilderness to convert the Huron Indians. His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested, and his life and the outcome of the mission imperiled, as the expedition faces the elements and hostile Indians. 1 videocassette (101 min.)

MEDIA 2-2050

Broken arrow 1988, 1950

Elliott Arnold, Delmer Daves, James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, and Debra Paget

A story of the wars between the settlers of Arizona and the native Indians, and of the white man who assigns himself the perilous mission of peacemaker. Under leader of Cochise, the proud Apaches hold their own against the destructive invaders. 1 videocassette (93 min.)

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The Broken chain 1994

Lamont Johnson, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pierce Brosnan, and Earl W Wallace

In the midst of the Revolutionary War, two Iriquois tribal brothers are caught up in a fight to keep their people and their land from destruction of approaching settler. 1 videocassette (93 min.)

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Broken rainbow 1987

Maria Florio, Victoria Mudd, Martin Sheen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Burgess Meredith, Semu Huate, and Laura Nyro

Documentary on the forced relocation of Navajo Indians on Hopi territory in Northern Arizona by the United States Government. 1 videocassette (70 min.)

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Cabeza de Vaca 1993

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Guillermo Sheridan, Rafael Cruz, Juan Diego, Nicolás Echevarria, Daniel Giménez Cacho, and Roberto Sosa

A survivor of a Spanish expedition shipwrecked off the coast of Florida in 1527 roams across the American continent for eight years in search of his Spanish comrades. He is captured by the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe, but learns their culture and eventually becomes a healer and leader. His journey ends when he again encounters the Spanish conquistadores as they pillage and enslave the Indians. 1 videocassette (ca. 108 min.)

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Cadillac desert: Part 3: The mercy of nature c1997

Marc Reisner, Jon Else, Alfre Woodard, Trans Pacific Television, KTEH-TV (Television station : San Jose, Calif.), KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.), Home Vision (Firm), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), and TriStar Television

Chronicles the fierce battles which raged over the transformation of California'a Central Valley from a semiarid desert, populated by 300 Native American tribes, into the most productive and environmentally altered agricultural region in history. 1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.)

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Celebration! 1988?

Karen Kramer, Basil Wallace, and Peter Frederick

This joyous upbeat film portrays the color, music, and pride of Carnival in America's largest Caribbean community, which has become an annual event in New York. This film captures the thoughts and feelings of expatriate West Indians, as they are interviewed during preparations leading up to the Carnival. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Chief Seattle 2001, c2000

B. J Bullert and Bullfrog Films, inc

Recounts the known facts of the life of Chief Seattle, the legendary leader who welcomed the Americans to settle on the land that now bears his name. Takes viewers on a chronological journey from Seattle's birth in the 1780's to his death in 1866. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

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The Chumash of California 1994

Chip Taylor and Sylvia Kahn

Sylvia Kahn, a docent with the Natural History Museum of L.A. County shows how the Chumash utilized all nature to conduct their lives; also shows authentic replicas of a basket house and a granary. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

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Circle of the sun 1960

Colin Low, Tom Daly, Stanley Jackson, and Pete Standing Alone

Pictures one of the last gatherings of Blood Indians of Alberta celebrating the passing glory of their tribe. Includes views of Indian life in Canada today, showing the herding of cattle, the bonecracking rodeo, and the roughnecks round the oil camps. 1 videocassette (30 min.) ;

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Confronting the wilderness 1991

Ned Kelly, Susan Western, and George Page

Move North along the eastern seaboard of North America to examine the harsh, rocky land around Hudson Bay and trace the history of French and British entrepreneurs who ventured there to hunt and trap. Trace the settlement of the St. Lawrence River and learn how French fur traders and Ojibway, Algonquin, Huron, Ottawa and other Indians collaborated in a prosperous business partnership until an outbreak of smallpox decimated thousands of Native Americans. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Conquering the swamps 1991

Steve Nicholls, Paul Reddish, and George Page

Follow the earliest explorations of what constitutes modern day Florida. Learn how Spanish conquistadors seeking gold and slaves and other men hunting herons and alligators eventually led to the destruction of the subtropical wilderness. Discover how native inhabitants of this region, such as Calusa and Timucua Indians, lived and prospered on the land. See how man's exploitation of Florida, from the expeditions of Hernando de Soto to today's tourist and retirement meccas, have forever altererd this fragile environment. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

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Cree hunters of Mistassini 1974

Boyce Richardson, Tony Iannielo, and Colin Low

Shows the conflict produced by the James Bay development scheme between a hunting culture of Cree Indians and the dominant white culture that has come to rely heavily on large-scale technology. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-1979

Dances with wolves 1990

Kevin Costner, Jim Wilson, Michael Blake, Rodney A Grant, Mary McDonnell, and Graham Greene

A Civil War hero is assigned to an abandoned fort on the American frontier where he befriends members of the Sioux tribe, falls in love, and eventually lives with the Indians. 1 videocassette (181 min.)

MEDIA DANA 2-2589 424

Death runs riot 1996

Stephen Ives, Ken Burns, Peter Coyote, Jody Abramson, and Michael Kantor

In the 1850s, as more American pioneers poured west, they brought with them the nation's oldest, most divisive issue--slavery--and the rough frontier would supply the sparks that would ignite the Civil War. Indians would be dragged into "the white man's war," while the besieged Mormons would commit the worst massacre of innocent pioneers in American history and a young writer named Sam Clemens would find adventure in Nevada's silver camps. And as the bitter Civil War drew to a close, celebrated Union heros such as George Armstrong Custer and William Tecumseh Sherman would use the tactics which had defeated the South against the Native Americans of the West. 1 videocassette (84 min.)

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1266 2-3222 2-4233

The exiles c2009

MEDIA MEDIA 10-1586 10-1407

The Faithkeeper 1991

Oren Lyons, Bill D Moyers, and Betsy McCarthy

As the faithkeeper, a chief of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation, Oren Lyons keeps alive his people's history and traditional values--values that can help us all survive. With Bill Moyers, he discusses ancient Native American prophecies of the ecological disasters we now face, recounts how democracy was modelled on Indian confederations and tells the legends of his people. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-2203

False promises the lost land of the Wenatchi c2002

Rustin Thompson, Jackie O'Ryan, White Noise Productions (Firm), and Filmakers Library, inc

The Wenatchi were offered a reservation and fishing rights under the terms of the Yakama Treaty in 1855, but the government failed to honor that treaty as well as others made with the tribe. The tribe wants its land returned. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-6397

Fight no more forever 1996

Stephen Ives, Ken Burns, Peter Coyote, Jody Abramson, and Michael Kantor

By the 1870s there were only a few pockets of resistance against the nation's push to conquer the West. On the Great Plains, Sitting Bull followed his mystical visions and urged his Lakota people to fight rather than surrender their sacred Black Hills and traditional way of life. Custer's "Last stand" would also become, in effect, the last stand of the Sioux as a free people. In Utah, the Mormon patriarch Brigham Young would be forced to choose between saving his church or sacrificing his spiritual son. Farther west, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce would find himself helping to lead one of the most extraordinary military compaigns in American history. 1 videocassette (87 min.)

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1268 2-3224 2-4235

Finding Dawn c2006

Christine Welsh, Svend-Erik Eriksen, National Film Board of Canada, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

MEDIA 10-1565

The first Americans 1977, made 1969

Craig B Fisher

Traces early man's migration from the Siberian tundra across the Bering Land Bridge into North and South America. Shows how archeologists and anthropologists try to answer the many questions about America's ancestors. 1 videocassette (ca. 53 min.)

MEDIA D-13

The first and last frontier 1991

Paul Reddish and George Page

Tour the natural splendors of Alaska, a land settled by indigenous people thousands of years before Russians and Europeans arrived in pursuit of sea otter, walrus and bowhead whales. Explore the worlds of the Inuit and Tlingit tribes that lived with the vast populations of cariou, brown bear, and seals. And understand why Akaska may be the final opportunity to strike a balance between the development of natural resources and the preservation of our natural heritage. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4204

Fort Apache 1948, 1985

John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, John Agar, and James Warner Bellah

MEDIA MEDIA 2-1215 2-6752

Fortunes in furs 1992

David Steven Cohen, Louis Presti, Celeste Holm, and Bob Szuter

MEDIA 2-2421

Frozen river 2009

MEDIA 10-1639

Genocide from Biblical times through the ages 2002

Jon Voight, David Mann, Robert J Emery, Manoug Manougian, and Jack Sandler

In this program, a variety of experts analyze Biblical accounts and some of the earliest documented examples of genocide, as in the Athenian siege of Melos in 416 BC, to explore the psychology that motivates such violence. This grim survey looks at the extermination of Tasmanians, Native Americans, Namibia's Herero tribe, and the Armenians. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-5847

Geronimo and the Apache resistance 1988

Neil Goodwin

Using archival photos and interviews with descendants of the Chiricahua Apaches, the program highlights the clash between Indian and white cultures and portrays the effects on an Indian society faced with the loss of its land and traditions. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1156 2-717 2-4013

Ghost dance 1996

Stephen Ives, Ken Burns, Peter Coyote, Jody Abramson, and Michael Kantor

By the late 1880s, the Americans were astounded by the changes they had brought to the West. Mining towns such as Butte, Montana were now full-fledged industrial cities. Defeated militarily, Native Americans throughout the region now flocked to the call of a Paiute mystic, who offered the illusionary hope that the lost world of the buffalo could be brought back by a Ghost Dance. But its promises would be trampled in the snow and blood of Wounded Knee. In place of the great Native American cultures which once dominated the Plains was a new culture, epitomized by the Oklahoma Land Rush, in which 100,000 eager settlers lined up for a mad dash to stake out a farm and a future. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1270 2-3226 2-4237

The great encounter 1991

Peter Crawford, George Page, and Steve Nicholls

Witness the struggles of the early English colonists of Roanoke Island, the Chesapeake Bay area, and the Pilgrim settlements of Massachusetts as they fought to establish dominion over the land. Then contrast the European wilderness encounters with the spiritual beliefs of the Cherokee and Powhatan Indians who recognized seasonal rhythms and respected wildlife . 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4198

The Great spirit within the hole 1983

Chris Spotted Eagle

Despite the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, Indian spiritual leaders have faced great difficulties when attempting to serve the religious needs of their people in prison. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-943

Harold of Orange 1984

Charlie Hill, James Noah, Richard Weise, and Cathleen Fuller

Confronts with ironic humor the issue of the interconnection between reservation communities and the powerful bureaucracies on which they must often rely, presenting both a group of young Indian "tricksters" and a well-intentioned, though woefully paternalistic, white institution. Through its humorous treatment, applied to both Indians' and whites' behavior and motives, the film makes an unusual and multifaceted comment on contemporary Native American life. 1 videocassette (32 min.)

MEDIA 2-1139

Home of the brave 1984

Helena Solberg and Burton C Gershfield

The social conditions of Native American peoples today and their conflicts with modern civilization and governments. 1 videorecording (54 min.)

MEDIA 2-904

Homeland one reservation, four families, three years 1998

Jilann Spitzmiller, Hank Rogerson, Thurman Horse, Paul Ironcloud, Hugh Margesson, and Phil Stevens

Four Lakota families living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, open their hearts and homes to present a portrait of reservation life. The film focuses on their attempts to secure decent housing on the reservation with the assistance of Walking Shield, a non-profit agency that works to provide housing for indigenous Americans. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

DANA 1429

Hopi, songs of the fourth world 1983

Pat Ferrero and Ronnie Gilbert

MEDIA 2-1280

How can I keep on singing? 2001

Melissa Young

"This evocative film is a tribute to both the pioneering and Native American women in the West at the turn of the last century. Their stories offer glimpses of everyday life, and help recover the historical contributions of women. Striking images of the landscape are woven together with historical photographs and re-enactments of women's daily activities"--Container. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-5713

Hunters and bombers 1991

Alan Hayling, Rex Tasker, Hugh Brody, and Nigel Markham

The Innu (Montagnais Indians) of Labrador are protesting low-level military flights and the playing of war games over their territory. 1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.)

DANA 232

Ikwe 1986

Norma Bailey, Geraint Wyn-Daview, Hazel King, Gladys Yang, and Patrick Bruyere

Ikwe, a Canadian Ojibwa woman is given by her tribe in marriage to an ambitious Scots fur trader who does not respect her cultural values. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-5823

Imagining Indians 1992

Victor Masayesva

A native American's view of the disparity between the "white" culture's principally Hollywood-inspired perceptions of American Indians and their own self-perceptions. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA 2-2157

Native North Americans (Continued)

In search of the first Americans 1985

Henry Nevison, Robson Bonnichsen, and Carole Bombard

Documents the search for artifacts of early man throughout North America. Includes location of dig sites, climate and habitat reconstruction, dating techniques, and demonstrations of bone and stone toolmaking. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-1944

In the land of the war canoes a drama of Kwakiutl life in the Northwest 1992

Edward S Curtis, George Irving Quimby, and Bill Holm

A dramatic presentation of Kwakiutl Indian life on the northwest coast of America, shot in 1914 on Vancouver Island. Famed photographer Edward S. Curtis spent three years with the Kwakiutl to meticulously recreate their way of life before the white man came. Curtis retells a tribal story of love and revenge among the Kwakiutl and in addition to the magnificent painted war canoes of the title, the film features wonderful native costumes, dances and rituals--including a powerful scene of a vision quest. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

MEDIA 2-2129

In the light of reverence 2001

Christopher McLeod, Jessica Abbe, Peter Coyote, Tantoo Cardinal, Independent Television Service, Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc, Sacred Land Project, Earth Island Institute, and Bullfrog Films, inc

Across the United States, Native Americans are struggling to protect their sacred places. Thisfilm presents three indigenous communities in their struggles to protect their sacred sites from rock climbers, tourists, stripmining and development and New Age religious practitioners. 1 videocassette (73 min.)

MEDIA 2-6493

In the white man's image 1991

Christine Lesiak, Matthew Jones, Stacy Keach, and David G McCullough

A look at the education of a group of American Indians at the Carlisle School for Indian Students founded by Richard Pratt in the early part of the 20th century as an attempt to change their heritage and values. Includes the story of Cheyenne warriors who were exiled to St. Augustine, Florida, as the first group of Indians to be schooled under Mr. Pratt's direction. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4028

In whose honor? 1997

Charlene Teters, Jay Rosenstein, and Michael Rothe

Discussion of Chief Illiniwek as the University of Illinois mascot, and the affect the mascot has on Native American peoples. Graduate student Charlene Teters shares the impact of the Chief on her family. Interviewees include members of the Board of Regents, students, alumni, current and former "Chiefs" and members of the community. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

MEDIA 2-3422

The Indian and his homeland American images, 1590-1876 1990, 1988

Robert D Ellis and W. Graham Arader

Provides a 300-year survey of the impact of European cibilization on the New World - in particular, its devastating effects on the lives and cultures of the American Indians. Includes illustrations by Audobon, Bodmer, Catesby, Catlin, de Bry, McKenny, and Moran. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 734

Indians, outlaws and Angie Debo 1988

The historian Angie Debo talks about her life, and the Oklahoma conspiracy to fraudulently deprive Native Americans of their land that she uncovered over many years of research. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-718 2-4012

Into the circle an introduction to Oklahoma powwows and celebrations 1992

Scott Swearington, J. R Mathews, and Randy Rhoades

MEDIA 2-2141

Into the shining mountains 1991

Ned Kelly and George Page

Climb into the stunning high country of the Rocky Mountains to view the great treasures of plants and wildlife and understand how the quest for gold and silver drove the early pioneers to this area. See mountain lions, bighorn sheep, and mountain goats in their native habitats. Understand how the Shoshone, Blackfoot and Utes viewed their sacred lands. And learn how new Americans began to understand the need for conservation and established Yellowstone National Park. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4202

Ishi in two worlds 1967

Richard Tomkins and Theodora Krober

Discusses the Yahi Indians of California, a tribe which was nearly exterminated by the advance of the white man. Depicts their daily activities of hunting and fishing. Describes the life of Ishi, a Yahi tribesman and the last person in North America known to have spent most of his life as an aborigine. 1 videocassette(28 min.)

MEDIA 2-2001

Ishi the last Yahi 1992

Jed Riffe, Lina Hunt, and Pamela Roberts

A portrait of Ishi, a Yahi Indian, believed to be the last person in North America to have spent most of his life leading a totally aboriginal existence. 1 videocassette (57 min.) sd., col. with b&w sequences ;

DANA. MEDIA 233 2-2221

Itam hakim, hopiit 1984

Victor Masayesva and Ross Macaya

Focuses on the life and stories of the Hopi Indian storyteller Ross Macaya. The program integrates images of nature and Hopi Indian life, history, mythology, ritual music and performances with the words of Macaya. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA 2-1140

James Welch c2004

James Welch, Matteo Bellinelli, Andrea Belloni, Claudio Belotti, Robert Lanchester, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

The Native American experience is portrayed in conversations with James Welch. 1 videodisc (48 min.)

MEDIA 10-1201

Kanehsatake [videorecording] : 270 years of resistance 1993

Alanis Obomsawin and Wolf Koenig

"On a hot July day in 1990, a historic confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Quebec into the international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience. Behind Mohawk lines that gruelling summer, producer and director Alanis Obomsawin, herself an Abenaki Indian, endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming an armed standoff between the Kanehsatake Mohawk people of First Nations, the Quebec police and the Canadian army"--Container. 1 videocassette (120 min.)

MEDIA 2-5192

Lakota woman 1994

Irene Bedard, Fred Berner, Mary Brave Bird, Tantoo Cardinal, Richard Erdoes, Pato Hoffmann, Bill Kerby, Frank R Pierson, Joseph Runningfox, August Schellenberg, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, and Hanay Geiogamah

"This is the inspiring, true story of the 1973 uprising that united Native Americans in their fight for survival. One woman rises from ignorance and fear to meet the challenge of her proud heritage during a bloody seige in which 2,000 Native Americans stood their ground and vowed never to be silent again"--Container. 1 videocassette (113 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1160 2-2607

Last stand at Little Bighorn 1992

David G McCullough, Paul Jeffrey Stekler, James Welch, and N. Scott Momaday

Documentary examines the Battle of Little Big Horn from both Native American and white points of view using journals, oral accounts, Indian ledger drawings, and archival and feature film footage. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2258 2-4035

The Legacy of Malthus 1994

Deepa Dhanraj, Tulsi Bai, Gyarsi Bai, Gora Bai, and Teeja Bai

Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India, it takes on the international population "establishment", challenging the entrenched view that overpopulation alone is responsible for poverty and environmental destruction. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

MEDIA 2-5156

The Lenape 1995

Henry Nevison, John Gerbec, and Dana Palermo

Examines the history, culture and modern problems and solutions of the Lenape Indians through archival photos and in interviews with contemporary members of the tribe. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-2524

The Lenape the original people 1985

Thomas Agnello

The migration of the Delaware Indians from the East was a long, arduous "Trail of Tears" lasting 200 years and covering nine states. Theirs is a story of survival--a struggle shared by most native Americans. The video is highlighted by the personal testimony of the last two full-blooded Delaware: the late Nora Thompson Dean ("Touching Leaves") and her brother Edward (both from Dewey, Oklahoma). 1 videocassette (23 min.)

MEDIA 2-1412

Life after Île Ste-Croix c2006

Leo Aristimuńo, Ronald Rudin, and National Film Board of Canada

"Île Ste-Croix, a tiny island with 400 years of history, sits between Canada and the United states. In June 2004, commemorative events on this island brought together three cultures claiming history and a stage. Acadians use the commemoration to celebrate 400 years of Francophone culture. Anglophones use the event to promote a tourist destination that they hope will revive their local economy. Forgotten, abandoned and driven from their Canadian lands, the Passamaquoddy use this event to demand official recognition and Native rights from the government of Canada. Life After Île Ste-Croix documents the stories behind the commemorative events. It shows the human face of history by presenting the compelling stories of people who engage with their history, with the stories of their pasts, in order to improve their lives in the present."--Container. 1 videodisc (63 min.)

DANA 362

Living on the edge 1991

George Page and Paul Reddish

Beginning with the first Spanish explorers searching for gold, journey through the harsh terrain of the American Southwest and learn how plants, animals and early pioneers, from priests to miners, adapted to the desert. Understand the relationships that Native Amerian Papago and Pima tribes had with the arid land. And see how irrigation brought water to the region and forever changed its natural history. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4203

Lord of the sky 1992

Ludmila Zeman Spaleny, Eugen Spaleny, Eunice Macaulay, and Marcy Page

Based on the legends of the native people of the Pacific Northwest, this animated film reflects the natural environment and cultural heritage of this region. 1 videocassette (ca. 13 min.)

MEDIA 2-1778

Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris searching for a Native American identity 1994

Bill D Moyers, Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, and Catherine Tatge

Bill Moyers interviews husband and wife writing team Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris who discuss their literary collaboration, their shared thinking based upon their like backgrounds as mixed-blood Native Americans, and the Native American characters who people their novels. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-5455

A Man called Bee studying the Yanomamo [sic] 1974

Timothy Asch and Napoleon A Chagnon

Provides basic anthropological field data on the Yanoama Indians of southern Venezuela and describes the field methods used by anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon by following him as he collects this data. 1 videocassette (43 min.)

MEDIA 2-2002

Masks of eternity 1988

Joseph Campbell, Bill D Moyers, Catherine Tatge, David Grubin, and Alvin H Perlmutter

"Campbell provides challenging insights into the concepts of God, religion and eternity, as revealed in Christian teachings and the beliefs of Buddhists, Navajo Indians, Schopenhauer, Jung and others"--Cassette container. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 1203 2-574

A matter of choice 1990

Hattie Kauffman and Carol Cotter

Viewers travel to the heart of the Hopi nation, the oldest inhabited community in America, in an effort to understand the Hopi's struggle to find their place in the modern world. Viewers learn about the importance of identity to urban Indians, the growth of intertribal institutions such as the city powwow and Indian festivals. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-4241

A matter of promises 1990

M. Scott Momaday

Separate segments on the Onondaga of New York State, the Navajo of Arizona and adjacent states, and the Lummi of Washington State focus on sovereignty, internal politics, administration of justice, and relations with the U.S. government. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

MEDIA 2-4240

A Matter of respect 1992

Portrays a diverse group of people, each expressing their own sense of what it is to be Tlingit in today's world. For some, this is best done through the arts--dancing, carving and weaving. For others, meaning comes from teaching children to speak Tlingit or to respect nature. For still others, this is done by harvesting and preparing foods in traditional ways or restoring community cemeteries. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 2-1773

Max Ernst 1991

Peter Schamoni, Max Ernst, Mechthild Offermanns, and James Greene

Documentary about the life and work of Max Ernst. Includes a segment about the time Ernst lived in the United States, 1941-1952, and the influence of the Arizona desert and the Hopi Indians on his work. Also includes original photographs, archival film footage, tape recordings made by Ernst, and interviews shot by Werner Spies. 1 videocassette (101 min.)

DANA 993

The Menominee (Kiash Machapiwuk 1995

Henry Nevison, Marty Moss-Coane, John Gerbec, and Dana Palermo

Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Menominee Indians. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 2-3679

The mind of man 19-?

Nigel Calder and David Prowitt

A survey of modern research on the mind in variors countries of the world. Covers areas of mind development in children, effects of drugs, dreams, brain structure, chemical changes within the brain, the brain and sexuality, reasoning, and the power of the mind in controlling bodily functions. Includes interviews with Sir John Eccles, Donald Hebb, and B.F. Skinner. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA D-123

Mohawk girls 2005

Joanne Robertson, Tracey Deer, Linda Ludwick, Christina Fon, National Film Board of Canada, Rezolution Pictures Inc, and Women Make Movies (Firm)

MEDIA 10-1157

More than bows and arrows 1994

John Gordon Hill, N. Scott Momaday, Gray Warriner, and Conrad Denke

Deals with the role of the American Indian in shaping various aspects of American culture, ranging from food and housing to the democratic way of life. 1 videocassette (52 min.)

DANA 1067

More than bows & arrows 1992

Gray Warriner, Conrad Denke, and N. Scott Momaday

Deals with the role of the American Indian in shaping various aspects of American culture, ranging from food and housing to our view of life. 1 videocassette (56 min.)

MEDIA 2-2044

Mountain Wolf Woman, 1884-1960 1990

Jocelyn Riley

History of the life of Mountain Wolf Woman as told to Nancy Oestreich Lurie. 1 videocassette (17 min.)

MEDIA 2-1565

Myths and the moundbuilders 1988

Graham Chedd and Don Westcott

A study of the earth mounds built by American Indians in the Midwest and Southeast United States. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-960 2-4210

The Native Americans 1994

Joy Harjo, John Borden, Michael Grant, Patricia Foulkrod, and Hanay Geiogamah

Tribal leaders share their rich histories and current challenges in this series. Learn how the events of a turbulent past still impact present issues for Native Americans and all the people of this great land. 6 videocassettes (50 min. each)

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Navajo code talkers 1986

Tom McCarthy and Ernie Shinagawa

Describes the little known, yet crucial story, of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. Includes footage of Navajo life in the 1940's, and segments of war films. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-3091

The Nicholas family 1982

Sharon Whitney and Jean Richards

The story of Native Americans is told through an overview of their history, a survey of the development of Native American communities in the United States through a century of change, and the experiences of several generations of the Nicholas family. 1 filmstrip ([140] fr.)

DANA 97

One sky above us 1996

Stephen Ives, Ken Burns, Peter Coyote, Jody Abramson, and Michael Kantor

As the 20th century neared, Americans celebrated with the World Columbian Exposition, where they were told that the frontier had closed, but in the real West, for every frontier story that ended, another one began. Some Native Americans waged a struggle to hold onto their traditions in the midst of rapid, overwhelming change, while others chose to learn the white man's ways, hoping to help their families and their tribe. In California, the emerging metropolis of Los Angeles waged yet another battle to control the arid region's most precious commodity--water. Much had changed in the West, but it continued to be what it had always been--a landscape of the imagination, the reservoir of our shared hopes and dreams, a place of both conflict and infinite possibility, and an enduring symbol of something unquestionably American. 1 videocassette (65 min.)

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1271 2-3227 2-4238

The People 1996

Stephen Ives, Ken Burns, Peter Coyote, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor, and Dayton Duncan

To the original Native American inhabitants, the West has been a land of myth. To the Europeans... the West was a "wilderness" to be conquered. Nearly 100 years before the American Revolution, the Pueblo people of the Southwest rose up against their European masters and drove the Spanish from their lands. Then, with America's purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1804, Lewis and Clark set off to find the fabled Northwest Passage. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

DANA. MEDIA. MEDIA 1272 2-3219 2-4230

People and energy in the Southwest 197-?

Discusses corporate and governmental social irresponsibilities toward the Indians of Southwestern United States regarding radioactive fallout and energy resources. 130 slides

DANA 94

The Pueblo 1995

Henry Nevison, Marty Moss-Coane, John Gerbec, and Dana Palermo

Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Pueblo Indians. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.)

MEDIA 2-3556

'Qàtuw'as people gathering together Barb Cranmer, George Johnson, Frank Brown, and Pauline Waterfall

"In the 1980s, Native peoples of the Northwest Coast embarked on an emotional voyage of rediscovery. Reclaiming their ancient maritime heritage, they carved majestic canoes from cedars that were living hundreds of years before the Europeans arrived in the Pacific Northwest. Crews from thirty First Nations then set out in 1993 on a remarkable journey, paddling hundreds of kilometres along ancient waterways to an historic gathering of more than three hundred people at Bella Bella, British Columbia"--Container. 1 videocassette (58 min.)

DANA 810

Rebellion 1993

Michael Wood and Brian Moser

This film shows footage of the now extinct Ona of Tierra del Fuego (filmed in 1913) and reviews the events of Wounded Knee, its causes and consequences down to the present day. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5986

Red road the Barry Hambly story = Ocangu-sa c2004

Conrad Beaubien, Dan Petrusich, Lost Heritage Productions, and Life Network

Barry (Whitecap) Hambly was born in 1967 on Carry The Kettle First Nation in Saskatchewan. When he was four his mother took him and three siblings to Regina. Social agencies intervened placing the children in foster homes. Barry was adopted at the age of nine by the Hambly family in Hamilton, Ontario. Red Road shadows Barry Hambly's journey, returning to Saskatchewan to confront his past and meet his birth mother. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

MEDIA 2-7407

The return of the Navajo boy c2000

Jeff Spita, Bennie Klain, William Kennedy, Robert J Kennedy, Lorenzo Begay, University of California (System), and Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning

Set in the stunning landscape of Utah's Monument Valley, this unforgettable documentary chronicles the extraordinary saga of how a rediscovered 1950s silent film reel leads to the return of a long-lost brother to his Navajo family. Through a newspaper story about the rediscovery of the old "Navajo Boy" film, John Wayne Cly discovers his own lost heritage and travels to Utah for an emotional reunion with his family. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-7846

The right to their own lands 1993

Brian Moser and Michael Wood

As these once-free peoples are restricted, either to reservations on the poorest land in regions rich in resources or to areas continually shrinking as roads are built and rivers channeled and forests destroyed, they still find it difficult to believe that the white man wants to own the land. It is a conflict that remains alien to native peoples. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5988

Ritual clowns 1988

Victor Masayesva

Depicts the Clown ceremony and mythology of the Hopi Indians. 1 videocassette (18 min.)

MEDIA 2-905

Roanoak 1986

Jan Egleson, Victor Garber, Will Sampson, and Tino Juarez

Three-part drama about the Roanoak Voyages, the first prolonged encounters between the English and the Indians on American soil. Follows the general outline of the history of the voyages with sets and costumes based on artistic and literary sources. 3 videocassettes (175 min.)

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Roger Kennedy's Rediscovering America 1991

Roger G Kennedy and Jonathan Donald

Takes the viewer on a search for American landmarks that begins in Columbus, Ohio where remains of a great civilization of long ago was virtually ignored for many years. Ancient North Americans built over a half a million prehistoric earthworks, many larger than the pyramids of Egypt. Host Roger Kennedy attempts to make a connection betwen the landmarks of the mound builders and the architecture of Thomas Jefferson and Louis H. Sullivan. 1 videocassette (47 min.)

DANA 229

Saheri's choice 1997

Hamish McDonald, Christophe de Neuville, and Roshan Seth

This program examines the custom of arranged marriages in India. It follows the story of one girl and her family as they confront the reality of an impending marriage that was arranged when the girl was barely six years old. An overview of the custom presents it as common among all castes, although many Indians view the practice in a negative light. Education, family wealth, and astrological compatibility are examined as important in determining with whom the marriages are arranged. In one case, the issue of dowry leads to the suicide of a young female marriage prospect. Severe penalties for breaking engagements are discussed, along with divorce negotiations should the marriage fail. This is a candid glimpse into contemporary Indian society. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-5100

Native North Americans (Continued)

Science or sacrilege Native Americans, archaeology & the law 1996

Nicholas Nicastro and Marilyn Richvin

Discusses the issue of the controversy between Indians and scientists on the excavations and study of Indian burial grounds and remains. Examines the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation act (NAGPRA) passed in 1990, its underlying moral and political issues, its practical consequences, and the prospects for science in the post-NAGPRA world. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-2987

The searchers 1956, 1983

John Ford

A Confederate war veteran tracks down the Indians who killed his brother and sister-in-law and carried off their daughter. 1 videocassette (119 min.)

MEDIA 2-11

Searching for paradise 1991

Peter Crawford and George Page

Delve into the history of California and its incredibly rich and diverse ecosystem that is isolated by desert and towering mountains. From its earliest settlers, the Chumash Indians, to the recent mass migration of population to the Pacific Rim of North America, trace the rush to the "Golden State" and learn how the search for solutions to environmental problems in California exemplifies the progress and struggle of today's environmental movement. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4205

Seasons of a Navajo 1985

John Borden and Will Lyman

Shows one year in the life of an extended Navajo family on a southwestern reservation. Contrasts the traditional life with modern changes. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4214

Secrets of the Little Big Horn 1992

Mimi Edmunds and John Rhys-Davies

One of America's most famous historic landmarks is the Little Bighorn, where Lt. Col. Custer and more than 250 troops of the seventh U.S. Cavalry rode to their death on June 25, 1876. Detailed facts of the battle were unknown, and the event was shrouded in myth and mystery. Now, by retracing the pattern of bullets and cartridge cases across the battlefield, archaeologists have been able to generate a computer simulation of the final, fatal moments of the battle of the Little Bighorn. The reconstruction shows a native-American triumph rather than Custer's defeat, representing a dramatic reversal from the way the battle has traditionally been portrayed. 1 videocassette (25 min.)

MEDIA 2-2161

Seeking the first Americans 1988

Graham Chedd

Presents the new archaeological theory which claims that the first human inhabitants of North America may have lived 40,000 years ago. Documents the research being made in the U.S. and Canada, including an examination of the Clovis Man who was known to have lived in the final years of the Ice Age. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-956 2-4208

The Silent enemy 1985

H. P Carver, Marcel Le Picard, and Yellow Robe

A fictional documentary which presents a study of the Ojibway Indians' struggle for food before the coming of the Europeans. Tells of the rivalry between Baluk, the hunter, and Dagwan, the medicine man, for the chief's daughter and the leadership of the tribe in the coming winter. Filmed in Northern Ontario with an all-Indian cast. 1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.)

MEDIA 2-1490

Skins 2003, 2002

MEDIA 10-222

The Spirit of Crazy Horse 1990

Milo Yellow Hair, Michael Dubois, Kevin McKiernan, and James Locker

Documents the struggle of the Oglala Sioux to preserve their heritage and to reassert their ownership of the Black Hills. Discusses in detail the events surrounding the 1973 American Indian Movement occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota and the conflict which followed. The current situation on the reservation is also surveyed. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA 2-4175

The spirit of Kuna Yala 1991

Andrew Young, Susan Todd, and Isaac Bastides

This program features the Kuna Indians of Panama's San Blas Islands as they unite to protect their rainforest homeland, Kuna Yala, and the tradition it inspires. 1 videocassette (59 min.)

MEDIA 2-5828

Spirit of the dawn 1994

Heidi Schmidt and Carolyn Cox

This documentary traces the history of Indian education in the U.S. and the experience of the Crow Indians in Montana in particular. It features the work of 6th grade teacher Mick Fedullo, who uses poetry as a tool for Crow Indian students to express their cultural heritage. Includes archival footage. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-2924

The Spirit of the mask 1992

Peter von Puttkamer

This documentary explores the spiritual and psychological powers rarely--seen ceremonies as well as commentary by important Indian spiritual leaders, and relates how these traditions were historically repressed by Christian Europeans. The program also considers the role of masks in other cultures and examines the meaning of tribal art both to indigenous cultures and to the contemporary West. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

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Spirits for sale 2007

Folke Johansson, Annika Banfield, Filmakers Library, inc, and Levande Bilder

Documentary on the appropriation of Native American religious traditions by non-Natives. 1 videodisc (58 min.)

MEDIA 10-1677

The story of civilization: the Americas 2001

Penny Mahon, Kate Harper, Sophie Mulphin, Elizabeth Baquedano, Vanessa Tovell, and Ruth Wood

Profiles the Aztecs, refers to the Mayans of Mexico and summarizes the history of native Americans. Explores both society and culture as well as the myths and legends surrounding these civilizations. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

DANA 1664

The sunrise dance 1994

Gianfranco Norelli, Luca Biavati, Daniel Elias, Linda Nachu, Leon Nachu, Phoebe Thomas, Tommy Thomas, and Harris Burnette

Documentary on the sunrise dance, a ceremony marking an Apache girl's passage from adolescence to adulthood. The sunrise dance itself, a three-day test of endurance for the initiate, includes a healing ceremony in which the initiate is symbolically transformed into the goddess Changing Woman, and a nighttime performance by masked "crown dancers" wearing venerated ritual headdresses. The entire ceremony is seen as a reaffirmation of the community's identity and uniqueness. 1 videocassette (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-3125

Surviving Columbus the story of the Pueblo people 1992

Simon J Ortiz, Larry Walsh, Conroy Chino, Diane Reyna, Edmund J Ladd, and Rina Swentzell

Using stories from Pueblo elders, interviews with Pueblo scholars and leaders, archival photographs, and historical accounts, this program explores the Pueblo Indians' 450-year struggle to preserve their culture, land, and religion despite European contact. 1 videocassette (115 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2041 2-4217

Taking aim 1993

Monica Frota

Shows how the Cayapo tribe of the Metuktire Group in the Brazilian rain forest appropriated and adapted modern videotape technology for filming their way of life from their own perspective to preserve it for future generations and also to defend themselves against illegal miners in their territory. 1 videocassette (41 min.)

MEDIA 2-5351

Teaching indians to be white 1993

Michael Wood and Brian Moser

Schools, where native children find it nearly impossible to balance the white view they are taught with the language and values they learn at home, represent a major problem for native children. Various tribes have responded differently to the challenge of educating their children: the Seminole of Florida resist being integrated, the Miccosukee decided not to fight but to join, and the Cree took back their own schools. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5987

Temples into churches 1993

Michael Wood and Brian Moser

All the native religions in North and South America share a belief in the bond between human beings and nature. Many of the conquerers saw no contradition between enslaving the Indians and bringing their souls into Paradise. This film shows how, though the emblems are Christian, the native people still pray to the old gods. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

MEDIA 2-5989

Thieves of time 1992

Don Hopfer, Pat Beaty, Beth Vershure, and Will Lyman

Traces the history of public interest in and abuse of Native American burial grounds, legislation to protect them, and evolving cooperation to research and preserve them. 1 videocassette (27 min.)

MEDIA 2-4223

Thunderbird woman Winona LaDuke c2003

Bertram Verhaag, Claus Biegert, Denkmal Filmproduction, Bayerischer Rundfunk, and Filmakers Library, inc

In this relaxed and intimate portrait, Winona LaDuke-a leading figure in the struggle for Native American land rights and sovereignty, environmentalist, anti-nuclear activist, vice-presidential candidate, novelist and mother-is filmed at home on the White Earth Reservation and on the road. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-6817

Two spirits c2009

Lydia Nibley, Russell Martin, Say Yes Quickly Productions, and Just Media (Firm)

MEDIA 10-1789

Ulzana's raid 1972, 1988

Carter De Haven, Robert Aldrich, Alan Sharp, Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, and Richard Jaeckel

A scout is assigned to aid the cavalry in tracking down Ulzana and his band of Apache Indians who have left the San Carlos Reservation. 1 videocassette (103 min.)

MEDIA 2-1626

Viracocha 198-?

Hubert Smith and Norman N Miller

Pictures rural life in the Aymara Indian community and the conflicts between the Aymara and their landlords, Bolivian mestizos, during the period of agrarian reform in Bolivia. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

MEDIA 2-2065

Wagon master 1950, 1987

John Ford, Ben Johnson, Ward Bond, Merian C Cooper, Joanne Dru, and Harry Carey

Ben Johnson and Ward Bond star as two easygoing wranglers who sign on with an ill-fated Mormon wagon train. In their travels, they encounter parching deserts, marauding Indians, and low down desperados. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-1220

The War for the Black Hills 1995

Ric Burns, David G McCullough, Russell Baker, and Lisa Ades

The third episode of the series "The way west." Follows the dramatic sequence of events that led up to the battle of the Little Big Horn in June of 1876. Financial pressures spurred the United States to invade the Lakotas' sacred Black Hills in search of gold. That treaty violation, together with the systematic extermination of the buffalo, sparked outrage among the Lakota and Cheyenne. The stage was set for a cataclysmic showdown between the United States Army and the tribes of the Northern Plains. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2767 2-4056

Warrior the life of Leonard Peltier 1991

Suzie Baer and Leonard Peltier

The story of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian imprisoned at Leavenworth Penitentiary for allegedly murdering two FBI agents in 1975 at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Looks back at the violent confrontations at Wounded knee and Pine Ridge in the 70's, today's Indian reservations, as well as Peltier's odyssey through the American justice system. 1 videocassette (85 min.)

MEDIA 2-5852

Warriors 1987

Deb Wallwork

This video honors Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War. It sheds light on a number of cultural issues about their place in this country. Features interviews with Native Americans. 1 videocassette (57 min.)

MEDIA 2-944

A weave of time the story of a Navajo family, 1938-1986 c1986

Susan Fanshel, John Adair, Deborah Gordon, New York Foundation for the Arts, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, Navajo Film Project, and Direct Cinema Ltd

The film combines Adair's 1938previously unseen historic footage with present-day scenes to create a complex portrait of a Navajo family through four generations. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA D-84

Westward, the course of empire takes its way 1995

Ric Burns, David G McCullough, Russell Baker, and Lisa Ades

The first episode of the series "The way west." Chronicles the colorful and frantic opening decades of expansion, from the 1840's down through the Civil War. The pioneer movement and then the Gold Rush transformed the destiny of the continent and turned the world of Native Americans upside down. The ever-quickening pace of expansion led to a series of bloody confrontations between Native Americans and whites, culminating in the Minnesota Uprising of 1862, and, two years later, the massacre at Sand Creek. 1 videocassette (90 min.)

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-2765 2-4054

White man's way 198-?

Christine Lesiak and N. Scott Momaday

Depicts the everyday lives of Plain's Indian children at U.S. Government Indian schools. Begun in the 1880's, the Indian schools philosophy was to educate these children to the white man's way--a method which attempted to create their cultural annihilation. Shows childrens separation from their homes and traditions and their sense of alienation even from their own culture. 1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.)

MEDIA 2-1726

Who owns the past? 2000

N. Jed Riffe, William Smock, George Burdeau, Joe Crivelli, Rick Giachino, and Linda Hunt

Explores the attitudes and behavior of European Americans toward the remains of Native Americans from the earliest European settlement in America to the 1990's with the discovery of "Kennewick Man" by the Columbia River in Washington, whether those remains were located in burials or the result of death in battle. The late 20th century movement by Indians to reclaim their ancestors' remains succeeded to a considerable degree, but conflicts with goals of scientists continue. 1 videocassette (ca. 57 min.)

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Whose child is this? 1994

Jerry Thompson

Looks at the practice of white families adopting Native American children and removing them permanently from tribal influences. Katrina at 16 months was adopted by a loving Scottish family which returned with her to Scotland. As she grew up, she felt increasingly alienated from the white society that surrounded her. She finally returned to Alert Bay to find her roots. The film shows the complicated emotional process necessary to re-establish native ties on a reservation. 1 videocassette (48 min.)

MEDIA 2-5436

The wilderness and the west 1997

Robert Hughes, Richard Slotkin, James Ryan, and Arthur Amiotte

An eight part series presenting American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. In this third segment as majestic primal America fosters the idea of landscape as God's fingerprint, landscape painting holds deep religious and patriotic connotations. Soon, the belief in Manifest Destiny is embodied in art. Traveling from Yellowstone to the Hudson Valley, Hughes explores the artists Thomas Cole, John Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, John Gast, Currier & Ives, Emanuel Leutze, George Catlin, Frederick Church, Frederic Remington, Thomas Noran and William Jackson. In their work he finds the conflicting impulses to worship the land and to conquer it, to create a myth of the West just as the frontier is closing. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4080

Winnebago women songs & stories 1992

Jocelyn Riley, Ruth Cloud, Rebecca Greendeer, Naomi Russell, Arvina Lowe Thayer, and Irene Thundercloud

Features five Wisconsin Winnebago Indian women telling about their lives in their own words. The production features full-color photography of Winnebago baskets, moccasins, buckskin dresses, beadwork and other examples of a living cultural and artistic tradition. 1 videocassette (19 min.)

DANA 766

Wiping the tears of seven generations 1991

Gary Rhine, Fidel Moreno, and Hannah Fixico

Explores the history of the Lakota (Sioux) within the context of European-America's westward migration, which culminated in the Massacre at Wounded Knee. The program focuses on a Lakota ceremony called Washigila, or "Wiping the Tears", which was held in December 1990. The Bigfoot Memorial Ride, in which 300 Lakota Sioux horseback riders traveled 250 miles in two weeks through 70-below temperatures was the Washigila for the entire Lakota Nation. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-1683

The worlds of Joseph Brant c2002

Gil Cardinal, Arnie Gelbart, Richard Elson , Lawrence Bayne, Sandra Laronde, Gary Farmer, National Film Board of Canada, Galafilm Inc, and History Channel (Television network)

MEDIA 10-370

Yanomani homecoming 1992

Lisa Truitt, Peter Schnall, and Betsy Ames

An anthropologist from the U.S., Ken Good, marries a Yanomani woman, Yarima and brings her to his home in New Jersey where they have three children together. This film shows the couple and their children returning to the land of the Yanomani for a visit. 1 videocassette (37 min.)

MEDIA 2-1964

You are on Indian land 1970

George C Stoney

A film report of a protest demonstration by Mohawk Indians of the St. Regis Reserve on the international bridge between Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario. Shows the confrontation with police and the ensuing action. 1 videocassette (37 min.)

MEDIA D-379

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