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Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of thier identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While...
3) Tomahawk
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The United States government wants to build a road through Sioux land in order to reach newly discovered gold fields. Jim Bridger, a retired Army scout, tries to persuade the government to use a longer route that goes around Indian lands, but his recommendations are ignored."--
Publisher
Idaho Public Television
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Traces the history of the Nez Perce, including the treaties of 1855, 1863 to the tumultuous events of 1877 in the Bear Paw Mountains. Describes their relocation to Oklahoma and return to the Northwest in 1885 and their present journey of healing through ceremonies and revival of language and traditions." --
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders.
Black Indians: Explores issues of racial...
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
French-speaking Canadians battle for a unilingual French-speaking Quebec. At the same time, the Cree people battle the Quebec government over territory in the north. Can a single federal state survive if it contains a couple of nations and two major language groups?
This program focuses the spotlight on a region that crackles with both aboriginal and linguistic nationalism. The politics of language is at the heart of the battle for unilingual French-speaking...
7) 500 years
Publisher
Skylight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, 500 Years tells a sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala's recent history, through the actions and perspectives of the majority indigenous Mayan population, who now stand poised to reimagine their society. 500 years tells the epic story that led Guatemala to a tipping point in their history, from the genocide trial of General Rios Montt to the popular movement...
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Learn about America's history through the use of graphics and animations, live-action portrayals of historic figures and stories told from a child's point of view. Topics featured in this video include the Lewis & Clark Expedition; the story of a child: my family went west; Native Americans: forced from their homes; the life of John Henry; and the story of Mount Rushmore.
9) Reel injun
Publisher
Rezolution Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
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...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This documentary collection examines Native North American culture, past and present, and its attempt to halt assimilation and retain native cultural traditions. Through historical and contemporary photographs, paintings, artwork, archive footage, reenactments, and interviews, the culture and history of America's aboriginal people is showcased across 32 features. Witness the struggles and hardships, the practices and traditions, the art and beauty...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in the Black Hills--on Sioux land. In this film, the lives...
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