American Indian Culture & History

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 their identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and schoolteacher Elaine Goodale work to improve the lives of the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder Indian treatment

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.

This video shows how Americn Indians are able to link modern naturopathic medicine and the ritual ceremony and spiritual traditions of Native American Medicine.

Documentary designed to introduce audiences to the beauty, artistry, athleticism, competition and drama of dance as displayed by Native American tribes and nations. While having a powerful influence on US/Indian relationships, the dance demonstrates the ancient as well as the new struggles between intertribal cultures, progress, tradition, spirituality and commerce.

In this documentary, battlefield detectives explore two battles, and with historians, archaeologists, forensic scientists and a military geologist, they investigate and compare weapons used by the Apache and the U.S. Army, revealing how the U.S. Army eventually overpowered the Apache.

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

Depicts two young Native Americans, Victor and Thomas, who leave their small town to retrieve the remains of Victor's father. Screenplay by Sherman Alexie.

Indian warrior Nophate strives to maintain ancient and honorable customs among his people in the face of abuse and exploitation by whites in the early 20th century.