Native American Reservation Movies

In 1934 on the serene Navajo reservation, Mary Jane spends her time daydreaming and tending to her family's flock of sheep. When her older sister...

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

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events...

A Swedish settler starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.

A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.

Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site...

An L.A. cop tracks down a seemingly mystic murderer on an Indian reservation.

The fourth film in Alanis Obomsawin's landmark series on the Oka crisis uses a single, shameful incident as a lens through which to examine the...

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be;...

An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business.

An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.

Two journalists traverse the Grand Canyon by foot, hoping this 750-mile walk will help them better understand one of America's most revered...

A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.

A historical film about the Seneca culture featuring the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Bury My Heart with Tonawanda tells the story of a...

It would be hard to name anyone who has had more of an impact in the realm of animal research and wildlife conservation than Jane Goodall, whose 45...

The story of Elijah Harper.....

With exclusive access to the lives of 8 women, ranging in age from 10 to 98, explore powerful testimonials of loss and survival and gain insight into...

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.