Native American Heritage Month | November 2026
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Coming Home: from Shadowland to Spiritworld
Follow the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians as they undertake an extraordinary effort to reclaim their ancestral lands on the Sonoma Coast after 170 years of displacement. Interweaving the little-known history of Russian colonization in California with a modern story of negotiation, diplomacy and ceremony, the film shows how land repatriation becomes a powerful act of cultural renewal.
Medicine Ball
Native college athletes navigate college life and basketball at the University of Minnesota Morris, located on the site of a former Native boarding school revealing how basketball became a powerful symbol of resilience, hope and cultural pride in Native communities.
Caddo Voices: A Pottery Revival
For the first time in nearly two hundred years, the Caddo return to their ancestral homeland in East Texas in an effort to revive their endangered pottery tradition. Chase Kahwinhut Earles, a renowned Caddo potter and artist, leads a diverse group of Caddo in digging the clay, making the pots and pit-firing the ceramics--all in the traditional way.
Still Here: Native American Resilience In New England
STILL HERE: NATIVE AMERICAN RESILIENCE IN NEW ENGLAND features Indigenous perspectives and takes a fresh look at the history of the region, including the hidden history of Indigenous slavery, "paper genocide" and efforts to keep traditions alive.
A Sacred Thread
A SACRED THREAD follows the Snowbird Cherokee of western North Carolina as they fight to preserve their language, customs and ancestral traditions before they disappear. Through intimate storytelling about the Snowbird Cherokee's art, culture and deep connections to their sacred land, the film offers a powerful portrait of a resilient community safeguarding its heritage.
And Knowledge to Keep Us
Every year at Cape Alitak on Kodiak Island in southern Alaska, Sugpiat kids gather for Akhiok Kids Camp to connect with each other and celebrate the knowledge their ancestors cultivated for more than 7500 years. Unfortunately, a barrier lies between the kids and their ancestors--200 years of colonial suppression that smashed their boats, scattered their technologies, and reduced their words to whispers. The Akhiok Kids Camp is part of the race against time to repatriate and reawaken Sugpiat knowledge and culture, creating a path to a more positive future.
She Cried That Day
SHE CRIED THAT DAY chronicles the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis through the story of one Indigenous woman haunted by her older sister's unsolved murder. As her family navigates a broken system in search of justice, we bear witness to the emotional journey through which thousands of families suffer. The film reveals how this crisis affects a family, community, state and nation, while also highlighting the strength and power of these incredible women as they fight to bring their lost sisters home.
Before America
BEFORE AMERICA reframes Revolutionary-era history through Native perspectives, chronicling the often-overlooked Indigenous history of the Great Lakes before the United States existed. From the 1763 uprising at Fort Michilimackinac to Odawa trail trees and the homelands of L'Arbre Croche, BEFORE AMERICA reveals how the Anishinaabe nations shaped events that pushed Britain and the colonies toward revolution. Exploring Indigenous resistance and rebellion, memory and sovereignty, and uncovering hidden tales of women's power, BEFORE AMERICA tells the story that the land still remembers, this is where the fight for freedom truly began.
Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience
UNCOVERING BOARDING SCHOOLS: STORIES OF RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE chronicles present-day efforts by Klamath tribal members in their fight for justice for students forced into enrollment in unsafe institutions. The hour-long documentary follows their struggle to uncover the difficult and often hidden history of Indigenous children forced into government-sanctioned boarding schools across the western frontier, including some religious schools that were previously kept under the radar. In sharing these stories, UNCOVERING BOARDING SCHOOLS aims to bring about community reconciliation and healing after decades of intergenerational trauma.