Native American Heritage Month Videos Available Online and in Person in Mullins Library

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In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, the Mullins Library Multimedia has compiled a list of streaming videos available to all students, staff, and faculty. Physical items are also available on display in the Multimedia Department, which is located on the lobby level of Mullins by the Hodges Reading Room. 

Documentaries

100 Years: One Woman's Fight for Justice for Native Americans documents the David vs. Goliath story of Elouise Cobell's fight for justice for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans who were cheated out of billions of dollars by the United States government. 

Native Americans traces the origins of Native Americans in North America, discusses their histories and considers their roles in contemporary society.  

A Good Day To Die chronicles a movement that started a revolution and inspired a nation. By recounting the life story of Dennis Banks, the Native American who co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 to advocate and protect the rights of American Indians, the film provides an in-depth look at the history and issues surrounding AIM's formation.  

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America.  

Native-American history: Native American influence on the US explores the ways in which our government, economy, agriculture, medicine, language and legal system are still influenced by Native American contributions.  

PBS NewsHour: March 29, 2018, Native American imagery is everywhere but understanding lags behind discusses an exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian, titled Americans, and shows how all aspects of life have been touched by the history and symbols of native culture. 

By Blood - Native American Men Fight for Cherokee Citizenship chronicles American Indians of African descent battling to regain their tribal citizenship. BY BLOOD explores the impact of this battle, which has manifested into a broader conflict about race, identity, and the sovereign rights of indigenous people. 

Our fires still burn: the Native American experience invites viewers into the lives of contemporary Native American role models living in the U.S. Midwest. It dispels the myth that American Indians have disappeared from the American horizon, and reveals how they continue to persist, heal from the past, confront the challenges of today, keep their culture alive, and make great contributions to society.  

Movies 

Te Ata is based on the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time.  

Once Upon a River, based on the best-selling novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell, is the story of Native American teenager Margo Crane in 1970s rural Michigan.  

Rhymes for Young Ghouls is set on the Red Crow Mi'gMaq reservation in 1976. By government decree, every American Indian child under the age of 16 must attend residential school. In the kingdom of the Crow, that means imprisonment at St. Dymphna's, where students are under the mercy of the sadistic agent who runs the school. 

Databases

The Libraries also offer access to these streaming databases that offer additional Native American films: Kanopy Streaming Services, Swank Digital Campus and AVON: Academic Video Online.