Native American Culture
PODCASTS
This land
All My Relations
Young and Indigenous
Native Film Talk
Warrior Kids Podcast
The Red Nation Podcast
Returning to the Rez
Inuit Unikkaangit
Matriarch Movement
Indigenous Urbanism Podcast
While Indigenous
Media Indigena
BOOKS
Memoirs/History/Biography
1941: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Illustrated by Gillian Newland
Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement by Peter Matthiessen
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by Black Elk and John Neihardt
My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
Fiction/Children Books
There There by Tommy Orange
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Tony Hillerman Mysteries
Yakari and Great Eagle by Job
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Nicole Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson and David Shannon
Non-Fiction/Essay
Custer Died For Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Jr.
An Indigenous People's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortz
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
Indigenous People's Day by Katrina M. Phillips
An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo
VIDEOS, MOVIES & TV SERIES
Links to full-length film/video when possible. Trailers otherwise. Streaming options noted.
Videos
Inside an Apache Rite of Passage Into Womanhood - The Sunrise Ceremony that last four days shows girls becoming women
Lakota in America - The Cheyenne River Project is helping Lakota youth learn their culture, traditions and necessary skills
1989 - American Indian Activist Russell Means testifies at Senate Hearing - Russell Means criticizes Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indigenous Women Keep Going Missing in Montana - Native American women and girls continue to go missing in the US and Canada
Project 562: Changing The Way We See Native America - A project that sets to collect photos and stories
A Conversation with Congresswoman Deb Haaland - Congress woman Deb Haaland discusses the impact of Covid on Native communities and other issues
Super Soul Sunday: Joy Harjo-Sapulpa - Oprah Interviews Joy Harjo-Sapulpa as she has become the first Native Poet Laureate
2020 Interview with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo - Joy Harjo is interviewed about being the U.S. Native American Poet Laureate and her future goals
Inuit throat-singing sisters from Canada - These sisters carry on the traditions of their ancestors
National Indigenous People's Day 2021: A Virtual Celebration - Shows the National Indigenous People's Day in Canada from 2021with Indigenous performers
National Indigenous People's Day presented by Indigenous Tourism Alberta - Shows their celebration with performers and speakers
Dramatic Feature Films/Series
Smoke Signals - Two kids leave thier reservation for the first time - Available to rent or with subscription to Amazon, YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV
Four Sheets to the Wind - In 2007 this film won several awards at the American Indian Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival - Available to rent or with subscription to Amazon, YouTube
Mekko - A man is released from prison and is taken in my a native community - Available to rent or watch with subscription to Amazon, Tubi
The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open - Two Indigenous women from different backgrounds help each other - Available with subscription to Netflix
Indian Horse - A young boy, stripped of his heritage finds himself in hockey - Available with subscription to Netflix
Basketball or nothing - This docuseries follows Chinle High Basketball team on their way to the state championship game - Available with subscription to Netflix
Little Hawk Show - Follow Little Hawk as he revitalizes the traditions of his ancestors - Available to rent to watch with subscription to Amazon
Crooked Arrows - A young man wants to revamp his reservation but he has to prove himself to his tribe - Available to rent to watch with subscription to Vudu, Tubi, YouTube
Songs my Brother Taught Me - A story of a relationship between an older bother and his younger sister - Available to rent to watch with subscription to Hulu, Vudu, Amazon, YouTube
Documentaries
First Language - Race to save Cherokee - Shows the efforts to preserve the Cherokee language - Available to watch on YouTube
My Auntie survived residential school. I need to gather her stories before she's gone - Available to watch on YouTube
The Lakota Daughters - Life of women and girls in Pine Ridge Native American Reservation - Available to watch on YouTube
Unspoken: America's Native American Boarding Schools - An insight into the Federal Indian Boarding School System and assimilation - Available to watch on PBS, YouTube
We Shall Remain: American Experience - Pushes the emphasis of Native history as American history - Available to watch on PBS
The Song of Sacajawea told by Laura Dern with Music by David Lindley and others - The story of Sacajawea and Lewis and Clark - Available to rent or watch on Amazon
Native American History - The story of the Native American people and their journey across America - Available to rent or watch on Amazon
Ken Burns: The West - Showcases the story of Europeans colonizing the West and what is now America - Available to rent or watch on Amazon, YouTube, GooglePlay
ARTICLES & NOTABLE COLLECTIONS OF RESOURCES
Catawba Indian Nation - The official website for the Catawba Indian Nation with resources and information
15 Instances Where Indigenous Style Has Been Appropriated and Uncredited by V. Alexandra de. F Szoenyi for Hiplatina.com
Why Native American designers are not OK with fashion headdresses by Emanuella Grinberg from cnn.com
Meet 6 Indigenous Designers Using Fashion as Advocacy by Christian Allaire from Vogue Magazine
Native American Design: Fashion, Art, and Appropriation of Native America - Native by Design by Lindsay M. Montgomery from sapiens.org
Native American Fashion Designers - Cultural Appropriation - Why You're Insulting When You Buy Native American "Inspired" Things by Connie Wang for Refinery29.com
Native America - Page dedicated to Native Americans by PBS, books, videos and documentaries about Native American Culture by pbs.org
A Revival of Indigenous throat singing - The tradition of Inuit throat singing was near extinction but this Tik Tok star has given it the attention it deserves from BBC.com
For 60 Years, Indigenous Alaskans Have Hosted Their Own Olympics by Smithsonian Magazine
The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics - Has general information about the Olympics as well as how to attend, from NativeAmerica.travel
This Inuk throat singer and her mom are keeping their culture alive on Tik Tok by CTVNews.ca
10 Native American Activist You Should Know by Jillian Abel with TMI Consulting from medium.com
Native American Activism: 1960s to Present - A brief timeline of Native American Activism by zinnedproject.org
Unlearning Columbias Day Myths: Celebrating Indigenous People's Day - Helpful Handout Educator Resource by americanidian.si.edu
Yes, Native Americans Were the Victims of Genocide from History News Network by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Indigenous boarding schools will be investigated, Interior Secretary Haaland announces by Emma Ascott from kold.com
Indigenous People's Day by Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston replaces Columbias Day with Indigenous Peoples Day by Nik DeCoasta-Klipa from Boston.com
Columbias Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? by Leila Fadel from npr.org
Rethinking How We Celebrate American History- Indigenous People's Day - Smithsonian Voices National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Magazine
Created by Isis Parker, Mint Museum Intern, Summer 2021
