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A historical drama about the relationship between a Civil War soldier and a band of Sioux Indians. Attracted by the natural simplicity of their lifestyle, John W. Dunbar chooses to leave his former life behind to join them, taking on the name Dances with Wolves. Soon, Dances with Wolves has become a welcome member of the tribe and fallen in love with a white woman who has been raised amongst the tribe. His peaceful existence is threatened, however,...
2) Saawariya
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Two strangers arrive in the same town for very different reasons, and spend the most important day of their lives there, with each other.
3) The Namesake
Pub. Date
2007
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Description
The American-born son of Indian immigrants feels pulled between his ethnic heritage and his desire to assimilate, especially after becoming involved with two very different women.
4) Broken arrow
Description
A bitter Air Force major steals two nuclear warheads to hold for ransom while his former partner and a national park ranger try to stop him.
Pub. Date
[1992]
Description
Examines the 1975 incident where armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, resulting in the deaths of a Native American and two FBI agents. Explores the controversy and potential abuse of justice surrounding the case of Leonard Peltier, who was the sole person in the incident convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
7) Black robe
Series
Pub. Date
2001
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Description
In the 17th century, Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the Canadian wilderness to convert the Huron Indians. His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested, and his life and the outcome of the mission imperiled, as the expedition faces the elements and hostile Indians.
Author
Description
Glenn Frankel, beginning in Hollywood and then returning to the origins of the Cynthia Ann Parker Indian captivity story, creates a rich and nuanced anatomy of a timeless film and a quintessentially American myth that bares the ambiguities surrounding race, sexuality, and violence in the settling of the West and the making of America.
9) Reel injun
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell, Charlie Hill and Russell...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. John Dunbar wants to see the American frontier before it is gone. He is assigned to an abandoned fort, with a Sioux tribe as his only neighbor. They overcome the language barrier and mutual fear and distrust to become friends. His knowledge of their ultimate fate forces him to make a crucial decision.
11) Broken rainbow
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona that began in the 1970's and continues to this day. Witness as they take their protest to Congress and turn tragedy into acts of heroic resistance.
12) Pocahontas
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Description
Disney's take on this historical confrontation between European settlers and Native Americans follows the paths of two future lovers. One is British adventurer John Smith, who travels the Atlantic with the Virginia Company to establish Jamestown.
Description
Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
15) Pathfinder
Pub. Date
2007
Description
The heroic story of a young Norse man raised by Native American Indians who wages a personal war against the Vikings that barbarically raided his tribe.
16) Wild Indian
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Decades after covering up his classmate's murder, Michael has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man seeks vengeance, Michael must go to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife and boss from the demons of his past.
17) Victoria & Abdul
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Description
The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt...
18) Blackwood
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
After a gang of violent outlaws forces a Native American woman to lead them through a treacherous forest in search of a fortune in gold, they unknowingly awaken an ancient, bloodthirsty beast that will stop at nothing to annihilate them all.
20) Wind river
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
An FBI agent teams with a town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.