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🎬 Indigenous Movies & Documentaries

(From recent curated lists and film guides)

  • Dark Winds (2022– ) — Navajo police drama created by Chickasaw writer Graham Roland; explores spiritual and investigative tensions on Navajo Nation.

  • Rez Ball (2024) — Navajo Nation high‑school basketball story directed by Sydney Freeland.

  • Fancy Dance (2023) — Lily Gladstone stars in a story about kinship, justice, and survival on the Seneca‑Cayuga reservation.

  • Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — Osage Nation story about the 1920s oil murders; widely recognized for Indigenous representation.

  • Reservation Dogs (2021–2023) — Coming‑of‑age Indigenous youth series created by Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi.

  • America’s Great Indian Nations — Documentary covering Iroquois, Seminole, Navajo, Cheyenne, Lakota histories.

  • America’s Great Indian Leaders — Profiles of Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph, Geronimo, Quanah Parker.

  • The Walk — Documentary about a 768‑mile unity walk across California.

  • Against the Current — Short doc on Omaha youth, culture, ceremony, and healing.

  • The Lost Spirits — Matinecock Nation history, land rights, and cultural survival.

  • Native America (PBS) — Documentary series exploring ancient civilizations, spirituality, and continuity.

  • Tasiujarjuaq & Weeneebeg: Bays of Life — National Geographic documentary on Inuit and Cree homelands.🎥 Indigenous Videos (Shorts, Explainers, Cultural Pieces)

  • What Does “Authentically” Indigenous Look Like? — PBS documentary short on representation and fashion.

  • Experience America’s Largest Powwow — National Geographic short film.

  • 6 Stories Celebrating Native American History & Culture — Great Big Story compilation.

  • Indigenous Music & Songs and Dance — NCTR educational video on powwow, music, and youth artists.

  • Who We Are: Culture — Reconciliation Australia video on language, climate, and identity.

  • Indigenous TikTok compilations — Celebrating Indigenous humour, pride, and youth culture.

🎧 Indigenous Podcasts

(From curated lists of top Indigenous podcasts)

Highly Rated & Widely Recommended

  • MEDIA INDIGENA — Weekly roundtable on Indigenous current affairs (Canada).

  • Indigenous Action — Anti‑colonial analysis from Indigenous organizers.

  • Indigenous Vision Podcast — Two aunties exploring Anishinaabe & Blackfoot experiences.

  • Indigenous Climate Action Pod — Climate justice, language, and community‑based solutions.

  • Driving While Indigenous — Jill Featherstone on empowerment, youth, and storytelling.

Additional Strong Picks

  • All My Relations — Relationships to land, kin, and culture; hosted by Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane.

  • Warrior Life — Pam Palmater on activism, sovereignty, and Indigenous rights.

  • Red Man Laughing — Ryan McMahon’s Indigenous arts & culture comedy podcast.

  • Nation to Nation — APTN’s political affairs podcast.

  • Missing & Murdered — Connie Walker’s award‑winning investigative series on MMIWG.

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