Native American Studies

This documentary portrait of a small Native American tribe struggling to retain what is left of its culture focuses on 77-year-old Marie Smith, the last of Alaska's Eyak Indians to speak the language of her people.

This video, featuring an all Native American cast and filmed in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota, dramatizes the Trickster storytelling tradition, delving into the humor and visual language of this central Native American cultural icon.

This informative video will help you discover your Native American ancestry. It lists over five hundred federally recognized American Tribes, shows how and where to research the Dawes Rolls and Native American websites to assist your genealogical search, explains how to obtain your tribal membership and a CDIB (Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood) card, and outlines benefits offered through official Native American Status.

This video covers three hundred years of Plains Indians history from the pre-horse period through the tragedy at Wounded Knee in 1890.

This video explores the issue of racial identity among Native Americans and African Americans, and the coalescence of these two groups in American history.

This video examines the work of Native American artists in the Pacific Northwest and how their wood carvings of totem poles, ceremonial masks and sculptures is part of a broader cultural renaissance.

Examines the hectic lifestyles of "fast track" couples, members of the Baby Boom generation whose desire to succeed--at the office, in social circles and through their children's accomplishments--leads to living in a state of chronic stress.

Examines the impact of the Canadian criminal justice system on the Inuit Indians in northern Quebec which involves the imposition on them of an alien culture, language and value system.

This video traces ancient healing methods of American Indians, discusses the invaluable contributions they made to our early frontier medical heritage, and shows how many of these same healing plants and herbs are an important source of today's modern medicine.

This video presents nine additional Native American Fireside Stories as told by Gregg Howard, an acclaimed storyteller and linguist of Cherokee/Powhatan descent, with musical accompaniment by flutist Nash Hernandez and illustrations by Kathleen Raymond Roan.

This video presents nine Native American Fireside Stories as told by Gregg Howard, an acclaimed storyteller and linguist of Cherokee/Powhatan descent, with musical accompaniment by flutist Nash Hernandez and illustrations by Kathleen Raymond Roan.

This video tells a story in dance about two cultures-Native American and Anglo Saxon-and about the evolution of dance itself, from nature.