Issues concerning Native Americans and the current standing of health care, environmental, and economic development are addressed by local members of the community. Each has a desire for greater access to health care for all Native people, environmental issues need action immediately, and basic needs like education are vital for the future of Native Americans. Equality has remained elusive, but slowly a voice rises and issues are addressed. Whether the issues are addressed after the election remains to be seen. Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME. [More] [Less]

Artist Percy C. Avugiak talks about his spirit masks of the presidential candidates.

Senators Tom Daschle & Ben Nighthorse-Campbell speak to Indian Country about the presidential candidates. From Native Voice Media. Executive producers Frank & Lise King, director & camera Bill Morgan, camera Ernie Stevens III, editor Wilton Cruz.

LAURIE WEAHKEE FACED SOME POLITICAL DILEMMAS ON HER WAY TO SUPERDELEGATE STATUS. SOT LAURIE WEAHKEE, NEW MEXICO SUPERDELEGATE

As the effects of global change sweep across the diverse Alaska landscape, it is Alaskas Native peoples who are effected most. Their health is one with the land and sea which has always provided life. The survival of a nation lies in delicate balance. The Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation sustains and strengthens the quality of life and hope for all generations of Alaskas first peoples. Every day Alaska Native Peoples live on the front lines of Arctic change and struggle with the tremendous challenges inherent with sweeping global transformation. A call to action, our film shares the immediacy of support that is needed to preserve the health & wellness of an ancient culture. [More] [Less]

In 4REAL Pawnee, Casey Affleck and 4REAL Host Sol Guy visit the Pawnee Nation reservation in Oklahoma to meet leader Crystal Echo-Hawk and her NVision crew. NVision empowers Native youth through hip hop & art. For more info, hit up: http://www.4REAL.com http://www.Nvisionit.org REAL PEOPLE. REAL PLACES. REAL STORIES. REAL CHANGE [More] [Less]

Market trailer for the new movie Rez Bomb set on and around Pine Ridge Indian reservation starring Tamara Feldman, Trent Ford, Russell Means & Chris Robinson as Jaws, Moses Brings Plenty, Tokala Clifford, Arlette Loud Hawk

Jim Thorpe famous Native American Baseball player

Mary Kim Titla on Arizona Native News, hosted by Linda White Wolf. Posted with permission from AZTV.

Cherokee Morning Song - Native AmericanI've had this song for a couple of years. I wanted to load it because it's beautiful. I hope you like it too.For what it's worth, just to be clear, the images in this video are from many tribes.

Native American Hollywood Filmmakers discuss Natives in films past and present. These interviews are from my Documentary from 2006. A Native Roscoe Production.

An inspiring account of an American Indian women who pursued higher education and looks at the tragic past of her ancestors who were forced into boarding schools to assimilate into American culture.

loved this! it saved the otherwise disastrous Richard Pryor show, for me.. worthwhile comedy from an *actual* American..

A documentary about the seventh generation's role in preserving the culture, traditions an environment of Red Lake Nation

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This week Inside USA travels across America to speak to the Lakota Sioux, the Western Shoshone, and the Navajo.

The Native American voting block in swing states like Arizona and New Mexico can be crucial.

But what happens when Native Americans want to opt out of the US altogether?

Inside USA investigates. [More] [Less]

Writer/ Director/ Cinematographer: Hillary AbeCamera: Sony HVR-V1U - HDVThe Tetuma people (a.k.a. the Lakota Nation) have been fighting over their lands in the longest legal battle in the history of the United States. Never having ceded land, the Lakota hold legal title to a vast swath of land promised to them by the treaties of 1851 and 1868*. This territory of 'The Great Sioux Nation' encompasses several states including parts of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota. At the heart of this land is a sacred space called 'the Black Hills'. Despite being offered millions of dollars in monetary compensation for the illegal taking of the Black Hills, the Lakota have never ceded claim to the heart of their culture and history. At the radix of this clash between Western society and Lakota epistemology, ideas surrounding philosophy unfairly compete for the attention of the dominant culture. Notions of property, history, creation, religion, science, metaphysics, family, economy, government are at the core of this dispute. It is impossible for Native cultures to assert an argument that addresses Western logic because they have not and do not belong to traditional Euro-American thought. Thus, when the Black Hills are said to be 'sacred' in English, perhaps it does not imply the type of relationship the Lakota mean when they say sacred. Just as you'll see in the film, the Lakota way of addressing 'dirt' or 'soil' simply doesn't match up. One word can imply the rift in philosophical logic that exists between two cultures and the politics of translation.In a divide this deep, cultural relativism cannot prevail. Indigenous thought which has evolved and changed throughout the course of thousands of years is not considered legitimate. Understanding the way which Indigenous people have chosen to interact with their surroundings illuminates a sense of deliberate purpose. That is what Western society cannot see or admit - the legitimacy of a body of thought not attributed to the individual but to the collective. This is what drives the landscape - the conflict, found among Indigenous peoples all over the world and the governments that have sought to contain them. At the core is a gap between Western understanding and Indigenous worldviews. The Western hemisphere exemplifies a wealth of knowledge that offers completely different notions of property and space, culture and freedom. Because we cannot see into each other, the problem goes on. These cirumstances dictate the fundamental problem facing the Lakota today. "A Good Way" attempts to show the tip of the iceberg in Indigenous logic - a way of thinking that is not completely understood by Euro-American tradition. That misunderstanding has been used as an excuse to exploit Indigenous peoples all over the globe. We must communicate our message: If one can see through the translation, an understanding can develop that will force us to treat each other with mutual respect. That means the right to adopt the cultural, political and economic means of sovereignty to overcome the colonial project. *Article VI, clause 2 of the U.S. constitution states, "...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land..." Treaty land cannot be taken by eminent domain or compromised by the powers of states of the union. [More] [Less]

3 individuals shoot at Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies responding to a call of shots fired leaving 1 dead in a shootout.

http://www.kcts9.org/programs/productions/cnx/archive/932/ "KCTS Connects" with host Enrique Cerna. Airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m. on KCTS 9. Ben Iyall went to war for a country that didn't afford him basic rights. Airdate: May 30, 2008

The truth about the proposed Kennecott Eagle Mine. Visit nwf.org/greatlakes for more information.

A 400-mile journey on foot by young Cheyenne who make this annual relay run to remember their ancestors who could not after the massacre at Ft Robinson.

The Morris K. Udall Foundation funds 12 Native Americans or Alaska Natives each summer for a ten-week internship in Washington, DC.

From the 1954 Florida Folk Festival held at White Springs, Fl. Songs of the Florida Seminole by Bill Osceola and Billy Bowlegs III (at 91 years of age). The famous Oklahoma Muscogee/Creek artist, Fred Beaver, sings beautifully 2 songs. Plus a sample of his artwork. The lady who hosts makes a few mistakes and puts words in the Men's mouths 2 times but this is quite a while back. I am surprised they recorded this at all. Every one in this little video is no longer walking with us. To hear them is a rare treasure - at least, for me. Regarding the corn dance: Listen the what the men are saying, NOT the lady host. It is not a spring planting ritual. It is forbidden to discuss this alot. You will need to get your info elsewhere if you need to know more. [More] [Less]

Trailer for Lacrosse documentary about the Native American origins of the sport.