Videos in the MLIC Collection that have a Native American Theme
Compiled on September 20, 2001 (Updated on December 18, 2006)
Faye Hadley, Native American Resources/Reference Law Librarian
m-hadley@utulsa.edu /918-631-2457

500 Nations /a Tig Productions presents in association with RCS Films & TV and Majestic Films and Television International ; written by Jack Leustig ... et al. ; produced by Roberta Grossman ; produced and directed by Jack Leustig. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1995. Voices of: Tim Bottoms, Tantoo Cardinal, Gary Farmer, Graham Greene, Castulo Guerra, Amy Madigan, Edward James Almos, Tony Plana, Eric K. Schweig, Patrick Stewart, Wes Studi, Gordon Tootoosis, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Sheldon Wolfchild. Hosted by Kevin Costner ; narrated by Gregory Harrison ; executive producers, Ralph Tornberg, Bernd Eichinger, Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner ; research by Lee Miller. Originally broadcast by CBS Apr. 20-21, May 27-28, 1995.
Location: Law Media Reserve E91 .F44 1994 VHS

Act of War: the Overthrow of the Hawai'ian Nation /produced by N a Maka o ka Aina in association with Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawaii-M anoa. Published San Francisco, CA: National Asian American Telecommunications Association, 1995. Focuses on the events surrounding the overthrow of the Hawai'ian monarchy in 1893 from the point of view of Native Hawai'ians. Through archival photographs, government documents, films, political cartoons and dramatic re-enactments. It explores colonialism and the conquest of a Pacific Island nation by western missionaries and capitalists.
Location: Law Media Reserve DU627.4 .A28 1995 VHS

Alcatraz is Not an Island /produced by Diamond Island Productions; producer, Jon Plutte; director, James M. Fortier; writers, James M. Fortier, Jon Plutte and Mike Yearling. Published Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media LLC, c2002. This program tells the story of the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay beginning in 1969. Many of the former participants are interviewed.
Location: Law Media Reserve E78.C15 A43 2002 DVD

Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle /with archaeologist Richard A. Fox. Hardin, MT: El Conejo Productions; Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, c1995. Based on the book Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle... Richard Fox uses cavalry reenactments, archival photos, Indian ledger art, innovative archaeological techniques, maps, and models to reconstruct the Battle of the Little Bighorn and debunk the Custer myth.
Location: Law Media Reserve E83 .876 .A634 1995 VHS

The Bishop Estate /Segment from a 60 Minutes broadcast, April 30, 2000. Report about the misused and mismanaged Bishop trust of Hawaii, the largest private trust in the nation. Established to benefit the children of Hawaiian heritage, it was becoming a player in global land transfers. The trustees were becoming quite powerful and the school the trust was to be supporting was getting the least. A very hot potato in Hawaiian politics.
Location: Law Media Reserve KFH139 .C4 B58 2000 VHS

Black Indians: an American Story /Rich-Heape Films. Published Dallas, Tex.: Rich-Heape Films, c2000. Explores what brought Native Americans and African Americans together, what drove them apart, and the challenges that they face today.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98 .R28 B53 2000 VHS

The Buffalo War /produced by Buffalo Jump Pictures ; a film by Matthew Testa. Published Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c2001. The moving story of the Native Americans, ranchers, government officials, and environmental activists currently battling over the yearly slaughter of America's last wild bison. This film explores the controversial killing by joining a 500-mile spiritual march across Montana by Lakota Sioux Indians who object to the slaughter. Woven into the film are the civil disobedience and video activism of an environmental group trying to save the buffalo, as well as the concerns of a ranching family caught in the crossfire.
Location: Law Media Reserve SF401 .A45 B84 2001

Cherokee General: Brigadier General Stand Watie, the Cherokee Nation, and the Civil War /Tully Entertainment; written and produced by Brendon W. Tully; written by Evelyn Rota: Tully entertainment, 1998. Cherokee General

Current releases: Navajo code talkers; War dogs; The seawolves of Vietnam. Principle videography, Alessandro Machi ; research, Carla Takaki; original music, Elliot Grossbach. This compelling video-the first of it's kind-is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the Civil War, Brigadier General Stand Watie, and the enduring saga of the Cherokee Nation. Includes 3 trailers: Navajo code talkers ; War dogs ; The seawolves of Vietnam.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98 .W26 C43 1998 VHS

Cry from the Heart /Published [Nimbin, NSW, Australia]: Gaia Films; Sydney: Jennifer Cornish Media, c1999. The personal journey of an Australian aboriginal family who suffered terrible trauma, grief and loss through the policy of forcible separation from their families.
Location: Law Media Reserve GN666 .C79 1999 VHS

The Dakota Conflict /a production of KTCA TV St. Paul/Minneapolis; Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.: Atlas Video, 1993. Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Garrison Keillor. Writer/producer, Kristian Berg; voices, Hal Atkinson; director of photography, Robert Hutchings; researcher, Kay Dimarco; editors, BB Jorissen, Alan Moorman; original score, Peter Ostroushko; executive producer, Rick Hauser. Originally produced for television broadcast. Program copyright date given as 1992 on videocassette label. Recounts the war (sometimes called The Great Sioux Uprising) that began the thirty year struggle for the Great Plains, a struggle that continued at the Little Big Horn and ended at Wounded Knee.
Location: Law Media Reserve E83 .86 .D246 1993 VHS

Dakota Exile /KTCA/Video. Saint Paul, MN: Twin Cities Public Television, c1996. Producer, Kristian Berg. Narrator, Robbie Robertson. This documentary, sequel to The Dakota Conflict, traces the paths of Dakota prisoners and refugees. Through the words of Dakota elders and tribal historians it tells of the struggle to remain Dakota in the face of government efforts to destroy their language and culture.
Location: Law Media Reserve E83 .86 .D24 1996 VHS

Dreamkeeper /Hallmark Entertainment; Sextant Entertainment Group produced in association with RTL Television Germany; producers, Matthew O'Conner, Ron McLeod; written by John Fusco; director, Steven Barron. Published: United States: Hallmark Entertainment; Marina Del Rey, CA: Artisan Home Entertainment, 2004. A century-old storyteller and his grandson, a troubled 17-year-old boy, embark on a cross-country journey toward self-discovery. Like Pete's wise tales themselves, Dreamkeeper is important and illuminating storytelling for the entire family.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98 .F6 D74 2004 DVD

The Eagle and the Raven: a Purification by Banishment /produced and written by Loree Boyd, executive producer George Amiotte, Heaven Fire Productions. Van Nuys, CA: Exclusive Pictures, Heaven Fire Productions; Lincoln, NE: Vision Maker Video, 1996. Examines the case of two Tlingit Indian youths who were tried by a tribal court for a crime committed outside reservation land. They were sentenced to a period of banishment in the Alaskan wilderness.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99 .T6 E24 1996 VHS

Emerging Relationships between Tribal and Non-Tribal Courts /St. Paul, Minn.: William Mitchell College of Law, 1997. Recorded at William Mitchell College of Law on Nov. 5, 1997. Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in state and federal courts dealing with tribal-law issues and tribal courts dealing with the state and federal questions. The speakers will discuss areas of conflict and agreement among tribal and nontribal courts, with reference to key current cases. Cathy Wurzer, moderator; panelists: Lawrence Piersol, Henry M. Buffalo, Jr., Sandra Gardebring, B.J. Jones, Robert N. Clinton.
Location: Law Media Reserve KF8224 .C6 E44 1997 VHS

Empty Promises, Empty Nets /producers, Rick Taylor, Dan Kane. Portland, OR: Distributed by Wild Hare Media, c1994. Videographers, Dan Kane, Rick Taylor; editor, Rick Taylor; narrator, Kathy Smith. Booklet has title: Che wana tymoo. Details the legal decisions confirming the treaty-bound fishing rights of Columbia River Indians.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99 .C57 C445 1994 no.2 VHS

Everything has a Spirit /written by Linda Hogan. Denver, CO: Front Range Educational Media Corp., c1992. At head of title: KBDI presents. Johnny BearCub Stiffarm. Concerns Native American religion and the struggle for religious freedom. Produced and directed by Ava Hamilton, Gabriele Dech.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98 .R3 E836 1992 VHS

Fulfilling the Vision = Oyate Iglukinipi /presented by Wisconsin Public Television & Solaris Lakota Project; conceived, designed & directed by Henry Smith. Published: New York, NY: Solaris c 1993. This documentary "examines the struggle of the Sioux generation that came of age in the '70's and '80's to redefine the nation's identity. It addresses contemporary socioeconomic issues, spirituality and traditional wisdom.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99 .D1 F854 1993 VHS

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance /Peace River Films and WGBH Educational Foundation. Published Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, c1989. Chiracahua Apaches tell their own story, a different story from the myths we have learned about the Apaches and about Geronimo.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99 .A6 G47 1989

The Great Indian Wars /Dan Dalton Productions; produced and edited by Dan Dalton. Plymouth, MN: Simitar Entertainment, c1991. Title on container: The great Indian wars, 1840-1890. Writer, Marlene Carabello; narrator, Jack Hanrahan. Authentic photos and Hollywood movie footage of Indian wars in the west against encroaching white settlers.
Location: Law Media Reserve E81 .G63 1991 VHS

Hawaii's Lost Riches /produced by Greystone Communications for the A&E Network. Published New York, N.Y.: A&E Home Video: New Video Group, 2001. This is the story of the loss and recovery of the treasures of Hawaii's Iolani Palace.
Location: Law Media Reserve DU627 .H39 2001 VHS

Hollow Water /The National Film Board of Canada; producer, Joe MacDonald; director, Bonnie Dickie. Published Montreal: National Film Board Canada, c2000. Restorative justice programs provide an alternative to the formal court system of crime and punishment. Community Holistic Circle Healing (CHCH) is one such model which chooses to keep offenders in the community rather than send them to jail. Using the aboriginal tradition of a healing circle, offenders, victims, change the learned behavior of sexual abuse and to help reintegrate families.
Location: Law Media Reserve HV6570.9.C36 H65 2000 VHS

Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action /Published Berkeley, CA: Katahdin Production: Orchard Pictures, 2005. Filmed against some of America's most spectacular backdrops, from Alaska to Maine and Montana to New Mexico, this award-winning film profiles Native American activists who are fighting to protect Indian lands, preserve their sovereignty and ensure the cultural survival of their peoples. Nearly all 317 Native American reservations in the U.S. face grave environmental threats - toxic waste, strip mining, oil drilling and nuclear contamination. A moving tribute to the power of grassroots organizing, Homeland is also a call-to-action against the current dismantling of thirty years of environmental laws.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98 .W3 G76 2005 DVD

Honorable Nations /Published New York, N.Y.: Filmakers Library, 1993. For 99 years, the residents of Salamanca, N.Y. have rented the land under their homes for an average of $1.00 a year from the Seneca Indians, under the terms of a lease imposed by Congress. Now the lease is about to expire. This film is about the conflict of the survival of the town and justice for the Senecas.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.S3 H666 1993 VHS

Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World /Ferrero Films ; producer/director, Pat Ferrero; scriptwriter, Mollie Gregory. Published Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.: New Day Film Library; New York: New Day Films, 199-?. An in-depth look at the meaning of the Hopi way, a philosophy of living in balance with nature. Describes the Hopi philosophy of life, death, and renewal as revealed in the interweaving life cycle of humans and corn plants.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.H7 H675 1990z VHS

In the Light of Reverence /presented by the Independent Television Service and Native American Public Telecommunications; Produced and directed by Christopher McLeod. Oley, PA; Bullfrog Films, 2001 Across the United States, Native Americans are struggling to protect their sacred places. Religious freedom, so valued in America, is not guaranteed to those who practice land-based religions. This film presents three indigenous communities in theis struggles to protect their sacred sites from rock climbers, tourists, stripmining and development and New Age religious practitioners.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.R3 I5 2001 VHS & DVD

In Whose Honor? /written and produced by Jay Rosenstein. Ho-ho-kus, NJ: New Day Films, c1997. Discussion of Chief Illiniwek as the University of Illinois mascot, and the effect the mascot has on Native American peoples. Graduate student Charlene Teters shares the impact of the Chief on her family. Interviewees include members of the Board of Regents, students, alumni, current and former "Chiefs" and members of the community. AWARDS: San Francisco International Film Festival; Windy City International Documentary Festival; National Educational Media Network Gold Apple; CINE International Golden Eagle.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.E85 I52 1997 VHS

Incident at Oglala /Carolco International N.V. & Spanish Fork Motion Picture Company. Published: Carolco Home Video; Van Nuys, CA: LIVE Home Video, 1992. From the container: "In 1975, armed FBI agents illegally entered the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Gunfire erupted - a Native American and two FBI agents fell dead. After the largest manhunt in FBI history, three men were apprehended - only one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. This is his story".
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.O3 I53 1992 VHS

Indian Lawyers: Translators of Two Worlds /Upstream Productions. Newtown, Pa: distributed by Law School Admission Council, 1999. Discusses legal education for Indians. Several Indian lawyers discuss their experiences in law school, the legal profession, and what inspired them to go to law school.
Location: Law Media Reserve KF299.I45 I53 1999 VHS

Indigenous People and Environmental Concerns /Winona Laduke. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1992. Lecture presented at the University of Wisconsin--Madison Memorial Union, March 25, 1992. Duplicated : Tulsa, OK ; Univ. of Tulsa Law Library, 1997.
Location: Law Media Reserve GN380 .L238 1992 VHS

Justice in Indian Country: the Role of Tribal Courts /Petaluma, CA: National Indian Justice Center; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1998.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.C88 J98 1998 VHS

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance /produced by Studio B; written and directed by Alanis Obomsawin; produced by Wolf Koenig, Alanis Obomsawin. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 1994. A feature-documentary on the confrontation of the Mohawk people of the First Nations and the Quebec police and the Canadian army in the summer of 1990.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.M8 K36 1994 VHS

Keepers of the Water /LaCrosse, WI: Gedicks, 1996.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.W3 K33 1996 VHS

Lakota Woman /Turner Pictures presents a Fonda Films production; produced by Fred Berner; executive producer, Lois Bonfiglio; written by Bill Kerby; directed by Frank Pierson. Atlanta, GA: Turner Home Entertainment, c1994. August Schellenberg, Joseph Runningfox, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Tantoo Cardinal, Irene Bedard. Director of photography, Toyomichi Kurita; editor, Katina Zinner; music, Richard Horowitz. Based on the biography by Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes. Originally released as motion picture in 1994. From the series: The Native Americans. Running time varies: on container, ca. 113 min.; on cassette label, ca. 118 min. "Formatted to fit your television"--Screen credits. Anger that's been swirling for 100 years finally explodes like a force of nature. This is the inspiring, true story of the 1973 uprising that united Native Americans in their fight for survival. One woman rises from ignorance and fear to meet the challenge of her proud heritage during a bloody siege in which 2,000 Native Americans stood their ground and vowed never to be silent again.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.D1 L24 1994 VHS

Last Stand at Little Big Horn /presented by WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles; produced and directed by Paul Stekler; written by James Welch and Paul Stekler; a Midnight Films production for The American Experience. Alexandria, Va.: PBS Home Video; Los Angeles: manufactured and distributed by Pacific Arts, c1993. Scott Momaday. Originally broadcast by PBS in 1983 as part of The American experience. Examines the Battle of the Little Bighorn, known as "Custer's Last Stand," from an Indian and white man's perspective. Uses journals, oral accounts, Indian ledger drawings, archival footage, and feature films to present the dual viewpoints of this historic event.
Location: Law Media Reserve E83.876 .L477 1993 VHS

Law, Sovereignty, and Tribal Governance--the Iroquois Confederacy: Buffalo Law Review Symposium Published 1998. Discussion of the legal status of the Iroquois Confederacy and its people, as well as its relationship with the United States and New York State. Subjects covered include: taxation, land claims, sovereignty and governance.
Location: Law Media Reserve KF8228.I7 L39 1998 VHS

Lighting the 7th Fire /produced by Sandra Johnson Osawa (Makah). Published Seattle, WA: Upstream Productions, 2000. Examines how the Chippewa Indians of northern Wisconsin who struggled to restore the tradition of spear fishing in the waters outside their reservation. Illustrates the political and racialopposition they encountered. Relates the re-emergence of traditional fishing rights to the Chippewa prophecy that speaks of seven fires representing seven periods of time, the seventh being a time when lost traditions would be renewed.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.C6 L54 2000 VHS

Live and Remember = Wo Kiksuye /directed by Henry Smith; a production of Solaris Dance Theatre in association with South Dakota Public TV; presented by Solaris Lakota Project. Published New York, NY : SOLARIS, c1987. A documentary about the Lakota Sioux nation's oral tradition, song and dance, medicine, spirit world, and perceptions of bicultural lifestyles discussed by Lakota elders, medicine men and traditional dancers. Includes commentary on the role of women in Indian society, alliances with animal nations, the Peace Pipe ceremony, and changing relationships within the reservations and non-Indian world.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.D1 L584 1987 VHS

A Matter of Respect /directed and produced by Ellen Frankenstein; co-produced by Sharon Gmelch. Published, Los Angeles, Cal.: Frankenstein Productions; Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.: New Day Films, distributor, c1992. A look at the life and values of the Tlingit Indians of Sitka, Alaska.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.T6 M328 1992 VHS

Matter of Trust /Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. Portland, OR: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission: distributed by Wild Hare Media, c1995. Booklet title: "Che wana tymoo".
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.C57 C445 1994 VHS

Miracle in the Desert: an American Success Story /Cabazon Band of Mission Indians; directed and produced by David Kuspa; orginial script, Donald Breshahan. Published Indio, Calif.: Visitors Video, Inc., c1992. Chronicles the efforts of the Cabazon Indians to improve their economic situation through the use of gambling facilities and other methods.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.C155 M57 1992 VHS

My Strength is from the Fish /Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. Portland, OR: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission: distributed by Wild Hare Media, 1994. Booklet title: "Che wana tymoo".
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.C57 C445 1994 no.1 VHS

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon /a production of the Solstice Project; produced and directed by Anna Sofaer ; written by Anna Sofaer and Matt Dibble. Published Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, c2003. Examines the enigmas presented by the prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Tells that between 850 and 1150 AD, the Chacoan people constructed massive ceremonial buildings in a complex celestial pattern throughout a vast desert region, and uses aerial and time lapse footage and computer modeling to show how the Chacoan culture designed, oriented and located these buildings in relation to the sun and moon. Pueblo Indians, descendants of the Chacoan people, also speak of the significance of Chaco to the Pueblo world today.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.P9 M97 2003 DVD

Once Were Warriors /Fine Line Features; a Communicado film in association with the New Zealand Film Commission, Avalon Studios, and New Zealand on Air; designer, Michael Kane; Riwia Brown, screenplay; producer, Robin Scholes; Lee Tamahori, director. Published New York, NY: New Line Home Video, c1995. In a poor suburb of Auckland, Jake and Beth Heke live a life defined by drunken parties, unstable friendships, and confrontations with authorities. Jake, a complex man with a rascal's charm, is weighted down by a quick temper, alcoholism, and an evil streak of male entitlement. Beth's beauty has been scarred by broken dreams and Jake's beefy fists. Yet her inner strength and desire to save her family make her the solid center around which this story of tragedy and hope is constructed.
Location: Law Media Reserve PN1995.9.S62 O53 1995 VHS

Our Water, Our Future: Saving Our Tribal Life Force Together /with Harlan McKosato; United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division; United States Environmental Protection Agency, American Indian Environmental Office. Published Albuquerque, NM: produced by G & G Advertising, in cooperation with Southwest Productions, 2003. Showcases the accomplishments of two Indian tribes - the Pueblo of Acoma located in New Mexico and the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation located in Washington - to protect the quality of their waters and the health of their members by adopting water quality standards. The success stories are told from the points of view of tribal elders, tribal leaders, directors of tribal environmental departments and their staffs and others.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.W3 O93 2003 VHS

Paha Sapa: the Struggle for the Black Hills /New York, NY: Mystic Fire Video, c1994. Premiered September, 1993 on HBO. Producer and director, Mel Lawrence; cinematographers, Alan Walpole and David E. Aubrey; editor, Alton Walpole.
Location: Law Media Reserve E78.S63 P2 1994 VHS

The Peyote Road /production ... coordinated by the Native American Religious Freedom Project; directors, Fidel Moreno, Gary Rhine, Phil Cousineau; writer, Phil Cousineau; producer, Gary Rhine. San Francisco, CA: Kifaru Productions, c1993. Includes new 1994 legislative update--container. Chiefly in English; some dialogue in Spanish and Navaho with English subtitles. Graphics, Steve Walstead; editor, Gary Rhine; on-line editors, Dan Hayes, Tom Nichols, Dan Rodriguez; narrator, Peter Coyote; program consultants, Reuben Snake ... et al.. Describes the struggle of American Indians, especially those who belong to the Native American Church, to continue to use the drug peyote as an integral part of their religious rites and ceremonies.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.R3 P39 1993 VHS

Rabbit-Proof Fence /Miramax Films, HanWay and Australian Film Finance Corporation present a Rumbalara Films, Olsen Levy Production ; producers, Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen, John Winter ; screenplay writer, Christine Olsen; director, Phillip Noyce. Published: United States: Miramax Home Entertainment; Burbank, CA: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2003, c2002. In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of white Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating by following the fence that has been built across the nation to stem an over-population of rabbits.
Location: Law Media Reserve PN1995.9.A835 R33 2003 DVD

Recollections of Charles Chibitty: the Last Comanche Codetalker /Hidden Path Productions. Mannford, OK: Hidden Path Productions, c 2000. Narrator: Eric Noble. Directed by Dwayne Noble, Eric Noble, Jeff Eskew; camera, Dwayne Noble and Eric Noble. In June 1944, seventeen Comanche boys were sent to the Normandy invasion, and were tested in battle as Code Talkers for the first time. This is their story, as told by the last surviving Code Talker, Charles Chibitty. Listen as he explains how the language was used, and how this closely knit group of boys became the unsung heroes of World War II.
Location: Law Media Reserve D810.I5 R436 2000 VHS

Report to the Cherokee People 2002 /produced by the Cherokee Nation Communications Group. Oklahoma: Cherokee Nation Communications Group, 2002. Cherokee people speak about services of Cherokee Nation. Services discussed are Career Services, Community Services, Education, Housing Authority, Marshal Service, Human Services, Health, and Commerce.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.C5 R47 2002 VHS

Return of the Raven: the Edison Chiloquin Story /Barry Hood Films presents; executive producer, director, editor and writer, Barry Hood. Published Lorane, Oregon: distributed by Televideos, 1988. The true story of Edison Chiloquin, a Klamath Indian, who resisted the U.S. government's monetary offer to terminate the Klamath Indian reservation and, after several years' legal struggle, won a settlement of 588 acres that allowed him to preserve Indian traditions. Filmed and recorded live on location in Oregon beginning in 1977.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.K7 C485 1988 DVD

The River that Harms /University of Southern California School of Journalism; produced, directed and written by Colleen Keane. Berkeley, CA: Educational Film & Video Project, c1987. Joseph Campanella. About a 1979 radioactive waste spill and how it affects the Indian Village at Chuch Rock, New Mexico.
Location: Law Media Reserve TD812 .R48 1987 VHS

Roundtable on Native American Repatriation Issues 1996 /Title from program brochure. Videorecording of a speech made at the 24th Annual Symposium on the American Indian, April 8-13, 1996, presented by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northeastern State University and the Center for Tribal Studies. Symposium theme: Drumbeat Echoes: Voice of Our Generations. Dr. Rayna Green, Chief John Ross (Keetoowah Band), Charles Buddy Longchief, Jr. (Pawnee). Recorded at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Okla., on Apr. 11, 1996. Discussion of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, its intent and the views held by individual tribes. Issues discussed are procedures used to accomplish the return of items and role of tradition in reburial.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.M34 R68 1996 VHS

Running Brave /Englander Productions in association with The Ermineskin Band. Burbank, CA: Englander Productions, 1983. Story of real-life Olympic champion Billy Mills. From life on an impoverished South Dakota Indian reservation to his phenomenal upset victory at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Mills constantly challenged the barriers of culture and his own deeply-rooted insecurities.
Location: Law Media Reserve GV1061.15.M54 R86 2004 DVD

Sacred Lands, White Man's Laws /J. Scott Dodds, producer/director. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1995. Host, Tom Beaver. Ukcheuwhoosh/Migizi Wi Quay (Lynne C. Gray), coproducer; Taloa Ikbi (Jerod Sheffer Tate), music Originally presented in 1994 as a segment of the television program First American journal. Examination of the bitter fight between the California State University at Long Beach and a group of Gabrielino Indians over commercial development of a site owned by the university but considered sacred to Native Americans. Discusses the question of who makes the determination that a particular site is sacred. Also includes a short segment on fishing style of native people in Hawaii.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.M34 S226 1994 VHS

Save Ward Valley: A Possible Nuclear Dump /Ward Valley, CA: Produced by Independent Productions; Ben Lomond, CA: The Video Project, distributors, 1998. Ward Valley, California is a vibrant ecosystem on land considered sacred by native Americans. Joann Tall (recent winner of the Goldman Environmental Award) and an Ogala Lakota is one of the eloquent spokespersons against the proposed dumping of "low level" nuclear waste at Ward Valley. The video voices the concerns of Native Americans and environmentalists who are opposed. It also gives voice to well meaning but sorely ill informed supporters in a debat over the issue at a local TV station.
Location: Law Media Reserve TD812.3.C2 W2638 1998 VHS

Skinwalkers /an American Mystery! special, a production of Wildwood Enterprises and Granada Entertainment in association with WGBH Boston for the Public Broadcasting Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Carlton International; producer, Craig McNeil; screenplay writer, James Redford; director, Chris Eyre. Published Burbank, CA: Carlton International/PBS DVD Video, Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2002. The Navajo Tribal Police investigate the murder of a medicine man. At the crime scene is a partially completed pictograph. One clue sends a chill through a young officer: the arrow used in the killing has a tip of human bone, a sign that a Navajo spirit - a "skinwalker" - is at work.
Location: Law Media Reserve PN1997.85 .S58 2002 DVD

The Spirit of Crazy Horse /a production of Parallax Productions and Access Productions in association with WGBH. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1990. Produced by Michael Dubois and Kevin McKiernan; directed by James Locker; correspondent, Milo Yellow Hair. A history of the century long effort by the Lakota Sioux to reclaim their land and culture.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.O3 S65 1992 VHS

Tribal Leadership, Tribal Sovereignty /lecture by Charlie Gourd. Sacred places, spirituality and religious tradition / lecture by Reverend Julian Judd. 1996. Title from program brochure. Videorecording of a speech made at the 24th Annual Symposium on the American Indian, April 8-13, 1996, presented by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northeastern State University and the Center for Tribal Studies. Symposium theme: Drumbeat Echoes: Voice of Our Generations. Running time: 100 min. (1st program); 81 min. (2nd program). Speakers appearing in programs are not those listed in the symposium brochure. Recorded at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Okla., on Apr. 12, 1996. Explains the basic issues of tribal sovereignty. Also includes why the status of the Indian in the U.S. is a political and legal status not a racial catagory. In the second program, Reverend Julian Judd tells of significant places of worship and the importance of respect for those places. He compares Christian and other major religious sites with those of the Native American peoples.
Location: Law Media Reserve E76 .T642 1996 VHS

The Unique Relationship /produced by Dan Jones; directed by Bill Curtis, Dan Jones; a production of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in cooperation with the Andarko Area Office and Haskell Indian Junior College. Fairfax, VA: Falmouth Institute, 1985. Title on container: The unique relationship between tribal governments and the United States. Date from container. Narrator, Gene Ragsdale ; commentary, William Banowsky. Script, Betty Bell, Sa-Su-Weh (Ponca).
Location: Law Media Reserve E93 .U54 1985 VHS

Way West Symposium: Cultures and Conflict /Native American Public Telecommunications [and] Nebraska State Historical Society; producers, Ric Burns and Lisa Ades; director, Thomas Todd. Lincoln, Nebraska: Vision Maker Video, 1995. Moderator, David Cournoyer; narrator, John Gregg. Videocassette release of the "Way West Cultures and Conflict Symposium" held in Lincoln, Nebraska on May 6, 1995. Previously released as segments of the WGBH-Boston television documentary series "The American experience" VHS format. Features leading scholars on Native American history and the history of the American West. This panel reexamines the spiritual and cultural dimensions of the struggle for the American West.
Location: Law Media Reserve F591 .W29 1995 VHS

Whale Rider /South Pacific Pictures, Apollomedia, Pandora Film present in association The New Zealand Film Production Fund, The New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air and sponsored by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH ; producers, Tim Sanders, John Barnett, Frank Hübner; written & directed by Niki Caro. Published Culver City, Calif.: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003, c2002. The Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted leadership positions to the first-born males, believing them to be descendants of Paikea. But then a young mother dies in childbirth along with her newborn male son. His twin sister survives and the little girl, Pai, is brought up by her grandparents. Learning the skills of chiefdom from her uncle, Pai shows that she possess a natural leadership ability.
Location: Law Media Reserve DU423.S63 W48 2003 DVD

When the Salmon Runs Dry /KIRO News ; written & produced by Ben Saboonchian. Seattle, WA: KIRO Inc.; Oakland, CA: Distributed by The Video Project, c1992. Photography, Tom Matsuzawa ; animation, David Kern; editing, Peter Gamba; music, Ben Saboochian. Discusses the impact of dams, fishing, logging, and other development on thesalmon runs of the Columbia River.
Location: Law Media Reserve QL638.S2 W43 1992 VHS

Who Owns the Past? /produced and directed by N. Jed Riffe; coproducer and director of the repatriation segment, George Burdeau ; coproducers, Joe Crivelli, Rick Giachino. Published Lincoln, Neb.: Vision Maker Video, c2001. Explores the historical events leading to the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the current controversy over Kennewick Man. Most significant on the video is the presentation of the two very different world views which inform the controversy.
Location: Law Media Reserve E98.M34 W48 2001 VHS & DVD

Wind River /Ecology Center Productions; High Plains Films; executive producer, Doug Hawes-Davis; producer, director, Dru Gunn Carr. Published Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, c2000. The struggle over water rights between white ranchers and the Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes in Wyoming is discussed. All sides of the dispute explain their views.
Location: Law Media Reserve E99.S4 W56 2000 VHS

Windtalkers /Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents a Lion Rock production, a John Woo film; producers, John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig ; writers, John Rice, Joe Batteer; director, John Woo. Published United States: MGM Home Entertainment, c2002. A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard - and ultimately befriends - a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This code, the Navajo code, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. This is the one wartime code that was never broken by the enemy.
Location: Law Media Reserve D810 .C88 W56 2002 VHS