Resources
Not That...Try This:
Inaccurate, misrepresentative, or romanticized examples of Native Americans in the media outweigh better, accurate, or socially-conscious versions.
Here are some recommendations for a different viewpoint:
Exhibit
Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of the Quileute Wolves, Seattle Art Museum
Wolves in Washington State, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
For Students
Drama
Pow Wow Highway, Jonathan Wacks (1989)
The Last of His Tribe, Harry Hook (1992)
Dance Me Outside, Bruce McDonald (1995)
Grand Avenue, Daniel Sackheim (1996)
Smoke Signals, Sherman Alexie (1998)
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner), Zacharius Kunuk (2001)
Skins, Chris Eyre (2002)
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee,Yves Simoneau (2007)
Documentary Film
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Alanis Obamsawin (1993)
Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American, O’Brian and Witmer (2003)
Native Voices Film Program at the University of Washington
Frybread Babes (2008, 30:00) by Steffany Suttle (Lummi)
In Laman’s Terms: Looking at Lamanite Identity (2008, 50:00) by Angelo Baca (Diné/Hopi)
History Lessons (2008, 14:00) by Clark Miller
Reclaiming Our Children: a story of the Indian Child Welfare Act (2007, 28:00) by Marcella Ernest (Bad River Ojibwe)
American Red and Black: Stories of Afro-Native Identity by Alicia Woods
The Border Crossed Us by Rachel Nez
A Century of Genocide: The Residential School Experience by Rosemary Gibbons and Dax Thomas
Half of Anything by Jon Tomhave
Transitions: Destruction of a Mother Tongue by Darrell Kipp and Joe Fisher
Without Reservations: Notes on Racism in Montana a film by Native Voices
White Shamans and Plastic Medicine Men by Terry Macy and Daniel Hart
Online Media
http://www.nativepublicmedia.org/
Radio
KNBA 90.FM - Native American music, Native American news, Native American radio
AIROS - Native American music, news, entertainment, interviews, and discussions of current issues in Indian Country and the world
Native American Calling - a live call-in program, linking public radio stations, the Internet and listeners together into a thought-provoking national conversation about issues specific to Native communities
News
National Native News - the only daily news and information program produced from a Native perspective that may be heard on public radio stations nationwide and in Canada
Sealaska Heritage Institute - news, art, and cultural event notices
e-misférica - a new online journal and its companion e-gallery. Editorial remarks by Raquel Chapa and Jolene Rickard. Curated by the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics
Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Alaska Native Brotherhood & Sisterhood Grand Camp
Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp #2, Juneau Alaska
National Congress of American Indians
International Indian Treaty Council
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