Native American Reservation Movies

A chronicle of legendary Native American poet/activist John Trudell's travels, spoken word performances, and politics.

An elderly rodeo rider becomes mentor to a young man attempting to make his own name in the business.

An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.

A Papago Indian returns to his reservation after a prison term and searches for his brother's killer.

On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be;...

What begins as a Navajo officer's investigation into a prop plane crash on his Southwest reservation gives way to a drug smuggling ring and murder.

Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of...

Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site...

A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

A Swedish settler starts a war when he tries to drive Dakotas off their Wyoming reservation.

A documentary examining the mysterious deaths of three young Indigenous women in south-central Montana, featuring access to family members, tribal...

Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian...

It would be hard to name anyone who has had more of an impact in the realm of animal research and wildlife conservation than Jane Goodall, whose 45...

An L.A. cop tracks down a seemingly mystic murderer on an Indian reservation.

A riveting documentary detailing the case of Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, a Native American woman who disappeared in 2020. Her story exposes how...

Two journalists traverse the Grand Canyon by foot, hoping this 750-mile walk will help them better understand one of America's most revered...

In 1934 on the serene Navajo reservation, Mary Jane spends her time daydreaming and tending to her family's flock of sheep. When her older sister...

Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations.

A short documentary about Americans with Native American and Finnish heritage.

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.