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Native American Heritage Month

Kay Walkingstick, Niagara 2022, oil on wood panel, 40" x 80", Collection of the New York Historical Society. kaywalkingstick.com

Native American Heritage Month reading list Native American Heritage Month multimedia resources

Viewing

Marie's Dictionary

Marie's Dictionary

This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language, and the dictionary she created to keep her language alive.

Dark Winds

Dark Winds

A thrilling Southwestern Noir from George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford that follows Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and his Navajo Tribal Police deputies as they investigate a series of crimes.

Reservation Dogs

Reservation Dogs

A must-see, character-driven coming-of-age sitcom that confronts Indigenous socioeconomic issues head-on, set on a reservation. Streaming on Hulu.

Lakota Nation vs. United States

Emmy Award-winning Sundance-supported documentaries

Seven documentary films featuring Indigenous filmmakers and subjects, supported by the Sundance Institute, won Emmy Awards this year.

Listening

All My Relations

A podcast exploring what indigenous identity means in the twenty-first century, by Matika Wilbur and Adrienne Keene.

The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Nation Podcast

A podcast by Nick Estes and Jen Marley that discusses Indigenous political, economic, and social concerns from an anti-colonial and anti-capitalist perspective.

This Land

This Land

How a string of custody battles over Native children became a federal lawsuit that threatens everything from tribal sovereignty to civil rights.

Archives & Libraries

American Indian Digital History Project

American Indian Digital History Project

A digital history cooperative founded to recover and preserve rare Indigenous newspapers, photographs, and archival materials from all across Native North America.

American Indian Treaties Portal

American Indian Treaties Portal

Compiled primary sources on transactions and treaties between indigenous American people groups and United States government bodies.

Stanford Libraries' digital archives of the New Mexico Navajo Protest, 1974

Stanford Libraries' digital archives of the New Mexico Navajo Protest, 1974

Included in The Bob Fitch Photography Archive at Stanford University is digitized documentation of the 1974 protests by American Indian Movement group members against anti-native violence in the Four Corners region.

Indigenous Peoples collections at the Mountain West Digital Library

Indigenous Peoples collections at the Mountain West Digital Library

The Mountain West Digital Library is a collaborative of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies.