Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with special programming all month long that highlights the historic displacement of Indigenous people, resilience in the face of adversity and the current challenges facing Native folks across the nation.
Sunday, Nov. 8, at 11 PM
Monday, Nov. 2, at 10 PM
Follow the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians as they undertake an extraordinary effort to reclaim their ancestral lands on the Sonoma Coast after 170 years of displacement. Interweaving the little-known history of Russian colonization in California with a modern story of negotiation, diplomacy, and ceremony, the film shows how land repatriation becomes a powerful act of cultural renewal. As the Kashia confront the legacy of historical trauma — including generational loss, addiction, and the ongoing impacts of colonialism — the return to sacred places like Metini and Danaka reveals how restoring land can help restore identity, resilience, and community.
Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8 AM
NATIVE HORSE tells the history of the evolution of the horse in North America, exploring the horse-human connection throughout history to today. Through new research, NATIVE HORSE examines the true origin story of the horse dispelling the notion that the horse was introduced by Europeans. Rooted in Lakota and Western science, the film dispels the conventional academic contradictions and delves into indigenous knowledge that offers a more complete understanding of the horse, its evolution and its bond with indigenous people.
Saturday, Nov. 7, at noon
RESERVATION REDEMPTION follows Chief Marchand Rice's journey from a near-death-penalty murder conviction to becoming a voice of hope and healing. Raised on the Yakama Reservation amid struggle and self-destruction, Chief found a turning point in prison when Kalispel elder Francis Cullooyah asked him who he wanted to be. Reconnecting with his culture and identity, Chief became a source of strength for fellow inmates, including Aaron Faletogo, now a mentor to at-risk youth — a story of resilience and transformation.
Saturdays, Nov. 7-28, at 1 PM
NATIVE AMERICA is a four-part series that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Americas before and since contact with Europe. It travels through 15,000-years to showcase massive cities, unique systems of science, art, and writing, and 100 million people connected by social networks and spiritual beliefs spanning two continents. The series reveals some of the most advanced cultures in human history and the Native American people who created it and whose legacy continues, unbroken, to this day.
Monday, Nov. 9, at 9 PM
Henry Boucha was a celebrated National Hockey League Player, a U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist, a United States Hockey Hall of Fame member, and a proud Ojibwa Native American. The late Henry Boucha's story is one of struggle, tragedy, and triumph. THE ELECTRIC INDIAN follows his journey from high school hockey standout to Olympic medalist and from professional stardom to crushing defeat, providing an in-depth look at his life and how he overcame the obstacles he faced on and off the ice.
Sunday, Nov. 15, at 11 PM
Monday, Nov. 9, at 10 PM
Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon
MEDICINE BALL follows Native college athletes Lexus Redthunder and Leroy Staples-Fairbanks IV at a university built on a former Native boarding school site, revealing basketball's role as a source of resilience, hope and cultural pride.
Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 AM
A SACRED THREAD follows the Snowbird Cherokee of western North Carolina as they fight to preserve their language, customs and ancestral traditions before they disappear. Through intimate storytelling about the Snowbird Cherokee's art, culture and deep connections to their sacred land, the film offers a powerful portrait of a resilient community safeguarding its heritage.
Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8 AM
THE LAND RETURNS follows a growing grassroots movement of restitution and reconciliation, as Indigenous nations reclaim ancestral lands with the help of non-Native allies. Three stories take center stage: the Pawnee's return to their Nebraska homelands through a writer's land donation, the Wiyot people's repatriation of a sacred California island, and the Arapaho and Cheyenne working together with Boulder Valley allies to reclaim land on Colorado's Front Range.
Sunday, Nov. 22, at 11 PM
Two brothers from the Onondaga Nation pursue their dreams of playing lacrosse for Syracuse University. With the dream nearly in reach, the boys are caught in a constant struggle to define their Native identity, live up to their family's expectations and balance challenges on and off the Reservation.
