Still Living
Gerald Vizenor — Anishinaabe
Postmodern literature, Anishinaabe tradditional, Haiku
N. Scott Momaday — Kiowa
Author of Fiction
Diane Glancy — Cherokee
Poet, Author of Fiction, Playwright
Deceased
Charles Eastman — Santee Dakota
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
Authors: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
A critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, The Heart of Everything That Is is the astonishing untold story of the life of Sioux warrior Red Cloud, who was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war.
One Good Story, That One
Author: Thomas King
A collection engendered by native oral tradition and intertwined with King's wit and comic imagination. These highly acclaimed stories conjure up Native and Judeo-Christian myths, present-day pop culture and literature, while mixing in just the right amount of perception and experience.
Skeleton Man
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Ages 12 and up
This contemporary Native American horror novel is a highly recommended, scary must read.
We Are Still Here: American Indians in the Twentieth Century
Author: Peter Iverson
Iverson begins at Wounded Knee, where some history textbooks leave off, and tells the stories of Native communities throughout the United States, including not only political leaders and activists, but also professionals, artists, soldiers and athletes, people who have worked more recently to carry on time-honored traditions even wihle creating new ones.
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows
Author: Paula Gunn Allen
The first novel about a Native American woman by a Native American woman in half a century, this novel tells the story of Ephanie, a half-Native who tries to find herself through her roots.
"An absorbing...fascinating world is created...not only is it an exploration of racism, it is a powerful and moving testament to feminism" —New York Times Book Review
The Cherokee Word for Water (2013) PG
Director: Charlie Soap, Tim Kelley
Duration: 1hr 38mins
Genre: Drama
Wilma Mankiller returns to the Cherokee Nation and leads a community.
In the Light of Reverence (2001)
Director: Christopher McLeod
Duration: 1hr 13mins
Genre: Documentary
In the Light of Reverence tells the story of the Lakota of the Great Plains, the Hopi of the Four Corners area, and the Winnemem Wintu of northern California and their struggle to protect the lands they honor and value.
Four Sheets to the Wind (2007) R
Director: Sterlin Harjo (Seminole, Muscogee)
Duration: 1hr 21mins
Genre: Drama, Romance
After his father tragically commits suicide, Cufe leaves his home on a Native reservation to search for his purpose and a different life.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007 TV Movie) TV-14
Director: Yves Simoneau
Duration: 2hr 13mins
Genre: Drama, History, Western
A retelling, based on the book by Dee Brown, of how Native Americans were displaced as settlers began western expansion.
Dance Me Outside (1994) R
Director: Bruce McDonald
Duration: 1hr 24mins
Genre: Comedy, Drama
On a Native reservation in Ontario, Canada, Silas and Frank want to get into college to train to be mechanics, but they find themselves caught up with girls, family ... and a murder.
Powwow Highway (1989) R
Director: Jonathan Wacks
Duration: 1hr 28min
Genre: Drama
Powwow Highway shows the struggles of North Central United States reservation-dwelling Native Americans. The main character is introspective and lovable, and goes on a journey to find his identity and pride in his heritage. Accompanying him is his high school friend, a Vietnam War veteran and social activist.
Windtalkers (2002) R
Director: John Woo
Duration: 2hr 14mins
Genre: Action, Drama, War
U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher to support the U.S.
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Hanay Geiogamah — Deleware and Kiowa
Playwright/TV and Movie Producer/Artistic Director/Professor at UCLA
Evo Morales — indigenous Aymara
President of Bolivia
Maria Tallchief — half-Osage
Ballerina
Charlene Teters — Spokane
Activist
Dr. Eloisa Garcia Tamez — Lipan Apache
Human Rights Defender
John Herrington — Chickasaw
Astronaut
Cory Witherill — Navajo
Race Car Driver
Winona LaDuke — Anishinabeg
Activist/ Author/Vice President Candidate
Notah Begay — Navajo, San Filipe, Isleta
PGA Pro Golfer
Litefoot — Cherokee
Actor/ Rapper/Corporation Owner
Naomi Lang — Karuk
Pairs Figure Skater
Sandra Sunrising Osawa — Makah
Film producer and Director
Patty Talahongva — Hopi
Journalist and News Program Host
Wilma Mankiller — Cherokee
First female chief of the Cherokee Nation
Russell Means — Oglala Lakota and Yankton Dakota
Actor/Oglala Lakota Activist
John Rollin Ridge — half-Cherokee
First Native American Novelist
Kay WalkingStick — Cherokee
Artist