Indigenous films take center stage over the Kanopy streaming service on Native American Heritage Day

Ray Richmond
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The free/commercial-free streaming service Kanopy that’s available with a library card is is observing today’s Native American Heritage Day (November 24) by featuring an assortment of films and documentaries with Native American/indigenous themes. They include “Winter in the Blood” (2013) that co-stars “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone and “The Cherokee Word for Water” (2013), which was voted the top American Indian film of the past half century in a survey conducted by the American Indian Film Institute in 2015. Also available over Kanopy today is “Songs My Brother Taught Me” (2015) from the Oscar-winning writer-director Chloe Zhao. It was nominated for Best Feature at Cannes and a Grand Jury Dramatic Prize at Sundance as well as Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards.

The films are available to stream on the service through the end of November. Here is the full list of Native American Heritage Day films and docs:

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  • “Winter in the Blood” (2014)

  • “The Cherokee Word for Water” (2013)

  • “Songs My Brother Taught Me” (2015)

  • “The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy” (documentary) (2006)

  • “Ishi’s Return” (documentary) (2016)

  • “Standing Bear’s Footsteps” (documentary) (2011)

  • “The Activist” (2014)

  • “A Good Day to Die” (2010)

  • “Marie Dictionary” (documentary short) (2015)

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  • “Once Upon a River” (2019)

  • “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” (2013)

  • “Alaskan Nets” (documentary) (2020)

  • “People of a Feather” (documentary) (2011)

  • “Return: Native American Women Reclaim Foodways for Health and Spirit” (documentary) (2018)

  • “From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock: A Reporter’s Journey” (documentary) (2019)

  • “Pure Grit” (2021)

  • “The Warrior Tradition” (documentary) (2019)

  • “The Medicine Game” (documentary) (2013)

  • “By Blood” (documentary) (2015)

  • “We Breathe Again” (documentary) (2017)

  • “What Was Ours” (documentary) (2016)

  • “Fighting Over Sioux” (documentary) (2020)

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  • “100 Years” (2016)

  • “Throat Song” (short) (2011)

  • “Battle Over Bears Ears 360” (documentary short) (2021)

  • “Te Ata” (2016)

  • “Children of the Arctic” (documentary) (2014)

  • “The Thick Dark Fog” (2011)

  • “Hunting in Wartime” (2016)

  • “Gather” (documentary) (2020)

  • “We Shall Remain: The Goshute” (documentary) (2009)

  • “Barking Water” (2009)

  • “Native Peoples of North America” (documentary) (2016)

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