Playlist for Native American Heritage Month

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Archeology at Werowocomoco [Virginia]

"Archeology has just begun to reveal what life was like at Werowocomoco. Beyond the story of Powhatan, Pocahontas, and Captain John Smith, Werowocomoco holds countless untold lessons about American Indian societies in the Chesapeake stretching back thousands of years." — nps.gov

Films on Demand

Native American Studies

Spend some time getting to know indigenous populations by watching a few of these 136 films depicting many facets of Native America.

Academic Video Online

PBS - Native America

Two seasons, four episodes each.

Season One, 2018:

"Native America 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."

Season Two, 2023:

"What was the New World like before it encountered the Old? Now, scientific expeditions in North and South America are woven with drama recreations to investigate and present a new vision of America, and how the clash of civilizations forever altered the history of our world."

One community's experience within the residential school system has been captured in this mini-documentary.

"In partnership with the Upper Sioux Community, NABS produced “Voices from Pezihutazizi Oyate: Boarding School Histories.” In this mini documentary, Upper Sioux Community citizens share their perspectives on the legacy of Indian boarding schools and the lasting impact it has had on them personally and culturally."

Members of the 3rd and 4th Division Navajo code talker platoons of World War II dressed in their unit's uniform, pose for a group photo during a commemoration of the landing on Iwo Jima. - National Archives