Gordon Tootoosis
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
Begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn and goes on to center around three powerful men. Charles Eastman is a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor. Sitting Bull is the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of thier identity, dignity and sacred land. Senator Henry Dawes is one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While...
Publisher
Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Detective Conk Adams is haunted by past military experiences and his role as guardian for his mother who is hospitalized on life-support. Conk teams up with a young archaeologist, Catherine, who is hiding a critical condition that haunts her as well. The unlikely pair soon develop a bond as they attempt to unravel the mysterious death of a 'bog body' found in a native swamp rumored to have curative powers." --Container.
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Pocahontas and her woodland friends encounter John Smith and the English settlers searching for riches, Pocahontas must find a way to protect her people and follow her heart. The CD includes word-for-word narration, thrilling sound effects, and the original characters' voices.
Retells the romance between Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, and the clash between their cultures.
8) Pocahontas
Series
Publisher
Disney
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pocahontas: the young daughter of Chief Powhatan, wonders what adventures await just around the riverbend. She is joined by her playful pals, raccoon Meeko and hummingbird Flit. A chance meeting with Captain Smith leads to a friendship that will change history, as the Native Americans and English settlers learn to live together.
Pocahontas II: Pocahontas and her friends Flit and Meeko set sail for England on an important mission of peace and discovery....
9) Lone star
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love. Includes original theatrical trailer.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in the Black Hills--on Sioux land. In this film, the lives...
11) Spirit rider
Series
Publisher
All Things Family
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A teenager boy who has been in foster homes for ten years, is placed back on his family's reservation with his grandfather, where he struggles to fit in.
12) Call of the wild
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
One of Jack London's best known tales, Call of the wild follows a young man's journey to the great Yukon gold rush and his unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck formed along the way.
Series
Classic adventures collection volume 1
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Call of the wild: John leaves his comfortable life to venture into the snow-covered wild where he makes friends with a wise Native American and a loyal dog ; (1992, 97 min.) / produced by Alan Jacobs ; teleplay by Christopher Lofton ; directed by Alan Smithee.
The yearling: Twelve-year-old Jody's life changed when an orphaned fawn finds its way into his family's life ; (1994, 98 min.) ; produced by Edwin Self ; teleplay by Joe Wiesenfeld ; directed...
14) Coyote summer
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
2003, c1995
Language
English
Description
Callie goes from angry teen to confident young woman when she's sent from New York to her aunt and uncle's Coyote Arrow Ranch in Utah for the summer. She and her friend Rafe rescue an abused stallion, hide him in the hills, and train him for the upcoming Crown Invitational.
15) Lone star
Series
Criterion collection volume 1202
Language
English
Formats
Description
A keen observer of America's social fabric, writer-director John Sayles uncovers the haunted past buried beneath a small Texas border town in this sprawling neo-western mystery. When a skeleton is discovered in the desert, lawman Sam Deeds, son of a legendary local sheriff, begins an investigation that will have profound implications both for him personally and for all of Rio County, a place still reckoning with its history of racial violence. Sayles's...
16) Bear with me
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild, thinking they'll never see Masha again. Three years go by, and Emily has gotten lost deep in the wild forests of the Pacific Northwest. Cold, frightened and alone in the gathering darkness, she falls and is knocked unconscious. When she awakens, Emily is amazed to see that a large brown bear has kept her warm and dry...
17) Coyote summer
Publisher
SandStar Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Callie goes from angry teen to confident young woman when she's sent from New York to her aunt and uncle's Coyote Arrow Ranch in Utah for the summer. She and her friend Rafe rescue an abused stallion, hide him in the hills, and train him for the upcoming Crown Invitational.
Publisher
World Wisdom
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In Native Spirit, Cree Indian actress Tantoo Cardinal (Dances with Wolves), transports the viewer to the days of Red Cloud when, "Our old men talked with spirits and made good medicine. Our young men herded the horses and made love to the girls. In this way we lived and were happy." The voices of Plenty Coup, Fools Crow, Black Elk and other great leaders of their day, convey the heartbreaking story of their people's oppression and their ultimate triumph...