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The emerald forest

The son of an American engineer is kidnapped by an Amazon tribe in Brazil. After ten years of searching, the father finds his son, now assimilated into the tribe. Conflicts arise between father and son, as well as between the cultures they now represent.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson, heads to the Rocky Mountains in the mid-1800s in search of solitude, but after nearly dying in his first winter, he is taken in by an elderly trapper who teaches him the skills he needs to survive.

Thunder rolling in the mountains

In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Perce? girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U.S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender.

The Indian in the cupboard

A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic warrior , a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the toy comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.

Quiet hero

the Ira Hayes story
A biography of Native American Ira Hayes, a shy, humble Pima Indian who fought in World War II as a Marine and was one of six soldiers to raise the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, an event immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph.

A visual dictionary of Native communities

An illustrated visual dictionary of a Plains native community that introduces the daily lives of the early Native peoples, including their homes, food, clothing, transportation, and hunting techniques.

Gracias te damos

una ofrenda de los nativos americanos al amanecer de cada di?a
Presents the Mohawk Thanksgiving Address prayer, which voices gratitude to Mother Earth for all that nature provides.

The Incas

An overview of the Inca empire, its culture, and its ultimate destruction.

Native Americans of the Great Plains

Discusses the lives of the Native Americans on the Great Plains, including their daily lives, spiritual life, arts, health, warfare, and more.

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