Streaming Movies/Shows:
Here are some ideas of shows and movies that depict Native American stories and actors that have been curated by the Cedar Crest Center of Diversity & Inclusion. This is not a comprehensive list :)
- Basketball or Nothing
This is a Netflix docuseries which follows the Chinle High School’s boys' basketball team as they attempt to take their first state title.
- Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen
Merata Mita (Maori) is a documentary filmmaker and focused on Indiginous communities.
- Indian Horse
Based upon Richard Wagamese’s (Ojibwe) novel of the same name, this film tells the story of a First Nations’ Native boarding school resident-turned-hockey phenome, Saul Indian Horse.
- N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear
In 1969, writer N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) changed American letters forever when A House Made of Dawn became the first Native-written novel to win the Pulitzer Prize.
- See
Jason Momoa (Hawaiian) stars in this series about a dystopian future where a virus has caused the human race to lose its sight.
