The Ecuadoran government granted Burlington oil a contract to explore and exploit oil in the Achuar Indian territory without consulting with the Achuar. The Achuar are opposed to the oil company's presence in there land. President Lucio Gutierrez is threatening to control the area militarily if the Achuar do not cooperate. The Achuar are attempting to evict the oil company by suing them for environmental damage to their land, which has contaminated...

The story of the Oka Crisis, a 1990 land dispute between two Mohawk communities and government authorities in Quaebec which lasted seventy-eight days.

Delving deep into the often misunderstood and frequently overlooked historic realities of the American Indian, The Canary Effect follows terrifying and horrific abuses instilled upon the indigenous people of North America, and details the genocidal practices of the U.S. government and its continuing affects on present day Indian country. Featuring interviews with the leading scholars and experts on Indian issues, including controversial author Ward...

From the back of the case: "Southern Paiute traditional lands contain more than 600 miles of the Colorado River, spanning from the Kaiparowits Plateau in the north to Blythe, California in the south. The Southern Paiute Consortium is an entity created in 1993 by and for its member tribes to uphold Southern Paiutes' responsibility to protect and manage all that is within this region. This film describes Southern Paiute connections to the Colorado River...

Separate segments on the Onondaga of New York State, the Navajo of Arizona and adjacent states, and the Lummi of Washington State focus on sovereignty, internal politics, administration of justice, and relations with the U.S. government.

Descendants of legendary Native American leader Geronimo tell the story of a half-century of war, displacement, confinement, and finally resistance that ended with the decimation of the Chiricahua Apaches and the loss of their traditional homeland in the Southwest. Geronimo is revealed as a shrewd leader, formidable fighter, and poetic shaman--dedicated to a crusade to keep his ancestral land, repeatedly defying and eluding federal authorities. When...

The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's official report chronicles the atrocities of both sides during the twenty year war between Abimael Guzman's revolutionary "Shining path" Indian guerrilla movement and the establishment governments. The Commission presents an alternate lens through which citizens of Peru can evaluate the inequalities their Indian people sought to address and the inevitable ravages modern terrorism brings to everyone....

Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders. Black Indians: Explores issues of racial...

When Europeans arrived in North America, they encountered the Native people. Contrary to stereotype, American Indians were not simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land. They were, like all people, an amalgam: charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction...