The American Indian's Sacred Ground (1977)
• January 1st, 1977 • 1h 0min
Documentary
Overview
For generations the American Indians have drawn their legendary strength from their sacred ancestral lands. Academy-Award winner Cliff Robertson takes you on a remarkable trip to the spiritual places that hold the secrets of courageous warriors and the legacy of these proud people.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Those Who Come, Will Hear
Released on: 2018-06-08
Documentary
The documentary proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit language...
Broken Rainbow
Released on: 1985-05-05
Documentary, History
Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
Skydancer
Released on: 2011-11-13
Documentary
For more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called...
The Lost Spirits
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
The last surviving Native Americans on Long Island are the focus of The Lost Spirits. The film chron...
Deerfoot of the Diamond
Released on: 2022-09-27
Documentary
In late 2021, Cleveland’s baseball team was reborn as the Guardians. This documentary, directed by L...
Sweetheart Dancers
Released on: 2019-02-23
Documentary
Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple, are determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture...
Mitakuye Oyasin
Released on: 2015-01-22
Documentary
Lakota people from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dak...
As Long as the Rivers Run
Released on: 1971-01-01
Documentary
Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washingt...
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
Released on: 2014-03-29
Documentary
A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native polit...
Pride of the Buffalo Soldier
Released on: 2017-04-01
War, Documentary
African American soldiers throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries faced discrimination and segregatio...
The Warrior Tradition
Released on: 2019-11-11
Documentary
The astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the Unite...
Mankiller
Released on: 2017-06-19
Documentary
The story of an American hero and the Cherokee Nation's first woman Principal Chief who humbly defie...
Tribal Justice
Released on: 2017-02-05
Documentary
Two formidable Native American women, both chief judges in their tribe's courts, strive to reduce in...
I Stand: The Guardians of the Water
Released on: 2017-03-15
Documentary
First hand interviews and on the ground footage give a stirring account of The Standing Rock Sioux N...
Scenes from the Glittering World
Released on: 2021-06-02
Documentary
At the farthest edge of the Navajo Nation, the purpose and future of the most remote high school in ...
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Released on: 1991-11-01
Documentary
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activi...
maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
Released on: 2021-09-09
Documentary
An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwes...
Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History
Released on: 2025-03-08
Documentary
The American Southwest holds a dark legacy as the place where nuclear weapons were invented and buil...
Dislocation Blues
Released on: 2017-09-08
Documentary
Filmed during the 2016 Standing Rock protests in South Dakota, Sky Hopinka's Dislocation Blues offer...
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Released on: 1985-11-01
Documentary
Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow ...