Methamphetamines are potent stimulant drugs that ruin lives. Crystal methamphetamine, also known as ICE, is the newest and most powerful form of speed on America's streets.
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Kids who have been to the depths of meth addiction, tell about the transition from casual use to addiction and onward, either to death to recovery.
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While many Ojibwes sell the rice they harvest, folklorist Thomas Vennum found that nearly all would go ricing even if no money were to be made; For cultural reasons alone, the Ojibwe people will probably never give up ricing willingly...
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...a realistic portrayal of life in the inner city Native community in Regina, Saskatchewan, called Moccasin Flats and the issues faced by the Aboriginal youth who live there.
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An Algonquin legend about two young people who lose each other love through pride and jealousy. This is the story of a young warrior called Handsome Fellow and of the Chiefs beautiful daughter Cochis who spurns him. Unable to win Cochis and unwilling...
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These stories of various Indian nations are told and performed by Native Americans to rehearse and remember who they are and what they believe. 8-part series, 26 minutes each.
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Interviews with Native Americans were conducted in South Dakota to solicit personal stories about how their lives were impacted by alcohol and substance abuse.
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Nani is a 1-hour study of the life and scholarly impact of Nanepashemet/Anthony Pollard, late Director of Wampanoag Indian Programs at Plimoth Plantation, a “living history” museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Many people seem to feel that Native traditions are dying, or are already dead. This series clearly points to the contrary, that they are thriving and being passed on to new generations.
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This classic six-part series, which aired on PBS during the nations bicentennial, examines the careers of some of the most talented Native American artists of the Southwest as they were unfolding at that time.
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In this series of intimate portraits of four outstanding Native American novelists, N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Leslie M. Silko, and Gerald Vizenor seek to define themselves and their culture and to explain both the past and the present of their people
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By presenting the experiences of Native Americans from a wide array of fields including artisans, performers, and teachers, this program shows how many tribes are returning to the traditions and spirituality of their ancestors.
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An emotionally moving and upbeat program that gives voice to some of our finest Canadian Aboriginal women. Historical segments in the program contrast the traditional equality of power, male to female within native communities...
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Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, joy and relationships of three American Indian sisters as they attempt to start their own business.
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A documentary showing the vital role a small group of Navajo Marines played in the South Pacific during World War II.
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Native American Baha'I, Mitchell Silas, takes the viewer on an historic journey into the ancient world of the Navajo healer.
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A half hour documentary on family violence, focusing on aboriginal community. Focusing on the aboriginals communities this program is suitable for women's groups.
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This program shows how Europeans, who came to America looking for freedom of speech and religion, forgot those freedoms when it came to the Indians, who did not view land as something to be owned and asked- Sell land?
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This documentary focuses on four men from the Native Brotherhood as they make their way to the outside from a federal prison on Vancouver Island, B.C.
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"Open Your Eyes and be Aware" is a brief video that addresses HIV and Aboriginal youth. In 1999, the Enoch Spirit Fire Ensemble, a youth group from the Enoch Cree Nation, created a music video based on the lyrics "Be Aware."
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Native American Chief Oren Lyons, a leader in the international environmental movement, who shares with Bill Moyers the ancient legends, prophecies, and wisdom that guide the Onondaga tribe.
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The future of Indian people lies with their children. A Dakota tribe teaches traditional values as part of a Native curriculum that introduces Dakota language and culture to their children in preschool.
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Elders from around the country speak out on the needs of Native American, Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian elders. Instills an ‘awareness’ of the concerns we must have for those who once cared for us during our youth.
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The Kanaka Maoli, the original people of Hawaii, lost their land and have no treaties or offers of protection. The United States government set land aside for them, but it continues to be occupied by non-Natives..
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Yurok, Karuk, and Tolowa cultural summer camps are established for the purpose of reconstructing early village dance sites.
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...deals directly and honestly with the problems and the possible solutions for substance abuse issues amongst Native Youth...
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Emphasizes the special importance of good nutrition during pregnancy for the contemporary Native American woman, in the context of her rich cultural heritage.
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Based on a poem written by Michael Doxtater (Mohawk), "Overweight with Crooked Teeth" explores the issue of the identity of Native people.
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...show efforts that are underway to preserve the language and traditional ways of a people whose culture was all but destroyed when outsiders came to the Valley of the Klamath.
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...tells the story of how Northern California Indian tribes used the Freedom of Religion provision of the U.S. Constitution to win a landmark victory against the U.S. Forest Service.
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