Five 90-minute documentaries spanning three hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective

This educational DVD is divided into three areas of interest: six Eastern Shoshone students' vocational internship at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC; an overview of Shoshone objects housed and managed in museums and the tribal community; Pow wow as a living aspect of material culture and celebration in the Shoshone word.

Focusing on five teens living on the Navajo and Hopi reservations, Racing the Rez unfolds over two years of careful, patient observation, and offers a rare view into the surprising complexity and diversity of contemporary reservation life. The camera follows the boys from classrooms to the rez-life realities of remote, un-electrified homes, from grueling runs across canyons and mesas to their ultimate day of reckoning – the state meet – and beyond. Set in the southwest’s iconic desert landscape, this remarkable intersection between sport, culture, youth and adulthood, yields a powerful, intimate documentary of transformation and hope.

The remains of more than 10,000 Native Americans unearthed at archaeological sites across the U.S. are in the possession of major museums. Is the analysis of the bones valid scientific research, or is it a desecration of Native American culture? This program focuses on the tensions between scientists, historians, and museum curators and Native American groups, as the bones take on a central role in a war of alternate perspectives.