Events for November 22, 2024

The People’s Home: Five Decades of UAII traces the inspiring journey of United American Indian Involvement, Inc. (UAII) from its humble beginnings on Skid Row in 1974 to its current status as a leading provider of human and health services for American Indians/Alaskan Natives in Los Angeles County. Founded by visionary American Indian women, Babba... Read more »

Henry is troubled youth with behavior health issues and in need of support, guidance and love from his community.

Follow groundbreaking news from the youth at United American Indian Involvement Inc.

Youth from the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in Towaoc, Colorado visit the sites of Los Angeles to embrace new places and bolster their wellness. This piece is a short documentary that highlights their desire to see the world, experience new things and become leaders in their community.

Three thieves pose as a tour group to steal a mysterious woven basket from the Warm Springs Museum. As they execute their heist, blending in with visitors and evading suspicion, the basket's true significance begins to unfold.

Native Ute Mountain Ute kids produced a film that describes the Bear Dance and its origins and meanings.

A young trans-Navajo man named Tristan tries to make the perfect bread for an upcoming family reunion. However, he listens to a gatekeep podcast host that makes him question his abilities. Will he succeed in creating the perfect bread or will his bread not live up to his nali's expectations?

A rag tag group of furry friends on Turtle Island are discovering their relationship with the animals and their environment on Mother Earth

An old hound dog who likes to invent things, and an old cat who likes to garden, are happily married and live together. But when the cat goes blind and can’t garden, the hound dog tries to invent things to help her garden again.

Tule is a poetic 2D animated mixed media short film championing awareness and hope. A young Pomo girl serves as the narrator of our project. Her poetic contemplations ring true with convictions shared by her Pomo community at Clear Lake, California. She revels in the local nature’s glory, but dread strikes when she faces today’s... Read more »

Seven Tsuut’ina men refuse to turn back despite 3 dark omens urging them to, they come upon a Cree camp which leads to battle and death in a supernatural way.

Small time Indigenous band "The Band Shandiin" prepare for their first and biggest stadium concert. Sundance ponders on the bands difficult journey and how they got there.

Set in the Coast Salish region of the Pacific Northwest, 150 years in the future, the true history of North America has been swept under the rug, the stories of Indigenous peoples have been silenced, and religion and culture are criminalized. Indigenous people, like Tawni and her aunt, were driven out of the cities, living... Read more »

A grieving young woman returns to her childhood home to settle her parents' affairs, only to encounter her long-forgotten imaginary friend lurking in the shadows.

Come listen as The Rez Keeper Uncle Randolf brings forth the terribly twisted and delightfully creepy Tales From The Rez. 

A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Forest Echoe follows Echo and Wild, two urban Indigenous land defenders. On the one-year anniversary of their arrest on the front lines, a death in their community opens old wounds but also offers them a chance to heal.

In the shadows of his pulpit, Pastor Leyton Thompson leads a double life, using his charm and title to seduce vulnerable women. His next target is Grace, a seemingly innocent parishioner. But as Leyton's dark obsession grows, Grace reveals a hidden agenda, threatening to destroy his carefully crafted facade. As their twisted game of cat... Read more »