Screening Category: 11/24: Shorts Program 6

A young girl learns a valuable lesson on how to treat her horses from her grandfather.

In the early 20th century, Flying Bird is the keeper of the Mohegan language and its interconnected way of seeing the world. After her passing, a white anthropologist’s efforts to salvage her work go awry, and her young Mohegan mentee must find a way to secure the tribe’s culture.

When a Native kid is turned down for a performance because she doesn’t fit the part, the native co-director decides to form their own company to give under privileged kids a chance that they don’t often get traditionally.

A Bird Photographer and a Wildlife Conservationist go on a hike to search for the Yokaia Quail, after the bird photographer takes a picture of the once extinct bird.

A college student rushes to study hall prior to the big test. With nobody available to help, she uncovers an ominous study guide that might hold the answers she’s been looking for.

A native couple walk their rescue dog in a wooded park, when Chuck, a comedian, shares an old Indian joke with his girlfriend Hillary. But will their new dog, Lady, be good on the walk?

As he struggles to feel welcome in a predominantly white school, a Native American student comes to befriend a Latine classmate. The two explore the environment they’re in and the complexities of each others’ cultures.

Delinquent Squaxin Island Native American youth find out a Coast Salish legend is more truth than fiction.

Tired of her mundane work routine, a vibrant Diné dancer takes herself on a fun-filled joyride and rediscovers her joy and passion for life!

Siblings must learn to lean on each other in the absence of parents.