New films to air for Native American Heritage Month

Vision Maker Media’s new films celebrate Native culture, heritage, wisdom, sacred stories and storytelling. Ishi’s Return, Red Power Energy and Medicine Woman broadcast in time for Native American Heritage Month.

Ishi’s Return premieres Oct. 29. This 30-minute film documents the impact of Ishi, billed as the "last wild Indian" when he wandered out of the woods in Oroville, California, and became a national sensation.

Red Power Energy premieres Oct. 30. The one-hour documentary combines engaging storytelling with in-depth journalism, and it features a nearly all-Native film crew and Advisory Council representing Western and Great Plains American Indian tribes in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.

Medicine Woman premieres Nov. 1. The one-hour documentary interweaves the lives of Susan La Flesche Picotte, America’s first Native American doctor, and the courageous Native women from many tribes who follow in her footsteps.