FOR MILLENNIA, NATIVE AMERICANS successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain their traditional land management practices. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the U.S. are restoring their ancient relationships with the land. The five stories in Inhabitants include sustaining traditions of Hopi dryland farming in Arizona; restoring buffalo to the Blackfeet reservation in Montana; maintaining sustainable forestry on the Menominee reservation in Wisconsin; reviving native food forests in Hawaii; and returning prescribed fire to the landscape by the Karuk Tribe of California. As the climate crisis escalates, these time-tested practices of North America’s original inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.

 

 

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^{Hopi – House} 

^{Hopi – Corn at sunset} 

^{Hopi – Corn Variations} 

^{Hopi – House at Night} 

^{Blackfeet – Sign} 

^{Blackfeet – Buffalo}  

^{Blackfeet – Dance Contest}  

^{Blackfeet – Dancers}  

^{Menominee – River Sign}  

^{Menominee – Logs from Forest Management} 

^{Menominee – Forest Pond} 

^{Menominee – Sawmill}  

^{Hawaii – Teaching at Sunrise}  

^{Hawaii – Ginger Flower}  

^{Hawaii – Garden Polyculture}  

^{Hawaii – Kalani Souza}  

^{Karuk – Tribal Seal} 

^{Karuk – Basket Weaving} 

^{Karuk – Traditional Woven Hat}  

^{Karuk – Controlled Fire Sign}  

Check out a preview for another Passion River film, The Ground Beneath Us, here.

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Since 1998, Passion River Films has been devoted to acquiring, distributing, and representing unique independent films and documentaries. They are a film distributor specializing in documentaries & indie films that engage with audiences and impact communities.