Many documentaries have been created partly in response to unbalanced coverage of Native American perspectives in history and partly to educate the public about the shared history of conflict between Native Americans and European colonizers . In 2004 producer Guy Perrotta presented the film '' Mystic Voices : The Story of the Pequot War '' ( 2004 ) , a television documentary on the first major war between colonists and Native peoples in the Americas . The documentary portrayed the conflict as a struggle between different value systems , which included not only the Pequot , but a number of other Native American tribes , most of which allied with the English . Perrotta and Charles Clemmons , another producer , intended to increase public understanding of the significance of this early event . In 2009 '' We Shall Remain '' ( 2009 ) , a television documentary by Ric Burns and part of the American Experience series , presented a five-episode series " from a Native American perspective " . It represented " an unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers and involves Native advisors and scholars at all levels of the project . " The five episodes explore the impact of King Philip 's War on the northeastern tribes , the " Native American confederacy " of Tecumseh 's War , the US-forced relocation of Southeastern tribes known as the Trail of Tears , the pursuit and capture of Geronimo and the Apache Wars , and concludes with the Wounded Knee incident , participation by the American Indian Movement , and the increasing resurgence of modern Native cultures since
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Contemporary Native American issues in the United States