Landback: A Native Spiritual Revival | Documentary Film |

Описание: This documentary film was created by Rising McDowell in December of 2025 as a final project for Native American Religions, a course taught by Dr. Jennifer Graber at the University of Texas at Austin.

The film explores the connection between contemporary Native religious and spiritual practice with Native land issues and the #Landback Movement. It is dedicated to all land & water protectors across the globe.

I claim no ownership of any video footage, imagery, or music used in this documentary. This video is not being monetized, and all rights remain with their respective owners. Used with gratitude in the fight to bring justice to Turtle Island. Where available, credit is given below.

Footage Sources:
-Anishinaabek Caucus: Water is Life | Indigenous Lifeways Threatened by Enbridge’s Line 5
-APT: “We Need Water” – Massive Oil Spill Contaminates River, Hits Communities in Southern Mexico
-BBTV Official: Birds Of US | Most Beautiful Birds In The United States | Wildlife Documentary
-Films for the Humanities & Sciences: Wounded Knee : We Shall Remain – America Through Native Eyes
-Great Rivers Greenway: Native Lifeways on the Greenways – Dardenne Greenway: Barathaven
-Jesse Short Bull, Unceded Films, IFC Films: Lakota Nation vs. United States
-JFOX & Myron Dewey: AWAKE - A Dream From Standing Rock
-My Home, NC on PBS NC: A Cherokee native artist keeps his tribal traditions alive though craft and carvings
-National Geographic: Take an Epic Journey With the Elk of Yellowstone | Short Film Showcase
-NDN Collective: HESAPA - A LANDBACK FILM
-News2Share: #NoDAPL March on Washington - December 10th, 2016
-PBS Terra: Why Are Buffalo Returning to Texas After 136 Years?
-Taboo: Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL (Official Video)
-UN Environment Programme: The Yurok lawyer fighting for the Klamath River and her tribe’s future
-Wendover Productions: The Logistics of Natural Gas

Music:
-Otherworldly Tales Logo, Mystery Logos
-Spiral, Textures (Alon Peretz)
-Letting Go, Laurel Violet
-Reminiscing, Lulaāh
-Distance, Gray North
-The Joke is On You, Julian Cassia
-Hidden Worlds, Angelika Conrad

References:
-Clara Sue Kidwell, Noley, H., & Tinker, G. E. (2001). A Native American theology. Orbis Books.
-Crawford O'brien, Suzanne & Talamantez, Inés. (2021). Religion and culture in Native America. Rowman & Littlefield, An Imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
-Griffith, C. (2023). Landback in Goukd’in: An Opportunity for Healing and Justice [Review of Landback in Goukd’in: An Opportunity for Healing and Justice]. Econews; Arcata, 53(4).
-Hill, Kyle X. (2024). “Landback: Climate Justice and Indigenous Youth Mental Health in the Anthropocene.” Climate Change and Youth Mental Health, 2024, pp. 385–402
-Lloyd, D. (2026). Land Is Kin. University Press of Kansas.