Native and American follows Holly Spaude as she confronts her mixed heritage and seeks to define her identity within her tribal community. While navigating her tribe’s blood quantum standard and working to help preserve the endangered Potawatomi language, Holly has come to know her purpose.

When the Enbridge Pipeline 6B oil spill threatens their beloved Kalamazoo River, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Pottawatomi people (Gun Lake Tribe) take action to save the waters that are interwoven with their culture and identity.