Awards for Standing on Sacred Ground

  • Best Documentary Feature, American Indian Film Festival
  • Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, John DeGraaf Lifetime Environmental Filmmaking Award to Christopher McLeod
  • Mill Valley Film Festival
  • Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital screening at Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
  • Columbus International Film+Video Festival

Awards for In the Light of Reverence

  • Best Documentary Feature, American Indian Film Festival
  • Eagle Award, Taos Talking Picture Festival
  • Chris Award, Columbus International Film Festival
  • Jury Award, MountainFilm, Telluride
  • Best Documentary, Wilbur Awards, Religion Communicators Council
  • Second Place, EarthVision Environmental Film Festival
  • Best Cinematography/Videography Award, Siskiyou Environmental Film Festival
  • Native Visions, Native Voices Film Festival
  • Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
  • Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
  • United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford
  • Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
  • Fargo Film Festival
  • Certificate of Excellence, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
  • CINE Golden Eagle
  • Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film & Digital Media, 2005 Council on Foundations Film & Video Festival
  • Award of Excellence, Indian Summer Film and Video Image Awards 2004
  • Finalist, Best Film on Mountain Culture, 2001 BANFF Mountain Film Festival

Awards for The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

  • Best Documentary, Native American Film Festival
  • Student Academy Award for Best Documentary
  • Guggenheim Fellowship to Christopher McLeod
  • Best of Category, National Association for Environmental Education Film Festival
  • Silver Medal, Houston International Film Festival