The mission of Deep West Video is to tell first-hand stories from the rural West that are rooted in the values of life on the land. The video list for 2015-2017 includes special videos created by students of the Owyhee Combined School on the Duck Valley Reservation, sharing a bit of their life and culture. The Deep West Video playlist also includes a special 2008 video group, "Old West, New West." Since 2000, the Western Folklife Center has been working with rural people to produce short videos and slide shows about their lives on the land. Using the tools of digital communication, these home-made productions are simple yet elegant; they are not glossy and commercial, but from the heart.

Deep West Videos is supported by these past and present donors R. Harold Burton Foundation, the Golden Rule Foundation, and the John Ben Snow Foundation.