Jan 2nd, 2009 Posted in FEATURED, STORE | no comment »
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This embroidered 2.5 inch X 2 inch patch, representing the tribal shield of The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community, is available exclusively from the MMDC by sending a check or money order of $8.00 plus $1.00 for shipping and handling, all of which is tax deductible, to:
Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community at PO Box 50835
Mendota MN 55150.
Please allow two weeks for shipping.
Below is a explanation of the tribal shield.
Six Sacred Directions:
Blue Half Circle - Sky
Green Half Circle - Earth
Red represents the north - where we came from
Yellow represents the east - where the sun is born
White represents the south - journey to the spirit world
Black represents the west - where the sun dies and life-giving rain comes
Upper Left Quadrant - The confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. Ancestral homeland of Mendota.
Upper Right Quadrant - Pipe signifies prayer.
Lower Left Quadrant - Survival as a People
Lower Right Quadrant - Father Sun - Mother Earth
Seven Feathers - Oceti Sakowin - Seven sacred fires of Dakota or Sioux Nation.
Oct 11th, 2008 Posted in Native Movies | no comment »
“Come and Get Your Love” is a movie that was filmed here in the Twin Cities area in November, 05. This is the first showing this Sunday, October 12th at the Parkway Theater on Chicago Ave in So, Mpls. Show time is 2:15 P.M. and admission is $5.00.
The movie was filmed on location in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Mendota. The stars are Marie Nordin, Jim Anderson, Mitch Walking Elk, Phillip Little Thunder, Lloyd Bald Eagle, Gen Huitt, Larry Yazzie, Bob Larsen, the Little Earth Drum and many more.
Movie goers will be thrilled with familiar scenes like the GAP School, the original Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community Center, the scenes that were filmed at the caves on Wabasha Street in St. Paul and of course all of the local personalities that they will see in the film
Please come and support our local talent. Everyone on this film believed so strongly in this project that they gave their time and talent deferring any pay until the movie makes a profit.
The Parkway Theater has the best popcorn in town.
Some of us are meeting for lunch around 12:00 at Pepito’s Mexican Restaurant connected to the theater.
Hope to see you there!
(At the advice of Rhonda Rana, the movie’s writer, director and producer “the show really isn’t for kids. It’s adult material, nothing bad, just some adult language and situations, kids probably wouldn’t be very entertained.”)
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Tags: “Come and Get Your Love” A Film By Rhonda Rana
