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Hello,
The Walker Art Center with the Sundance Institute’s Native American Initiative is proud to present a free film screening of Four Sheets to the Windand Sikumi (On the Ice) on Thursday, July 10 at 7:30 pm (details below). Four Sheets to the Wind is a coming-of-age drama set within the rythms and landscapes of Oklahoma , depicting a young man’s search for identity on the reservation and beyond. Short film, Sikumi (On the Ice) is a story of an Inuit hunter driving his dog sled team out on the frozen Artic Ocean and inadvertently witnessing a murder. These two compelling films were mentored through the Sundance Institute’s Native American Initiative. Both emerging directors will be present to discuss their films.
We’d really appreciate if you would spread the word about these amazing films. Feel free to forward on this email, include this info in e-newletters, or put it on your website. Below is more info on the films and I hope you can make it to the screening too! If you have any questions or would like to receive film flyers, please contact me at brianne.whitcraft@walkerart.org or 612.375.7684.
Thank you so much,
Bri
Brianne Whitcraft
Marketing Specialist
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
TEL 612.375.7684
FAX 612.253.3589
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Thursday, July 10, 7:30 pm Free
Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Avenue , Minneapolis
Four Sheets to the Wind
Introduced by director Sterlin Harjo
This coming-of-age drama set within the rhythms and landscapes of Oklahoma depicts a young man in search of his identity on the reservation and beyond. Featuring a performance of quiet intensity by Cody Lightning, the film delicately balances the pathos and humor inherent in this transitional community. A project of the Sundance Lab, Four Sheets to the Wind won a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. 2007, in English and Muskogee with English subtitles, 35mm, 91 minutes. Preceded by Sikumi (On the Ice)
Introduced by director Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
The first film ever made in the Iñupiaq language tells the story of an Inuit hunter who drives his dog team out onto the frozen Arctic Ocean and inadvertently witnesses a murder. Winner of a 2008 Sundance Short Filmmaking Award, Sikumi is “a work of great intelligence and artistry that demands to be seen by as many people as possible” (Film Threat). 2008, in Iñupiaq with English subtitles, 35mm, 15 minutes. Copresented with the Sundance Institute’s Native American Initiative.
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The fourth annual Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations conference is scheduled for July 29-31 at the Mille Lacs Grand Hotel and Casino in Hinckley , MN . This year’s conference features many dynamic Native women leaders and a variety of workshops about critical issues affecting our communities. To view the full conference agenda, go to www.wewin04. org or call conference organizers at 571-323-5641.
Attached is a flyer about three workshops sponsored by the Indian Law Resource Center (www.indianlaw. org)
The New United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – How to Use it Tuesday, July 29, 9am - 5pm
Violence Against Women - Using International Law to Protect our Families Thursday, July 31, 10am -12pm
Effective Public Relations – Using Media to Tell Your Story Thursday, July 31, 10am – 12 pm, repeats 1:45pm – 3:45pm
We encourage you to attend, and ask that you forward this information to your contacts to help promote the fourth annual WEWIN conference.
Thank you,
Valerie Taliman
Director of Communications
Indian Law Resource Center
602 N. Ewing Street
Helena, MT 59602
406/449-2006
www.indianlaw. org
Justice for Indigenous Peoples
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THIS WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, IS REGALIA CLASS AT 6:30. PLEASE BRING A DISH TO PASS. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. SHARON
> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:56:21 -0500
> Subject: Honoring Sacred Sites
> From: paula@wolakota.org
> To: paula@wolakota.org
>
> At this time I would like to remind the People of significant days of prayer
> in Honor of Sacred Sites; June 20th National Native American Sacred Sites
> Day and June 21st International Day to Honor Sacred Sites world wide, also
> known as World Peace and Prayer Day.
>
> Time has come when all of our Nation¹s Prophecies upon Grandmother Earth are
> weaving together with strength in messages to take notice of our
> responsibility. In this momentous time in history, we once again humbly
> request on behalf of Grandmother Earth, to gather ³all nations, all faiths,
> one prayer² to create an energy shift of healing for all the spiritual
> beings of the two legged, those that swim, those that crawl, the winged
> ones, the plant nations and four legged.
>
> As we are taking this time to journey to our Sacred Sites, whether it be;
> churches, mosques, temples, pyramids, significant natural places of prayer,
> where the spirits live from our ancestors beliefs in the creator, may you
> have a safe journeys.
>
> Our significant sacred animals belonging to the different Nations upon this
> Grandmother Earth have now all shown their sacred color - which is white,
> the only way for the two-legged to listen and take notice. They are warning
> us of these times prophesied when many things are now out of balance that
> will affect us forever if we do not take this time to change our paths that
> we are on. These signs of changes prophesied are now evident in the global
> climate changes, the daily extinction of the plant and animal Nations and
> our human relationships with one another causing pain and to destroy one
> another, whether it be major war or within relatives. We must unite this
> global community to pray for a healing for Grandmother Earth, for all her
> living beings, for our future generation¹s well being.
>
> In a Sacred Hoop of Life, where there is no ending and no beginning!
>
> Ho ana-h¹opta po
> Hear my words!
>
> Chief Arvol Looking Horse
> 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
>
>
PLEASE JOIN THE MENDOTA MDEWAKANTON DAKOTA COMMUNITY AND PRAIRIE ISLAND DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOR
A WORLD PEACE AND PRAYER DAY CEREMONY
THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 21
11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.
AT COLD WATER SPRING
INIPI TO FOLLOW AT CHRIS LEITH’S HOME AT PRAIRIE ISLAND
DIRECTIONS TO COLD WATER:
1.5 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEHAHA FALLS
FROM HWY 55, TURN EAST AT 54TH STREET
TAKE AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT ON TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD
FOLLOW THIS SOUTH THROUGH THE CHAIN LINK FENCE PAST THE BRICK BUILDING
YOU’LL SEE IT!
Pease bring a dish to share
HERE’S A LINK TO A MAP THAT MAY BE HELPFUL
http://friendsofcoldwater.org/common/map/map.html
(FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE CEREMONY THAT WAS TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 20 AT COLD WATER – THAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND ONLY THE SATURDAY EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE)
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On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 7:16 AM, brenda norrell <brendanorrell@gmail.com> wrote:
Sunday
Hi friends,
Really upset to get back here and find the northern route walkers with no gas money, and
no money for food. There’s no gas money for the runners to get out, or buy their lunch,
or the media bus to get to the powwow to broadcast today. They need money sent directly to the walkers, by
Western Union or WalMart money gram. It seems people are raising money all over
and none of it is reaching the walkers.
Thanks, Brenda
on the Longest Walk Northern Route in Cambridge, Ohio
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Thursday, July 10, 7:30 pm, Free, Walker Art Center, Mpls
Four Sheets to the Wind
Introduced by director by Sterlin Harjo
A coming-of-age drama set within the rhythms and landscapes of Oklahoma, Four Sheets to the Wind depicts a young man’s search for identity on the reservation and beyond. Featuring a performance of quiet intensity by Cody Lightning, son of Georgina Lightning (Older Than America, 2008 Women with Vision Film Festival), the film enacts a delicate balancing act between the pathos and humor inherent in this transitional community. A project of the Sundance Lab, this film went on to win a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. 2007, 35mm, 91 minutes.Preceded by
Sikumi (On the Ice) [short film]
Introduced by director by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
The first film ever made in the Iñupiaq language tells the story of an Inuit hunter who drives his dog team out on the frozen Arctic Ocean and inadvertently witnesses a murder. Winner of a 2008 Sundance Short Filmmaking Award, Sikumi was called by Film Threat “a work of great intelligence and artistry that demands to be seen by as many people as possible.” 2008, 35mm, 15 minutes.
This screening is co-presented with the Sundance Film Festival’s Native Initiative.
Rachel Lee Joyce
Assistant Director, Public Relations
Walker Art Center
612.375.7635
rachel.joyce@walkerart.org
To the Editor:
Columbus, OH has once again distinguished itself. After walking more than 2,400 miles from San Francisco since February, a group of men, women and children experienced their first police problem on their journey in Columbus. The Longest Walk is a group of about forty mostly Native American people who are walking to Washington DC for the Seventh Generation for youth, peace, justice, the healing of Mother Earth, heart conditions, alcoholism, drug addiction and other diseases. It is a spiritual walk, a historical walk, and a walk for educational awareness for the American and world communities about the concerns of the American Indian People. And, as they go, they are picking up trash.
On Monday, June 2, as this peaceful group walked in the parking lane and on the sidewalk on the west side of Columbus on Main Street, eight police cars zoomed up, one blocking their way. A police officer came up to a van that follows the walkers and reached into the window and grabbed and yanked the steering wheel. He yelled at the young woman who was driving a carload of young children and threatened Your children would be taken away and given to Childrens Services! As the children began to cry, their mothers who were walking came to see what was wrong and to comfort them. A walker charged with security came up and was grabbed, kneed, thrown to the ground and handcuffed. A police officer pointed a taser gun at the head of a walker who was also an attorney as he spoke to the police. A grandmother spoke softly to an officer asking what the concern was and trying to calm a situation that was becoming increasingly frightening. She pointed out We are like your mothers, your sisters, your children. Ultimately the walkers were allowed to continue, but were badly shaken by this unprovoked and frightening experience.
The walkers have walked though the snow, extreme rain, and the blazing sun. They are often tired, hungry, thirsty and sore. They will continue through Ohio on Route 40 to their destination of Washington DC, expecting to arrive next month.
I hope our leaders will ask questions about our Columbus Welcome to these peaceful people who were picking up our trash as they walked for health, justice and the environment.
If you are embarrassed for our city by our polices harassment, as I am, consider sending a message of support and a donation if you are able, to the Longest Walk at their website at www. longestwalk. org.
Lynn Crevling
822 South Roosevelt
Columbus, OH 43209
(614) 291-0192 (W)
Deanna Rae StandingCloud-Green
612-998-7565 (Cell)
612-824-4060 (Home)
We will be meeting at the Mendota office on June 27,28,29. Watch for more details
Greetings,
One good way to work is learning a song, the drum song we were introduced too during one of the meetings.
What are the words to that song again?
The GPGPSSR 2008 start date will not change, but the daily run mileage may change as the runners adjust to their running abilities.
Part 1 Great Plains Great Prairie Sacred Sites Run 2008
May 22, Thursday:
Lower Brule Reservation – Boys & Girls Club
Ancient America Exhibit & Talking Circle
May 23, Friday:
Crow Creek Reservation - Fort Thompson, SD
Start out SD-34 toward SD-34.
End at Fedora, SD Estimated Distance: 83.80 miles
May 24, Saturday
Fedora, SD Start out going EAST on SD-34 -
SD-34 becomes MN-30.
End at Pipestone, MN Estimated Distance: 76.57 miles
May 25, Sunday
Pipestone, MN Take the US-14
End at Sleepy Eye, MN Estimated Distance: 90.57 miles
Ancient America Exhibit & Talking/Fire Circle at Lower Sioux Youth Recreation Center.
May 26, Monday
Sleepy Eye, MN Start out going EAST on US-14/W
End at Reconciliation Park, Mankato, MN Estimated Distance: 43.05 miles
Continue - Mankato, MN Start out going N. Merge onto US-169 N.
End at Jordan, MN Estimated Distance: 46.03 miles
May 27, Tuesday
Jordan, MN Start out going E/MN-282 Continue to follow MN-13 N.
End at Prior Lake, MN Distance: 11.26 miles
May 28, Wednesday
Prior Lake, MN MN-13 N.
End at Fort Snelling, MN
Estimated Distance
May 29 – June 6,
Fort Snelling, MN
End at Red Wing, MN
Estimated Distance: 49.71 miles
Red Wing, MN ST/HIGHWAY 58 BLVD. Continue to follow US-61 S.
June 7, Saturday End at Winona, MN – Dakota Homecoming Pow-wow & Reconciliation
Estimated Distance: 63.89 miles
Total Distance: 488.94 miles
Part 2: June 8, Winona, MN - with help from the Ho-Chunk Nation Native Cruzers,
Continue to North Bend, WI 29.28 miles to Sparta, WI 25.03 miles Total 54.31 miles
Continue short weekend runs to Milwaukee by September 5 – 7, 2008.
Indian Summer Festival (ISF) September 5 - 7, 2008.
ISF Sunday Prayer Day for Sacred Sites September 7, 10:00 AM.
Total 238.38 miles
Riverview Flyer
(download as PDF file, need a PDF viewer? get it in our DOWNLOADS section)
To: oceti_sakowin@lists.riseup.net
Subject: Announcement: Action for Sunday May 18th
Sesquicentennial events will continue this weekend as a wrap-up of Statehood
Week. We are asking Dakota People and our allies to join us to protest these
events and continue our campaign of truth-telling.
We will rally on the Lower Capitol Mall at 6:00 PM, Sunday, May 18th.
People are more than welcome to picket and pass out pamphlets at the
Saturday event and earlier on Sunday.
For pamphlets or additional information, contact oceti_sakowin@riseup.net
Saturday May 17 & Sunday May 18
The Statehood Weekend Festival
The events during Statehood Week will culminate on weekend of May 17 and 18.
Saturday, May 17
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Music and Performances by
Hayor Bibimma Dance Group, The Fat Cats, Cyril Paul and the Calypso
Monarchs, The Black Story Tellers Alliance, Josiah Wordsworth, The Westside
Band and Kid Power with Rachel Kroog
Saturday’s Special Events
-A Vintage Aircraft Flyover at 12:30 p.m.
-Native American drumming and dancing demonstrations
Sunday, May 18
4 p.m. — 9 p.m.
Music and Performances by
Salsa del Soul, Young Dance, Rose McGee; Poet and Storyteller, Theatre of
Fools, Tales with Tails, The Teddy Bear Band, The Jack Brass Band and The
Chris Koza Band
Sunday’s Special Event:
Statehood Ceremony - 6:58 p.m.
National Guard Flyover 6:58p.m.
Speakers that include Governor Tim Pawlenty and other dignitaries.
·8:45p.m. The week ends with fireworks over the State Capitol.
A Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center Workshop Series
Internalized Oppression and the Native American Community - a 3 part series
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Indian Uprising
KFAI’s Indian Uprising for May 4, 2008 from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. CDT #264
Statehood - now reaching one hundred and fifty years. "On May 11, 2008, Minnesota will reach its 150th anniversary as the 32nd state in the United States of America. Beginning in January 2008, the Sesquicentennial will be a year long, statewide commemoration and a catalyst, to learn from our past and connect all of us as Minnesotans in creating a thriving, innovative future." - 2007 Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission.
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