House After is an Indigenous story that takes place in the 1940s in the middle of the second world war in a cabin on the west coast of Canada. We follow a grieving widow and her child as they experience the duality of living an Indigenous life and the pressures of conformity from the church…. Read more »
Maria “Povika” Martinez left behind an exceptional legacy built through her artistic application and reintroduction of “black-on-black” pottery, still practiced today by her tribal community of San Ildefonso Pueblo located in northern New Mexico. Her influence on the art world left a lasting impression across many borders, but she is much more than a world-renowned… Read more »
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community member and retired firefighter Royce Manuel (Akimel Aw-thum) revitalized the lost art of the Kia-ha (burden basket). A once necessary tool woven by men and carried by the women to transfer materials and goods for trade. With this revitalization, he dedicated his life to the education of arts, culture and… Read more »
In this stop-motion animation short, using as its basis the artwork of Rick Bartow, we follow experimentally as one goes into reclaiming their identity and culture that long fell asleep within them, waiting for the moment to wake itself back up.
Three generations of Potawatomi share knowledge across time and space, redefining what it means to truly speak again. In “Braiding Sweetgrass,” Robin Wall Kimmerrer reflects on the loss of the Potawatomi language, and an experience at the Potawatomi Language Conference, when there were nine first-language speakers left at the time. Braiding Sweetgrass now has hundreds… Read more »
A young native boy frees a helpless eagle trapped in a snare, also freeing his mind with wonders, nightmares and dreams…
Narrated completely in Kanien’kéha (Mohawk), Tsi Tiotonhontsatáhsawe is an animated version of the first part of the epic Haudenosaunee Creation Story, in which we learn the origins of Skywoman, and the forces at play leading up to her fall to earth. Based on a well-researched script written and translated by Trina Stacey, and featuring the… Read more »
The spirit is awaken as a Chinookan longhouse becomes the vehicle for spiritual healing.
A young relative is burdened by recurring dreams. She gets advice and is started on a path which revisits old legends and frightening truths.
Bobbie Willson aka “DUES” is Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota before the journey of Creating the hit T.V. Show “FX Reservation Dogs”, & a founding member of the 1491s Indian Sketch Comedy Group he still stays connected to his original passion for Graffiti street art. Michael R.L. Begay’s Documentary follows street Artist Dues through his one-month residency in… Read more »
