Ts’oostsitsi is a Blackfoot word used to describe the past. The film profiles Ike Solway and his responsibility to continue storytelling in his family. Ike recounts a powerful experience had by his grandfather. What follows is a story that echoes through generations.
Screening Category: 4P: Short Documentaries 4
Strong Hearts: An Indigenous Love Letter To My Sons
’Strong Hearts’, a short film by actor, writer and director Gary “Litefoot” Davis, is filled with a father’s wisdom and indigenous world view, poetically expressed as a letter to his three sons. The title of the film is inspired by the legendary Oglala Lakota Chief, Crazy Horse. On June 25, 1876, General George Armstrong Custer’s… Read more »
Traci Sorell: Stories for Our Children
Cherokee Nation citizen and author Traci Sorell shapes new narratives for Native children and families to see themselves on the page.
Remember the Children
This is a short film addressing Indian Boarding Schools in America. There were over 400 government funded, often church run, Indian Boarding Schools in the US. Thousands of children died at these schools throughout the 19th and 20th centuries… This is the story of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. These stories have been kept… Read more »
Dene Drum Songs in Gahnı̨hthah
A short documentary on the Dene Drum in Gahnı̨hthah (Rabbitkettle)