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Sundance puts spotlight on Indigenous films

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“Hensel is among nine Indigenous filmmakers featured at this year's acclaimed Sundance Film Festival, telling stories of traditions, ambitions and aspirations in short and feature-length films and multimedia productions. The festival runs Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah, but will not feature in-person events this year because of the pandemic.”

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New Film ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They've Been Taught) to Make World Premiere at 2022 Sundance Film Festival

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ᎤᏕᏲᏅ "Udeyonv" (pronounced oo-de-yo-NUH), a new documentary short film by Brit Hensel with Keli Gonzales, is an official selection in the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. This film is one of seven films from season one of Reciprocity Project, a co-production of Nia Tero and Upstander Project.

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Yo-Yo Ma visits the Grand Canyon to play and listen to Indigenous perspectives

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This piece looks at the famous cellists second trip in “a project to explore how culture can help us strengthen relationships to nature and to each other.” His first trip, to Maine, is documented in one of Reciprocity Projects forthcoming short films.

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Penobscots don’t want ancestors’ scalping to be whitewashed

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“In “Bounty,” the three participants describe having nightmares of Penobscots being chased through the woods, and discuss the dehumanization and massacre of their people.

“When you learn about a people’s humanity, that affects how you treat my kids, how you vote on public policy, how you may view my people,” Dana said.”

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New documentary explores gruesome details of death warrant for Penobscot people

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“According to filmmakers, there were more than 100 government-issued scalp bounties like the one signed in 1755 in Boston. Those bounties were issued in the U.S. from 1675 to 1885 and resulted in settlers claiming at least 90 bounties in the New England area.”

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The erasure of Indigenous People’s history

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An opinion piece written by Dawn Neptune Adams, Maulian Dana, and Mishy Lesser for the Boston Globe. This writing focuses on how false narratives are the foundation upon which big lies are built. Instead, let us acknowledge history and celebrate what our presence here today signals.