Gwich’in language on full display in new documentary on reciprocity
“Two Gwich’in filmmakers from Fairbanks, Alaska, are bringing their language to the big-screen.
Alisha Carlson and Princess Daazhraii Johnson are the creative force behind Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa (We Will Walk the Trail of our Ancestors).
The short film examines the theme of reciprocity, the exchange of goods or services to the benefit of both parties, and how it relates to the Gwich’in language by following Carlson as she participates in cultural practices with her family.”
“Two Gwich’in filmmakers from Fairbanks, Alaska, are bringing their language to the big-screen.
Alisha Carlson and Princess Daazhraii Johnson are the creative force behind Diiyeghan naii Taii Tr’eedaa (We Will Walk the Trail of our Ancestors).
The short film examines the theme of reciprocity, the exchange of goods or services to the benefit of both parties, and how it relates to the Gwich’in language by following Carlson as she participates in cultural practices with her family.
The film is part of Reciprocity Project: Season 1, a series consisting of seven Indigenous-made documentary shorts intended to inspire conversation and action on climate change.”
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Tulsan's film part of Reciprocity Project's first global screening
“Tulsan Brit Hensel’s Sundance-approved film will be one of seven films shown during an online screening 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 for season one of the Reciprocity Project. The event will include a Q&A.
The Reciprocity Project, during Native American Heritage Month, is holding its first global online screening. Go to eventbite.com for access.”
“Tulsan Brit Hensel’s Sundance-approved film will be one of seven films shown during an online screening 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 for season one of the Reciprocity Project. The event will include a Q&A.
The Reciprocity Project, during Native American Heritage Month, is holding its first global online screening. Go to eventbite.com for access.
Promotional information for the event (coinciding with November’s UN Conference on Climate Change) indicated the hope is that, as the world navigates an escalating climate crisis, the project can ignite conversations about reciprocity with the earth and lands on which we live.”
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Two Gwich'in filmmakers tells us about a special project they made in the language, and what they learned about themselves in the process
“We want to tell you about a special film project on Northwind today. It's called We will Walk the Trail of our Ancestors. Made by filmmakers Princess Daazhraii Johnson and Alisha Carlson It's part of something called the Reciprocity Project. It's a series of Indigenous made documentary short films, and this one is done entirely in Gwich'in.”
“We want to tell you about a special film project on Northwind today. It's called We will Walk the Trail of our Ancestors. Made by filmmakers Princess Daazhraii Johnson and Alisha Carlson It's part of something called the Reciprocity Project. It's a series of Indigenous made documentary short films, and this one is done entirely in Gwich'in.”
Listen at Northwind from CBC Listen.
‘All the Alarm Bells’: Panel Discusses Future of Indian Child Welfare Act at IOP Forum
““A panel discussed the history and impact of the Indian Child Welfare Act — which faces a challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court — at a Harvard Institute of Politics Forum on Monday evening.
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case Wednesday against the ICWA, a 1978 law regulating the foster care and adoption systems for Native American children to prioritize placement with relatives or other Native American households. The challenge to the law originated from a Texas adoption case and questions the constitutionality of the ICWA.”
“A panel discussed the history and impact of the Indian Child Welfare Act — which faces a challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court — at a Harvard Institute of Politics Forum on Monday evening.
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case Wednesday against the ICWA, a 1978 law regulating the foster care and adoption systems for Native American children to prioritize placement with relatives or other Native American households. The challenge to the law originated from a Texas adoption case and questions the constitutionality of the ICWA.
Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen ’25 began the event with a land acknowledgment, recognizing that Harvard University was built on the ancestral land of the Massachusett people and neighbors the lands of the Wampanoag and Nipmuc peoples.”
Read more at The Harvard Crimson.
IDA Documentary Awards Shortlists Announced: ‘Fire Of Love,’ ‘The Territory,’ ‘All That Breathes’, ‘All The Beauty And The Bloodshed’ Gain Traction
“A handful of awards season frontrunners is starting to emerge with the announcement today of the IDA Documentary Awards Shortlists.”
Upstander Project’s Bounty and Reciprocity Project Season One short ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They’ve Been Taught) are included on the shorts shortlist.
“A handful of awards season frontrunners is starting to emerge with the announcement today of the IDA Documentary Awards Shortlists.
All That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, from Laura Poitras, and The Territory, from Alex Pritz, made the 25-film shortlist of features, a day after securing nominations for the Gotham Awards. Three other strong contenders – Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love, Brett Morgen’s David Bowie doc Moonage Daydream, and Daniel Roher’s NAVALNY also made the IDA shortlist (those three missed out on Gotham nods, but made up for it with Best Feature nominations last week for the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards). See the complete features and shorts shortlists below.”
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Check It Out At Mashpee Public Library - October 14, 2022
“Saturday, October 15, at 4 PM—Join us for a virtual screening of the 9-minute documentary film, “Bounty,” followed by a panel discussion.
In “Bounty,” Penobscot parents and children commemorate their survival by reading and reacting to the Phipps Proclamation, a government-issued proclamation that motivated colonial settlers to hunt, scalp and murder Indigenous people.”
“Saturday, October 15, at 4 PM—Join us for a virtual screening of the 9-minute documentary film, “Bounty,” followed by a panel discussion.
In “Bounty,” Penobscot parents and children commemorate their survival by reading and reacting to the Phipps Proclamation, a government-issued proclamation that motivated colonial settlers to hunt, scalp and murder Indigenous people.
The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Mishy Lesser, the learning director of the Upstander Project; Gkisedtanamoogk, Mashpee Wampanoag, co-chairperson; Maine Wabanaki from the State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Linda Coombs, Aquinnah Wampanoag, museum educator and historian.”
Continue reading at The Enterprise Mashpee.
Indigenous-made films about reciprocity inspire conversation on climate
“In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the first season of original short films made by Indigenous directors on their homelands, presented by Reciprocity Project, a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project in association with REI Co-op Studios, are now streaming at reciprocity.org and on REI’s YouTube channel.”
“In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the first season of original short films made by Indigenous directors on their homelands, presented by Reciprocity Project, a collaboration between Nia Tero and Upstander Project in association with REI Co-op Studios, are now streaming at reciprocity.org and on REI’s YouTube channel.
“Stories from Indigenous peoples’ about being in reciprocity with the Earth are essential in delivering messages of truth, healing, and transformative change,” said executive producer Tracy Rector, who is also Managing Director, Storytelling, at Nia Tero. “Our survival is the result of the efforts of many ancestors who have come before us. With the Reciprocity Project films as a guide, we ask ourselves – and you: what kind of ancestor do you want to be?”
Reciprocity Project season one centers knowledge and cultural learnings from Indigenous communities across Turtle Island in the U.S. and Colombia and features films by Indigenous creators who are Gwich’in, Cherokee, Wayuu Iipuana, Passamaquoddy, Shinnecock Indian Nation, and Kanaka Maoli.”
Continue reading at The Sun Journal.
Teaching Indigenous Peoples' Day with the Documentary Dawnland
“About a year ago, a mesh orange fence showed up in a section of a park my family frequents. A tree near the mesh fencing was adorned with stuffed animals at its base; signs offered the explanation. The mesh fence was there to demarcate sacred land. This end of the park was a burial site of children who once attended an expansive Indian school in this part of Albuquerque. The school sprawled across acres. A street crossing through the area still reflects this past: Indian School Road.”
“About a year ago, a mesh orange fence showed up in a section of a park my family frequents. A tree near the mesh fencing was adorned with stuffed animals at its base; signs offered the explanation. The mesh fence was there to demarcate sacred land. This end of the park was a burial site of children who once attended an expansive Indian school in this part of Albuquerque. The school sprawled across acres. A street crossing through the area still reflects this past: Indian School Road.
The city is involved in an extensive process to determine what will be done on this land; how the city will commemorate the lives lost there, but the more complicated reality for our community and for many others across North America is how to navigate an ugly past in which Native American and First Nations children were forcibly removed from their families to be raised in boarding schools or in white families. In both cases, being forcefully separated from their families, heritage, language, and traditions.”
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