Debbie Winchell Melrose, NY, winchd@rpi.edu
IN THE SPIRIT OF TURTLE ISLAND
Native American Film and Cultural Festival
February 24-26, 1995
Page Hall, Downtown Campus
State University of New York at Albany
Albany, NY (518) 426-4109
CALENDAR
Friday, February 24
5:30-7:00 pm Buffalo Dinner (RSVP), Mansion Hill Inn
7:10-7:30 pm Invocation
7:30-9:00 pm "Spirit Rider"
Saturday, February 25
10:00-10:30 am "Kanatsiohareke: Place of the Clean Pot"
10:30-11:30 am "Nations within a Nation"
11:30-11:40 am "My Spirit Speaks"
"I Turn My Head"
"They've Seen the Land the Way It Was"
11:45-12:15 pm "Everything Has a Spirit"
12:15-12:30 pm "Red Cloud Indian School"
1:00-2:00 pm Discussion I: Sovereignty has Come to Mean Many Things
2:15-3:00 pm "Lighting the Seventh Fire"
3:00-4:40 pm "Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance"
5:00-6:00 pm Discussion II: Racism Affects Us All
6:00-6:30 pm "People, Not Mascots"
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
10:00-11:00 am "Half of Life: Nuclear Waste in Indian Country"
11:00-12:00 pm Discussion II: Toxic Dumping on Indian Lands
1:30-2:00 pm "The Indian Experience: Urban and Rural Survival"
2:00-2:30 pm "Heathen Injuns and the Hollywood Gospel"
2:30-3:00 pm "Broken Journey"
3:00-4:30 pm Discussion IV: Coming Together of the Circle
Means Wholeness
Suggested Donation Per Person (children free)
$2.00 per film session, $3.00 per discussion
Accommodations: Thruway Inn
1375 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12206
(518)459-3100
$45.00 single, $55.00 double
Indicate you are attending the film festival
to qualify for these special rates.
Buffalo Dinner: Mansion Hill Inn
115 Philip St.
Albany, NY 12202
RSVP by February 18, 1995
(518) 426-4109
$30.00 per person
Dinner must be limited to the first 40 people.
Sponsoring and Participating Organizations
New York State Writer's Institute, SUNY-A
Native American Student Association, SUNY-A
Water Rights Institute, Standing Rock Reserve, ND
Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, Lincoln, NE
Chisasibi Eeyou Caravan, Quebec