Native American Film and Cultural Festival

Debra J. Winchell (winchd@rpi.edu)
Fri, 3 Feb 1995 10:06:51 -0500


I was just given this information and I would like to pass it along. I
have brief descriptions of the films available and I can also answer
questions about the area.

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