Overview
Ted Talks, documentaries, and more. Some are long, some are short, all are worth a watch for one reason or another.
Annawon Weedon
After his presentation at Wilmington Library last month, WCTV chatted with Annawon Weeden, an enrolled member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe. Listen as he tells his story about growing up as a Mashpee Wampanoag and how he began sharing his story with audiences.
Bee Nation
BEE NATION follows the inspirational stories of Indigenous youth living on reserves in Saskatchewan as they participate in the first-ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee in Canada.
Gather
Gather follows the stories of natives on the frontlines of a growing movement to reconnect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide. An indigenous chef embarks on a ambitious project to reclaim ancient food ways on the Apache reservation; in South Dakota a gifted Lakota high school student, raised on a buffalo ranch, is proving her tribes native wisdom through her passion for science; and a group of young men of the Yurok tribe in Northern California are struggling to keep their culture alive and rehabilitate the habitat of their sacred salmon. All these stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of ancient food ways is a way forward for native Americans to bring back health and vitality to their people.
Generations Stolen
BY SARAH WEISER. RETRO REPORT.
SEASON 07 EPISODE 5
As the Supreme Court rules on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, Native American communities grapple with the lingering fallout resulting from a history of government policies aimed at stripping them of traditions and assimilating them into white culture. For decades, Native children were forcibly separated from their families – today, communities are working to overcome generations of trauma. You can also watch an interview with the makers.
The Massachusett Now
Indigenous Peoples aren’t just historical footnotes. They’re still here today. Watch these two short videos to see how members of the tribe that were here before the Europeans arrived live both in our world and in their traditional one.
The National Day of Mourning
An annual tradition since 1970, Day of Mourning is a solemn, spiritual and highly political day. The mourning is for the ancestors and the genocide of indigenous peoples and the theft of their lands.
The Standing Rock Resistance
Still invisible and often an afterthought, Indigenous peoples are uniting to protect the world’s water, lands and history — while trying to heal from genocide and ongoing inequality. Tribal attorney and Couchiching First Nation citizen Tara Houska chronicles the history of attempts by government and industry to eradicate the legitimacy of Indigenous peoples’ land and culture, including the months-long standoff at Standing Rock which rallied thousands around the world.
Through the Repellent Fence
Through the Repellent Fence follows Native American art collective Postcommodity as they construct Repellent Fence, a two-mile long outdoor artwork straddling the U.S.-Mexico border a mile in each direction and suturing the region back together.
We Shall Remain
A provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history. The centerpiece of this initiative is a television series that tells five heartbreaking, yet inspiring stories. Together they highlight Native ingenuity and resilience over the course of 300 years. The series upends two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land.