"The Pueblo have no word that translates as "religion". The knowledge of a spiritual life is part of the person 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Religious belief permeates every aspect of life; it determines man's relation with the natural world and with his fellow man. The secret of the Pueblo's success was simple. They came face to face with nature but did not exploit it." -
Joe S. Sando - Jemez Pueblo
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The 33nd Annual American Indian Film Festival call for entries
San Francisco, CA—The American Indian Film Institute is currently seeking film and video entries for the 33rd annual American Indian Film Festival. As the nation's oldest and most prestigious venue for American Indian film arts and entertainment, the American Indian Film Festival has earned a reputation for both excellence and integrity. At Film Festival 2007, AIFI premiered and/or screened over 100 film and video works from American and Canadian filmmakers. The annual Film Festival and American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show, produced by AIFI Founder and President Michael Smith, draws an audience of nearly 5,000, anticipating the latest in American Indian film, video, and music.
The 2008 American Indian Film Festival will be presented November 7-15 in San Francisco, California. Films to be entered for competition should be by or about American Indian or Canada First Nations people and produced during year 2007-2008. Entry deadline is August 5, 2008.
The major categories for competition are: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Feature Film, Live Short Subject, Music Video, Animated Short Subject, Public Service and Industrial. All entries must be accompanied by promotional materials, including production credits, publicity stills, as well as a film synopsis, not to exceed 250 words. Entrants are responsible for all shipping costs to and from AIFI's San Francisco office.
A Film Jury, designated by the American Indian Film Institute, will screen entries and issue recommendations for the final program and award nominations. During the week of September 29, 2008, entrants will be notified of their selection to the 2008 American Indian Film Festival & Video Exposition. The American Indian Motion Picture Awards, recognizing outstanding Indian cinematic accomplishments, will be presented the evening of November 15 at the Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, in San Francisco. Each entry must include: Completed entry form; film synopsis; DVD/VHS screener; Signed Regulations Agreement Form; Entry Fee $50.00 (U.S. Funds). Entry fee payable to: American Indian Film Institute.
Entry forms can be found here: http://www.aifisf.com/home.php
The 2008 American Indian Film Festival will be presented November 7-15 in San Francisco, California. Films to be entered for competition should be by or about American Indian or Canada First Nations people and produced during year 2007-2008. Entry deadline is August 5, 2008.
The major categories for competition are: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Feature Film, Live Short Subject, Music Video, Animated Short Subject, Public Service and Industrial. All entries must be accompanied by promotional materials, including production credits, publicity stills, as well as a film synopsis, not to exceed 250 words. Entrants are responsible for all shipping costs to and from AIFI's San Francisco office.
A Film Jury, designated by the American Indian Film Institute, will screen entries and issue recommendations for the final program and award nominations. During the week of September 29, 2008, entrants will be notified of their selection to the 2008 American Indian Film Festival & Video Exposition. The American Indian Motion Picture Awards, recognizing outstanding Indian cinematic accomplishments, will be presented the evening of November 15 at the Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, in San Francisco. Each entry must include: Completed entry form; film synopsis; DVD/VHS screener; Signed Regulations Agreement Form; Entry Fee $50.00 (U.S. Funds). Entry fee payable to: American Indian Film Institute.
Entry forms can be found here: http://www.aifisf.com/home.php
Between two worlds
By: Ron Jackson
HAMMON — Only the green stubble of budding wheat lives on the high ground where the Whiteshield Camp once thrived.
Crude box tents made of canvas once home to entire families along the Washita River are gone. So is the water well, likely buried by a plow. Tracks where trains periodically carried supplies to camp residents have vanished. A drilling rig stands in its old path.
"This is the first time I've been down here in years,” said Archie Hoffman, 71, while he canvassed the terrain two miles north of town. "I have a sad feeling coming back. Everything has changed. Nothing is as I remember.”
Hoffman struggled to find his bearings at the old site, sifting through his memory to reconstruct the camp he knew as a child. Descriptions turned into recollections about life — the spiritual ways of his ancestors, the cadence of the Cheyenne language and the communal camaraderie of his people.
"Those were really good times,” said Edwin Pewo, 73, of Hammon and a Cheyenne peace chief. "My people never had a hard time putting food on the table back then. We lived off the land.”
Living the old way"We had a dirt floor,” said Pewo, as if still feeling the packed dirt beneath his feet. "No running water. No gas. No electricity. We chopped wood with an ax, and we kept warm by burning the wood in a big stove.
"For food, we'd hunt for turtles or we'd fish. We'd use a string and hook, or we'd just pull the fish out of the water with our hands.”
Read more here: http://newsok.com/article/3229457/1208218634
HAMMON — Only the green stubble of budding wheat lives on the high ground where the Whiteshield Camp once thrived.
Crude box tents made of canvas once home to entire families along the Washita River are gone. So is the water well, likely buried by a plow. Tracks where trains periodically carried supplies to camp residents have vanished. A drilling rig stands in its old path.
"This is the first time I've been down here in years,” said Archie Hoffman, 71, while he canvassed the terrain two miles north of town. "I have a sad feeling coming back. Everything has changed. Nothing is as I remember.”
Hoffman struggled to find his bearings at the old site, sifting through his memory to reconstruct the camp he knew as a child. Descriptions turned into recollections about life — the spiritual ways of his ancestors, the cadence of the Cheyenne language and the communal camaraderie of his people.
"Those were really good times,” said Edwin Pewo, 73, of Hammon and a Cheyenne peace chief. "My people never had a hard time putting food on the table back then. We lived off the land.”
Living the old way"We had a dirt floor,” said Pewo, as if still feeling the packed dirt beneath his feet. "No running water. No gas. No electricity. We chopped wood with an ax, and we kept warm by burning the wood in a big stove.
"For food, we'd hunt for turtles or we'd fish. We'd use a string and hook, or we'd just pull the fish out of the water with our hands.”
Read more here: http://newsok.com/article/3229457/1208218634
NAGPRA waived to build U.S.-Mexico fence
By: Rob Capriccioso
WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with the Department of the Interior has waived nearly 40 federal laws, including the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, to try to speed construction of a border fence between the United States and Mexico.
''Congress and the American public have been adamant that they want and expect border security,'' Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said in a statement, which announced the action April 1. ''We're serious about delivering it, and these waivers will enable important security projects to keep moving forward.''
NAGPRA, a federal law passed in 1990, created a legal process for federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return American Indian human remains and cultural items to their respective tribes or lineal descendants.
Sherry Hutt, the national NAGPRA program manager, said she was not informed that the waiver would happen before it did; she's put in a call to DHS for an explanation.
''I want to know more about how they're proceeding,'' she said. Several tribal officials nationwide have said that they, too, were not informed of this decision.
Officials with DHS say they are trying to be mindful of culturally focused laws but have found it necessary to make blanket law waivers, since legal challenges have already greatly extended the timeline to build the controversial fence between the U.S. and Mexico.
''We will continue to work with tribal nations and tribal leaders to ensure that we are collaborating before we proceed with any major construction,'' said Laura Keehner, a spokesman for DHS. ''We invite the government-to-government discussions, and definitely expect that to continue.''
Under the waiver, more than 55 miles on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona would be affected, as well as several miles on lands owned by individual Indians and on other Indian communities.
In total, the waivers apply to 470 miles of land in a stretch of area from California through Texas. In making the waivers, Chertoff is striving to meet a deadline by the end of the year to survey and build nearly 700 miles of fencing. Three hundred and nine miles of fencing have already been built.
Get there whole story here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417025
WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with the Department of the Interior has waived nearly 40 federal laws, including the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, to try to speed construction of a border fence between the United States and Mexico.
''Congress and the American public have been adamant that they want and expect border security,'' Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said in a statement, which announced the action April 1. ''We're serious about delivering it, and these waivers will enable important security projects to keep moving forward.''
NAGPRA, a federal law passed in 1990, created a legal process for federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding to return American Indian human remains and cultural items to their respective tribes or lineal descendants.
Sherry Hutt, the national NAGPRA program manager, said she was not informed that the waiver would happen before it did; she's put in a call to DHS for an explanation.
''I want to know more about how they're proceeding,'' she said. Several tribal officials nationwide have said that they, too, were not informed of this decision.
Officials with DHS say they are trying to be mindful of culturally focused laws but have found it necessary to make blanket law waivers, since legal challenges have already greatly extended the timeline to build the controversial fence between the U.S. and Mexico.
''We will continue to work with tribal nations and tribal leaders to ensure that we are collaborating before we proceed with any major construction,'' said Laura Keehner, a spokesman for DHS. ''We invite the government-to-government discussions, and definitely expect that to continue.''
Under the waiver, more than 55 miles on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona would be affected, as well as several miles on lands owned by individual Indians and on other Indian communities.
In total, the waivers apply to 470 miles of land in a stretch of area from California through Texas. In making the waivers, Chertoff is striving to meet a deadline by the end of the year to survey and build nearly 700 miles of fencing. Three hundred and nine miles of fencing have already been built.
Get there whole story here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417025
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