The HIF-3620 master course Indigenous Revitalization: Language, Literature, Arts and the INREL research group (Indigenous Religions, Local Grounds, Global Networks) invite students, staff, and the public to a screening and discussion of the film The Eagle and Condor on Monday the 8th of October, 2018 at 12.15 in UB Aud. 132
The screening is part of a global release event in commemoration of Indigenous People’s Day in the USA. The event at UiT, Arctic University of Norway, will include a virtual Q and A with the filmmaker Kahstosera’a Paulette Moore. Moore is an independent filmmaker, artist, and affiliated professor of Indigenous Media and Philosophy at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. She is Kanien’keháka (Mohawk) and an enrolled member of Six Nations of the Grand River territory (Ontario).
Film Synopsis: From 2016 – 2017 Standing Rock water protection camps located at the heart of Turtle Island became the largest assembly of Indigenous peoples in recent history. Gathered nations confronted big energy’s extreme extraction through the strength of their ceremonies, histories, and connections. Despite being met with violence, many who brought their best intentions to this historic fight continue to expand their love and sovereignty - while they shift our world away from the trauma and isolation of modern days.
The film is based around the prophecy of the Eagle and Condor that originates with nations from the South and features ceremony held at the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) site on Indigenous People’s Day, October 10th, 2016. The ancient prophecy predicted the epic Standing Rock water protection actions – and continues to challenge all to identify and unite our gifts and power.
https://vimeo.com/257051628?ref=fb-share&1
See also: https://freespeech.org/announcements/live-worldwide-premiere-the-eagle-and-the-condor/
Several members of the University community, including students and staff, traveled to Standing Rock in 2016, while others were actively engaged on the ground in Norway. Artists and activists from Romsa/Tromsø organized several events in solidarity with the people of Standing Rock and the water protectors and resisters of DAPL -- "The Black Snake."
The observance of Indigenous People’s Day arose out of a demonstrated resistance to the celebration of Columbus Day. Since 1992, many Universities and even cities refused to observe Columbus Day as a federal holiday. Beginning in 2014, multiple cities and institutions officially replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day. Here is a link about “Indigenous People’s Day” in the USA http://time.com/4968067/indigenous-peoples-day-columbus-day-cities/.
Some of the other organizations, institutions of higher education, and communities that are also participating in the global release are the following: Eastern Montana University, Northwestern University Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, Augsburg University Native American Film Series, University of Massachusetts-Boston, University of Michigan, Conrad Grebel University College/University of Waterloo, Simon Frasier University, Six Nations Territory, Western Kentucky University, Adriana Betti and the Cuautli Mitotiani Mexica Group in Berkley, Hamilton/Wentworth School District of Ontario, Echo Valley Farm of Wisconsin, Showing Up for Social Justice (Rochester, NY), Northland College, Seattle community, Apotheosis Farm (MD), and University of Vermont.
Bures boahtin! Velkommen! Welcome!