WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2005

Time

Event

Location

10:00 am

Opening blessing by Snoqualmie Drum Group

Carlson

10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Film:  Broken Chain (1993) This feature film shows the complex relationship between the native tribes and the English during the time of the American Revolution. Thayendanega (Eric Schweig), the famous Iroqouis war chief known as Joseph Brandt, allied with the British and led a number of daring and bloody raids while his blood brother, Lohaheo, tries in vain to keep his people neutral in hopes of preserving the Confederacy of the Six Nations. Add to the mix, Sir William Johnson (Pierce Brosnan), an Englishman who admires the Iroquois but manipulates them for the purposes of the English. Our own Phil Lucas was a producer on this film and will speak about the making of it.

Carlson

12:30 to 1:30 pm

Film: Healing the Hurts (1989) Phil Lucas’ profoundly moving video spotlights the effects of the government’s policy of termination in which Native American children were removed from their homes and put into residential boarding schools to assimilate to white culture. The schools, started in the 1880s, continued their operation into the first half of the 20th century in both the United States and Canada. Native American children were beaten when they spoke their own language and subject to other horrific abuses. In Healing the Hurts, former boarding school and foster home residents from Canada and the United States participate in a four-day culturally-based “healing” process at Alkali Lake Indian Band Reserve in British Columbia.

Carlson

Film: Hidalgo (2004) Hidalgo is the name of a legendary Mustang, a mixed breed horse wild in its native plains habitat but tamed by Native Americans. Hidalgo's owner was mixed Lakota and white Pony Express courier, Frank T. Hopkins (Viggio Mortensen), who witnessed the slaughter of his mother's people at Wounded Knee in 1890 and became a drunken drifter. Approached by a wealthy Shiek, Hopkins and Hidalgo compete in the 3,000- mile Ocean of Fire endurance race in the Arabian desert.

Carlson

Leengit Kusti Dance Troupe

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2005

10:00 am

Blessing by Zandra Apple with the introduction of the four shirtwearers. Zandra Apple, an Oglala Sioux, is a student at Bellevue Community College majoring in video production. It was through her persistence that Eloise Cobell (of the landmark case Cobell vs Norton) was persuaded to come to BCC. In 2004, Zandra persuaded Charlotte Black Elk, Lakota spiritual leader and chief advocate of the return of the Black Hills, to come to speak at BCC.

C 120 AB

10:30 to 11:20 am

Forum on Tribal Gaming (Session 1). Tribal gaming faces challenges on a number of fronts including during the last Washington state elections. What are the facts about tribal gaming? How does it fit into the economic and social development of American Indians. The Native American Student Association sponsors two forums on tribal gaming with Clearwater Casino CEO, Russell Steele; Counsel for the Puyallup, Bernice Delorme; Muckleshoot and  Snoqualmie Economic Director, Ray Mullen.

C 120 AB

12:30 to 1:20 pm

Forum on Tribal Gaming (Session 2).

C 120 AB

1:30 pm

Film: Running Brave (1983). The story of the legendary Lakota distance runner Billy Mills (Robby Benson) who won an Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meters. He ran an incredible race but more than that he led an incredible life. Billy Mills has continued to be an inspiration to the Lakota.

C 120 AB

Film: Zapatista (1998). The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) caused the indigenous people in the state of Chiapas to lose the rights to their lands. A band of rebels called the Zapatista National Liberation Army rose up to fight the Mexican military. In 1996, three students from the US and Europe armed with only credit cards and two digital video cameras document the rebellion. Benjamin Eichert, filmmaker, will speak on the making of this film.

C 120 AB

Film: Zapatista (1998) See description above.

C 120 AB

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2005

9:30 - 11:00 am

Film: Raoni (1978). Marlon Brando narrates this documentary on indigenous people struggling to survive in their endangered habitat. Raoni is the Chief of the dwindling Megkronoti tribe and has become an internationally recognized spokesman against the rapacity of multinational corporations and the short-sightedness of governmental policy for destruction of the Amazon rain forest, an action that holds the promise of environmental disaster for every human being on Earth.

C 120 AB

11:00 am

Talk on Raoni by Professor Eduardo Gomes, Associate Professor of Political Science, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Gomes received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1998. His focus of study is comparative political economies, interest politics and contemporary political theory.

12:00 pm

Closing ceremony with Pejuta Drum Group.

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Potluck ($5 donation) fundraiser for Native American Students Association.

C 130 AB