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Warrior Women: Mothers and Daughters Fighting for Indigenous Rights in the American Indian Movement

Sateren Auditorium, 1977 S 7th 1/2 St, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA 1977 S 7th 1/2 St,, Minneapolis, MN, United States

  The Augsburg Native American Film Series presents Warrior Women: Mothers and Daughters Fighting for Indigenous Rights in the American Indian Movement on Saturday October 5, 2019.    Warrior Women looks at the history of Indigenous activism as lived and led by AIM activist Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter Marcy.  The film traces Madonna’s work … Continue reading "Warrior Women: Mothers and Daughters Fighting for Indigenous Rights in the American Indian Movement"

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Crying Earth Rise Up

Sateren Auditorium, 1977 S 7th 1/2 St, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA 1977 S 7th 1/2 St,, Minneapolis, MN, United States

The Augsburg Native American Film Series presents Crying Earth Rise Up.  Crying Earth Rise Up tells the story of Debra White Plume and Elisha Yellow Thunder’s efforts to stop the uranium mining contaminating their community’s drinking water. Informed by Native perspectives and belief systems, the film addresses the sacred relationship between water and life itself, as … Continue reading "Crying Earth Rise Up"

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Blood Memory

Sateren Auditorium, 1977 S 7th 1/2 St, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA 1977 S 7th 1/2 St,, Minneapolis, MN, United States

The Native American Film Series presents Blood Memory,  a true life “dark-horse political thriller”, tells Sandy White Hawk’s story of adoption out of her home community at a young age and her work to help the “stolen generation” of the American Indian Adoption Era return home.  Intertwined with her saga is that of Mark Fiddler, an ICWA … Continue reading "Blood Memory"

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Protecting Indigenous And Sacred Land Through Media: Bears Ears And Other Current Struggles

Sateren Auditorium, 1977 S 7th 1/2 St, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA 1977 S 7th 1/2 St,, Minneapolis, MN, United States

The Augsburg Native American Film Series presents Angelo Baca (Navajo and Hopi) screening his film of Shásh Jaa’ (Bears Ears) followed by a discussion of current Indigenous land struggles concerning land, water, and natural resources.  Shásh Jaa’ (Bears Ears) encompasses 1.9 million acres of southeastern Utah wilderness and is considered sacred lands to local Native … Continue reading "Protecting Indigenous And Sacred Land Through Media: Bears Ears And Other Current Struggles"