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what is a land acknowledgement? you wrote something about that in your post on rez dogs.

Hello! In short, a 'land acknowledgments' is a formal statement that recognizes, respects and honors the land and environment of the Native/Indigenous people's (stewards of the land) -past, present and future - whose land and traditional territories that you are standing on. Land acknowledgment is a gesture to help correct the stories, often incorrect history and practices that erase who Native/Indigenous people are - our history, culture and language.

This is becoming a common practice at the start of meetings, events, conferences, or at the entrance of museums. I have even started to see sports teams do this at the start of games (like the Chicago Blackhawks - but their mascot name needs to go, Indian mascots is a topic that I can also go into). Some give great ones, look up the Burke Museum's land acknowledgement while others are super cringe (cough, cough - Vancouver Island University).

You also have to remember it is more than just acknowledging whose land you stand on. It is a great first step but there has to be action. Learn about the Native peoples in your community. Most major US and Canadian cities have Indian centers and they are such great resources. If your city is derived from Native name, learn the correct pronunciation of that city. Learn about the real history of Native peoples - colonization, boarding schools, etc., not just what the textbooks say.

We Native people are not things of the past - we are here and we are thriving. Learn about current events that are affecting Native people's today such as Oil Pipeline protests, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), and boarding school survivors. Support Native talent, there are TV shows such as Rutherford Falls and Rez Dogs, amazing Native authors such as Angeline Boulley, singers like Samantha Crain, are just a few of the many, incredible talents that are out there right now.

This is just a very SHORT explanation of land acknowledgement. There is so much great information out there on this subject and I encourage you to research and learn more about it.

One resource I like is: https://native-land.ca/

This website shows exactly whose land you are on.

The reason I brought it up was because of the funny way 'Reservation Dogs' included it in their recent episode. It was a very tongue in cheek and HILAROUS way because they went a step further by adding more to the their land acknowledgement by acknowledging the Neanderthal relatives, the Dinosaur Nation Oyate's (relatives) and the Reptilians Relatives - above and below Earth (this was clever nod and Easter egg because the woman playing the facilitator is in the new 'Prey' movie).

If you are not watching 'Reservation Dogs' I also HIGHLY encourage you to do so. It is a great representation of Native life through the eyes of four teenagers.

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The 2017 Black Hills Film Festival

Every year I promise myself that I’m going to go to the Black Hills Film Festival. I haven’t bought my ticket yet but this year I’m really hoping to go! Since 2010 Hill City, South Dakota has hosted the annual Black Hills Film Festival. This event brings together filmmakers and the public and offers not only screenings of short and long independent films, but also seminars and workshops with Industry Experts. This is a true celebration of independent cinema and the maverick storytellers who work magic at bringing their stories to film and sharing them with the public. Last year the Black Hills Film Festival awarded their People’s Choice Award to the film “Lakota Girls”, produced and directed by Russell and Molli Cameron of Chicago. The film was an homage to Molli’s great-grandmother, a South Dakota schoolteacher who married a Native American man. The 2017 Black Hills Film Festival will be held April 26th through 29th. Most films will be screened in Hill City (although some will be seen in Rapid City). The films to be screened at the 2017 Festival include:

Rapid City Art Alley

ASPIRE TO BE YOU Thursday, April 27 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm Sunday, April 30 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 1 pm Rapid City, SD, USA, Short Film, 1 minute Produced and Directed by Jedadia Richards A positive message for children and teens is communicated from Rapid City’s Art Alley.

Albedo Absolute

ALBEDO ABSOLUTE Thursday, April 27 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm Sunday, April 30 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 3:15 pm USA, Short Film, 15 minutes Produced by Elena Baranova Directed by Vlad Marsavin Two young sisters disobey their parents’ warning to stay out of the forest where a strange opening leads to a mysterious world. Their curiosity sends them on a startling journey of no return.

Diverge

DIVERGE Thursday, April 27 – Journey Museum – 1 pm Saturday, April 29 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 1 pm USA, Feature Film, 85 minutes Produced by Noah Lang & David Mandel Directed by James Morrison In the aftermath of a global pandemic, one survivor is given the chance to travel across time to stop the cataclysmic event and regain everything he has lost. But he must confront the man responsible for sowing the seeds of humankind’s destruction – his past self.

Duffy’s Jacket

DUFFY’S JACKET Thursday, April 27 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm Aberdeen, SD, USA, Short Film, 9 minutes Produced by Terra McQuillen Directed by Brian Hoesing A forgetful teen and his two cousins awaken something strange in the woods.

Floating Horses The Life of Casey Tibbs

FLOATING HORSES: The Life of Casey Tibbs Wednesday, April 26 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm WORLD PREMIERE South Dakota, USA, Feature Documentary, 95 minutes Produced & Directed by Justin Koehler Casey Tibbs is celebrated as the cowboy who elevated rodeo from its corrupt contests of the early 1900s into the multimillion-dollar sport it is today. America’s most beloved cowboy, Casey and his unpredictable life had its grand victories and cheerless crashes, yet as the film proves, Casey’s legend lives larger now than it did when he danced with saddle-broncs and graced the silver screens. Get ready to ‘Let’er Buck!’

MNI WICONI – The Stand at Standing Rock (Lucian Read)

MNI WICONI – The Stand at Standing Rock Thursday, April 27 – Journey Museum – 3:15 pm Saturday, April 29 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 1 pm USA, Short Documentary, 8 minutes Produced by Lisa Diamond Directed by Lucian Read Mni Wiconi is Lakota for “water is life,” the rallying call for the movement opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Water protectors share their story and mission.

Neither Wolf Nor Dog

NEITHER WOLF NOR DOG Friday, April 28 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm South Dakota, USA, Feature Film, 110 minutes Produced & Directed by Steven Lewis Simpson A road movie in which a Lakota elder and his closest friend drag a white author through the heart of Native American Country, forcing the author into a deep understanding of contemporary native life. Based on the book by Kent Nerburn.

One More Game

ONE MORE GAME Saturday, April 29 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 7 pm Kyle, South Dakota, USA, Short Film, 8 minutes Produced and Directed by Michael LaysBad Two friends pass time with video games, when something unexpected happens.

Photobomb

PHOTOBOMB Wednesday, April 26 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm Saturday, April 29 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 7 pm USA, Short Film, 5 minutes Produced by Kathy and Don Sniffin Directed by Don Sniffin During a visit with his grandpa, Jeremy learns they share a family affliction: an inability to smile on camera. With a little help from grandma, Jeremy is determined to capture an award-winning smile.

Ronnie Bodean

RONNIE BODEAN Friday, April 28 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm Saturday, April 29 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 7 pm USA, Short Film, 12 minutes Produced by Steven Judd, Ken Kristensen, Sha’ree Green, & Wendy A. Parker Directed by Steven Judd Ronnie BoDean is a larger-than-life “toughman” suffering from a mean hangover. When his neighbor is jailed, he shows her two precocious kids some modern survival skills. Starring Wes Studi.

She Sings To The Stars

SHE SINGS TO THE STARS Friday, April 28 – Journey Museum – 3:15 pm USA, Feature Film, 106 minutes Produced by Jonathan Corcoran Directed by Jennifer Corcoran In the Southwest desert, a Native American grandmother lives alone tending her corn. Her grandson and a white, aging magician and his rabbit become stranded there. No water. Rattlesnakes. A river of stars. Everything changes: anything is possible.

THE BRIDGE Friday, April 28 – Journey Museum – 1 pm USA, Short Film, 10 minutes Produced by Luke Doyle Directed by Colton Constanzo Clay, a young civil engineer, returns to his hometown on assignment, where he confronts an old family friend and his opinion about an upcoming engineering project. Though Clay hopes to change his friend’s outlook, his own view is tested.

The Last Steps

THE LAST STEPS Wednesday, April 26 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm USA, Short Documentary, 30 minutes Produced by CNN Films and Great Big Story Directed by Todd Douglas Miller From the director of Emmy Award-winning Dinosaur 13, The Last Steps follows the Apollo 17 mission, our last trip to the moon. Using only archival footage and audio from Houston’s Mission Control and the astronauts themselves, the compelling film gives viewers a direct cinema experience from liftoff to splashdown.

The People

THE PEOPLE Thursday, April 27 – Journey Museum – 1 pm South Dakota, USA, Short Film, 22 minutes Produced by Angel White Eyes and Willi White Directed by Willi White Set in a dystopia 71 years into the future, when Native lands and rights are gone, and poverty, oppression and civil war have laid ruin to U.S. democracy, Reservations are now encampments guarded by private military security. This is the world where Itancan lives, and he will do anything to escape it.

The Wedding Invitation

THE WEDDING INVITATION Saturday, April 29 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 7 pm USA, Feature Film, 90 minutes Produced and Directed by Rainy Kerwin Three best friends need dates to the wedding of a lifetime. They have one week to track down their crushes and turn them into plus-ones, so they need to break all of the dating rules to make it happen. This romantic comedy is sweet, a little bawdy, but definitely fun. (Adult Content)

We Are A Horse Nation

WE ARE A HORSE NATION Thursday, April 27 – Journey Museum – 3:15 pm South Dakota, USA, Short Documentary, 34 minutes Produced and Directed by Keith Braveheart Through the voices of the Oceti Sakowin (Lakota, Dakota and Nakota), the film tells stories, shares songs and knowledge about a way of life of the Sunka Wakan Oyate (Horse Nation). Also featured are Oceti Sakowin youth as they develop healing relationships with and understanding of the Horse Nation.

West Virginia Stories

WEST VIRGINIA STORIES Friday, April 28 – Journey Museum – 1 pm Saturday, April 29 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 3:15 pm USA, Feature Film, 88 minutes Produced by Colleen Kelly, Richard Moon & Isabel J. Hildebrandt Directed by Preston Peterson & Jason Boesch People who live in and around a small town in the coal-mining country of Appalachia confront life and death in three intertwined vignettes. A story of connection and isolation, of being home and distant at the same time, audiences witness how the outside world comes crashing down on a small, but not-so-simple community.

Wild Prairie Rose

WILD PRAIRIE ROSE Thursday, April 27 – Elks Theatre – 7 pm Sunday, April 30 – MOVIES in the LOFT – 3:15 pm South Dakota, USA, Feature Film, 90 minutes Produced by Carol Monroe Directed by Deborah LaVine Rose returns to her small hometown to care for her ailing mother. Once there, she befriends a deaf man, and the two embark on a project that challenges them both, and leads Rose to an unexpected conclusion. Set in 1952 and filmed in Beresford, SD.

The Black Hills Film Festival strives to bring the highest quality short, full-length and documentary films to our region and to bring recognition to independent film as an art form. The Festival also provides opportunities for filmmakers to further their education. The Festival takes place in Hill City, taking over the small mountain town each springtime since 2010. There are parties, receptions, and seminars throughout the week’s events, along with film screenings and voting. Past workshops have been conducted by Academy Award-winning filmmakers, costumers and make-up artists from around the world as well as film producers and financiers who show the how-tos of getting independent films made. Additional courses show burgeoning auteurs how to address film techniques and casting choices. These workshops are free to the attending filmmakers, the true stars of the festival. Award winners take home custom bronze trophies, cash prizes and contact info for many new supporters of their work. Special attention is given to South Dakota films and projects focused on Native American themes. Film Producer Sean believes that the classes help film artists learn and share their skills. “I think making films today is cheaper than it’s ever been. The barrier to entry is lower than it’s ever been, and ways to get it out there are easier than it’s ever been, right, so I see a lot of people who are getting ready to make movies, but when we talk about actually writing the screenplay, they’re surprised to learn a lot of stuff that could trip them up if they don’t figure it out before they start shooting, and that’s what we’re going to talk about today. This is an event for everyone to enjoy, including the public. Freelance Writer, Kristin Donnan said,

“You can actually walk up to that same filmmaker, who you can’t get a ticket to see, and have a conversation, shake hands, talk, learn about what they’re doing, so anybody who likes film, any level of interest or expertise you’re welcome here and you’ll have a great time.”

This year many are looking forward to viewing the documentary “Floating Horses: The Life of Casey Tibbs” about rodeo legend Casey Tibbs. This will be the world premiere of the film, produced by South Dakota native Justin Koehler. Following the Black Hills Film Festival, Koehler plans to host a private screening of the film in Pierre. Tibbs was originally from Fort Pierre. He won a record six professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association saddle bronc riding championships between 1949 and 1955 as well as two all-around cowboy championships and a bareback riding title. Casey Tibbs, known as “the Babe Ruth of rodeo” passed away in 1990 and the film includes rare film footage of the star. As a freelance writer and blogger with a love for independent film and storytelling, I’m hoping to be in attendance most of the week during the Black Hills Film Festival. If so, I plan to interview a variety of people from the film industry. Look for a follow-up blog after the event – or come join me in Hill City that weekend!

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