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The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada, primarily those of the Plains cultures. It usually involves the community gathering together to pray for healing. Individuals make personal sacrifices on behalf of the community. After European colonization of the Americas, and ...
The Sundance Film Festival provides a world stage for compelling and innovative films by Native American and Indigenous filmmakers. The Festival also hosts the annual Native Forum, a program of panel discussions, filmmaker workshops, and networking events that provide opportunities for indigenous filmmakers to share their expertise and ...
Language. English. Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Catherine Bainbridge and co-directed by Alfonso Maiorana. The film profiles the impact of Indigenous musicians in Canada and the US on the development of rock music. [ 1] Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray ...
Apple announced plans to provide grants to the Sundance Institute Indigenous Program and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, as a part of the company’s Empowering ...
Ernie LaPointe (born 1948) is the great-grandson of Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake), chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota. LaPointe is a Sun Dancer, author, and orator. LaPointe had a long journey from childhood through struggles overcoming alcohol and marijuana use related to PTSD while homeless, the embracement of his culture and the spiritual ways of his ancestors, to his quest to become the ...
June 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM. Director Erica Tremblay is photographed at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023. "Fancy Dance" is her narrative feature debut. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) For ...
July 19, 2024 at 7:35 PM. Jul. 19—The New Mexico Film Office and the Sundance Institute announced Friday morning Santa Fe has been selected as one of the finalist cities being considered to host ...
Puskita, commonly referred to as the "Green Corn Ceremony" or "Busk," is the central and most festive holiday of the traditional Muscogee people. It represents not only the renewal of the annual cycle, but of the spirit and traditions of the Muscogee. This is representative of the return of summer, the ripening of the new corn, and the common ...