Indigenous Peoples Day is everyday and what what we need to do is to support our Indigenous brothers and sisters in their struggles. We support and recognize the Ute Mountain Ute tribal members and the White Mesa community in their efforts to protect their relatives from the dangers of uranium at the White Mesa Mill,…
Mahalo nui loa, Dr. Haunani Kay-Trask
It is with a heavy heart to report the walking on of Dr. Haunani Kay-Trask (Kanaka Maoli), one of our early and strongest proponents of Indigenous sovereignty, freedom, independence, and action. A shining example of Indigenous women strength, wisdom, guidance, and inspirational teachers across all Indigenous groups. I wanted to honor her by sharing this…
“Public Trust” Documentary Film
Despite support from voters across the political spectrum, our public lands face unprecedented threats from extractive industries and the politicians in their pockets. Part love letter, part political exposé, Public Trust investigates how we arrived at this precarious moment through three heated conflicts—a national monument in the Utah desert, a mine in the Boundary Waters…
October 9, 2019 ATALM film screening
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums is dedicated to preserving and advancing the language, history, culture, and lifeways of indigenous peoples. In 2018, it offered professionally guided learning opportunities to over 2,600 tribal cultural practitioners from 352 Native Nations, as well as online training to an additional 1,432 participants. The Association supported 282…
Screening tonight on Feb. 6, 2019 in ABQ
At 815pm at the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture in the George Pearl Hall Auditorium will be an evening screening of “Shash Jaa’: Bears Ears” followed by a question and answer session and an update on the latest news from San Juan County, Utah and the current situation on the Bears Ears National…
LA Skins Film Festival: Screening on Sunday 6-8pm Block
Thanks to the LA Skins Film Festival for screening Shash Jaa’: Bears Ears this Sunday during the Native American Activism section from 6-8pm at the Chinese Theatre on November 18, 2018! It is an honor to be screening at this very prestigious film festival and I am looking forward to attending. Thanks!
BLM Comment Period Open: Use your voice to be heard now about public lands!
Durango Telegraph story by Missy Votel Here’s one more reason to head to the desert over spring break next week – the BLM has announced it will be holding public scoping meetings on southern Utah’s two newly shrunken national monuments. But you better hurry. There will only be four meetings – two for Bear’s Ears…
Environmental Film Festival, Mother Tongue Film Festival, and National Museum of the American Indian Screening
On March 17th, “Shash Jaa’: Bears Ears” screened to a full house of more than 340 people at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. Standing room only, the short showed with another great documentary film entitled “Then, Now, and Forever: Zuni in the Grand Canyon” about the Zuni sacred lands…
NARF Presser on Bears Ears — Turtle Talk
Here: President Trump’s action to revoke and replace the Bears Ears National Monument is not only an attack on the five sovereign nations with deep ties to the Bears Ears region, it is a complete violation of the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution. No president has ever revoked and replaced a national monument […]…
Hopi Tribe Celebrates Bears Ears National Monument Proclamation — Angles & Momentum
For Immediate Release December 29, 2016 Kykotsmovi, Ariz. – Today Hopi Tribal Chairman Herman G. Honanie applauds President Obama’s designation of the Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) under the Antiquities Act of 1906. This is a landmark decision culminating a broad collaborative effort between conservation groups, federal and state governments and five tribal groups including…
Hisat’sinom to Hopi: Establishing Cultural Affiliation in the Bears Ears Landscape — Angles & Momentum
As part of a 3 day hiking tour of archaeological sites in the Bears Ears National Monument (BENM), I was asked to share a personal perspective based on my experiences as an archaeologist, outdoor guide and person of Hopi descent. When it comes to the Bears Ears, issues such as preservation archaeology, tourism and Indigenous […]…
Shash Jaa': Bears Ears - official film website 