| Beyond The Mesas
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Produced with the full participation of the The Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, Beyond The Mesas tells the stories of the federal government's efforts to assimilate and acculturate Hopis, the visit by four Hopi chiefs to Washington, the subsequent Oraibi split, and the forced removal and experiences of Hopi children in off-reservation boarding schools such as the Sherman Institute and the Phoenix and Stewart Indian Schools.
Faced with the enforced loss of their language in their children, vastly outnumbered by a technologically advanced military that had the power to annihilate them, enlightened Hopi leadership sought a peaceful middle ground that would preserve the best of Hopi culture and combine it with the best of the white man's culture. Both federal policies and pressure to resist from within the Hopi community challenged this strategy. View Trailer and Educational Materials |
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| Beautiful Resistance
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From 1879, and as late as the 1950s, America attempted to destroy Native Culture through the Boarding School system, where the educational dictum was "Kill the Indian to save the man". "Beautiful Resistance" tells the story of contemporary Native artists and their courageous efforts to keep their culture alive by communicating their stories, myths and evolving emotions and lifestyles through their art. View Trailer and Educational Materials |
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| The Indian Boarding Schools: Keeping the Culture alive
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A two part series: BEYOND THE MESAS and
BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE. Courageous personal and inspiring stories of how three generations of Native Americans have struggled and continue to stuggle to keep their culture alive despite the US Government's attempt to elimiate their culture through the stringent Indian Boarding system. (2 DVDs) View Trailer and Educational Materials |
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| Gullah
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This is the trailer for Gullah, a documentary about the culture preserved by the descendants of the original slaves who have never left St. Helena Island, South Carolina where their ancestors endured their servitude. View Trailer and Educational Materials |
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| Old Man River
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Cynthia Gates Fujikawa's dramatic story of how she discovered her father's secret past which involved the Japanese American Internment camps, his heroism in World War II and a sister she never knew. View Trailer and Educational Materials |
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| Onami: The Great Wave
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Children's picture book with an animated claymation DVD (13 min) based on a Zen tale about a young wrestler's journey to gain self confidence. View Trailer and Educational Materials |
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