Regina's two events!

[Above] A photograph from Natani Notah's performance piece #TSIIYÉEŁPOWERED. Notah is a Native artist whose work focuses on missing, murdered and indigenous women as well as her family's own history. She got her MFA from Stanford and came to the Harmony House earlier in the quarter to give a talk. The performance piece was filmed and shows Notah wearing three TSIIYÉEŁs.I was really inspired by Notah, especially when she shared with us how she uses social media to bring awareness to these important issues. (She's the one who started the "and Native Americans") social media movement.

[Below] Nanoia Thompson's talk (featuring Vance!).  I really enjoyed listening to Thompson speak about how his Native Hawaiian heritage connected with his passion for the earth. One part of his talk that really struck me was when he talked about how Native Hawaiian history carries so much shame. It made me think about the consequences of intergenerational trauma and how pain and suffering can be passed down along family lines. Also, Thompson's journey—both physical and personal—really moved me. 

Foster- Two events

Here are my two events that I attended. On the left is a picture of David eating Delphines Buffalo Chili, Cherry Wojapi, and fry bread for the Lakota Traditional Dinner. It was a fun time eating such amazing food and being around Lakota elders that were there. On the right is Brett Shelton (Oglala Lakota) who is a peacemaker of the Native American Rights Fund NARF. He talked about the work that he does and this specific project he helped with on the Pine Ridge Rez which worked on incorporating the Lakota language and culture into policy and law.

2/20/19 Hawaii History Make-up

For those who did not attend tonight's House Sem, please watch this short documentary on Nainoa Thompson. What did you learn? What are you thoughts?

https://www.pbs.org/video/long-story-short-leslie-wilcox-nainoa-thompson/

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MMIW make up

For those who did not attend the MMIW panel, please watch this 35 min video on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women called Our Sisters In Spirit. What did you learn? What are your thoughts? Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdzM6krfaKY
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Naturally Native part 2

For those who weren't in class when we finished Naturally Native we talked about how the movie touched upon issues such as alcoholism, MMIW, growing up on the reservation v not (urban), tribal sovereignty, selling your indigeneity, tribal enrollment numbers, etc. We also came to the conclusion that this movie sort of beat around the bush when it came to these issues. If you were to update the movie now, what would that look like? OR What native issues would you include in the movie that weren't touched upon. 

If you were at the discussion at the end of class you do not have to respond. But if you have more thoughts we'd love to hear them :)