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If “Reservation Dogs” tells a comedic, myth- and spirit-filled story of life on the reservation, the debut film, “War Pony,” from Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, Riley Keough, is the dramatic version, telling a darker story.
The feature debut from the directing partnership of Keough and Gina Gammell, “War Pony” won the Caméra d’Or for best first feature at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It is set for release by Momentum Pictures in the United States starting July 28.
“I feel like the movie itself built up organically,” executive producer Pte Cante Win Poor Bear, Oglala Lakota, told ICT in a Zoom call with cast members. “It’s the same with the script. It was a gradual, organic process. Plus we had an amazing casting director … Most of the crew and the cast is from Pine Ridge, except for one from Rosebud.” READ MORE. Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
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Celebrated Indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson has been selected to represent the United States at the 60th Venice Biennale in Italy next year in a solo exhibition at the U.S. Pavilion that was commissioned by SITE Santa Fe and the Portland Art Museum in Oregon.
The Biennale, held in Venice, Italy, is considered to be the most prestigious art fair in the global art market and is often referred to as the “Olympics of the art world.”
Gibson, a citizen of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, is the first Indigenous artist to represent the U.S. with a solo exhibition in the 129-year history of the Venice Biennale.
The Biennale will provide international audiences with the first major opportunity to experience Gibson’s work outside the U.S. READ MORE.— Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
An acclaimed visual artist, two museum directors, an architect and a playwright are among the new Indigenous trustees appointed by President Joe Biden to the Institute of American Indian Arts.
The White House announced on July 14 the appointment of new members Johnpaul Jones, Choctaw and Cherokee; Madeline Fielding Sayet, Mohegan; Jane Semple Umsted, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Rose B. Simpson, Santa Clara Pueblo; and Manuelito Wheeler, Navajo Nation.
“We are very gratified and honored by the President’s addition of these eminent Native American professionals and artists to our distinguished board of trustees,” IAIA board Chair Loren Kieve, Cherokee Nation, said in a written statement. READ MORE. — Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
If last season blew some “Dark Winds” through the res, this season may be even darker.
Returning to AMC on July 30, Season 2 of the hit series, “Dark Winds,” finds Navajo detective Lt. Joe Leaphorn, played by Zahn McClarnon, Hunkpapa and Sihasapa Lakota, reuniting with Jim Chee, played by Kiowa Gordon, Hulapai, his former deputy turned private eye.
The series, based on the novels by Tony Hillerman, brings the two together for the new season when their seemingly separate cases put them in pursuit of the same mysterious suspect.
Deaths begin to occur in the Navajo Nation, and Leaphorn is bent on unraveling the mystery. But the deeper he investigates the more sinister it becomes, and when he finds a belt buckle his son was wearing when he died, it begins to appear it is a personal vendetta against him. READ MORE.— Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
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Michael John had an idea in the kitchen.
He worked as a chef for 15 years and always talked about the concept of a southwest-style barbecue sauce. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, the Arizona restaurant where John was working closed and he was out of a job.
Although the unfortunate circumstance opened a window for John. He had time to try what he had been thinking. He began making sauces and giving it to friends and family to try. READ MORE. — Kalle Benallie, ICT
- Caring for Indigenous children above the Arctic Circle: Boys & Girls Clubs-Alaska CEO Jen Patronas talks about what it’s like to run an afterschool program in the Arctic.
- Youth coach hopes Women’s World Cup raises soccer’s profile for Maori people in New Zealand: The sport of soccer sits far behind rugby in the national consciousness of New Zealand.
- Cooking up curiosity about Indigenous cuisine and causes: Chef Andrea Murdoch hopes those who eat her food take away the deeper knowledge of where it comes from and its ties to culture.
- Indigenous Mexican corn making a comeback: Heirloom corn in a rainbow of colors makes a comeback in Mexico, where white corn has long been king.
- Cultural hikes focus on teaching Blackfeet perseverance: A Blackfeet woman offers hikes with stories that teach about the tribe and its ties to the land.
- Diane Humetewa: First Female Native American Federal Judge.
- Illinois mascot still causing harm.
- Inside the “Sober Home” Scam Preying on Thousands of Native Americans.
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