The First Ever Oyateunderground Film Festival: Celebrating the lens of the societal guerrilla. 7:00 PM:
Oyateunderground Films Siyotanka Sakowin
9:53
A Lakota Made Production. Wanbli WiWohkpe's uniquely played flutes soar with innate Power and Authority.
Traditional while cutting edge, Siyotanka Sakowin is a Bull Elk's Sunrise Bugle.
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Tatanka Films Columbus Day AIM Protest Denver 2007 Film
9:07
Columbus Day Protest in Denver 2007. Speeches by AIM Leaders Russell Means and Glenn Morris.
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Sky Eyez Productions Remember who we are-Think NDN
6:57
The video is a rough edit of some clips I obtained from the 2007 Canoe Journey in Lummi. I spoke to on of the members of Savage Family about making a music video. this isn't a music video. I just thought I would put something together with the interview of Suzette Amaya, the video footage of the canoes out on the water travelling from Anacortes to Lummi, and the music of Savage Family.
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Harlem Indian Rez
6:05
GrosVentre, Assiniboine, Dakota, Salish, and Pend O'reille- Mixed blood Indian continues to edit on his movie project with flaws and all. The picture develops. Robert puts up tipi under freeway in downtown Seattle.
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Oyateunderground Films Lakin’s Flame: The Artwork Of Leighton Rich
14:47
Ledger Art by Leighton Rich. Narrated by Marletta Pacheco
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Anpetu Luta
2:59
Anpetu Luta (red day) is a Lakota Made Production. Richly hued and textured sounds and images reflect the winsome mystery of the Red Day (daytime).
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Squirrels Can’t Talk
1:21
can they?
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Studio
3:42
A Lakota Made Production. This video shares creative process and inspiration, with images of Dakota writer/musician/activist Zitkala Sa (Gertrude Simmons) and the words of Matthew King (Noble Red Man). Artwork and Music by Denise Giago from her show "Where Meet the Blue and Green”.
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Alive!
3:41
117 years after the Wounded Knee Massacre,
We Lakota are still alive! Our spirits are still free. A Lakota Made Production. Mitakuye Oyasin, this short film is a celebration, of being alive, of being Lakota and of being a free human. It is for the Lakota Oyate Ki, my Tiospaye, for all those who have come before and for all those who have yet to be. Wopila!
Song: Abalone Zamboni
by D.Giago and Harry S. Lee
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LAKOTA FREEDOM!
3:01
Russell Means has consistantly pushed for Lakota Sovereignty, which we as Indigenous Peoples deserve. The Oyateunderground Supports The Republic Of Lakotah!
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siyotankaki
16:00
World Premiere! Oyateunderground Films/Passenger Productions Present:
Riding With Ghosts
83 minutes
Riding with Ghosts is a story of struggle and strength, pain and healing. This is a story of the Lakota Nation; straight from the voices of the people on the streets and reservations across South Dakota. Confronting ghosts of the past, these voices articulate the struggle with dominant society and how healing has been found through traditional Lifeways in the face of the Occupation. Told from the mouths of grieving mothers, gang members, and earnest seekers, this film confronts the stereotypes which threaten to place the Lakota Nation forever on the shelf of tourist trinkets and clichés.
WINNER 2006 American Indian Genocide Museum
Houston, Texas
WINNER 2007 Best Feature Length Documentary First peoples Festival
Montreal, Canada
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10:00PM
Savage Family SAVAGE FAMILY HGS IS A COLLECTIVE OF A MOVEMENT/RESISTANCE THAT EXISTS WITH OR WITHOUT US AND WITH OR WITHOUT A NAME. SAVAGE FAMILY HGS REPRESENTS THE VOICE OF OUR PEOPLE, A PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND UNHEARD FOR YEARS. WE ARE THE FORGOTTEN, THE PEOPLE WITHOUT NAMES, FACES, AND VOICES. WE ARE SACRED IN OUR IMPOSED SILENCE HOWEVER AND WE WILL BE SILENT NO LONGER. SAVAGE FAMILY HGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE ABILITY TO SPEAK THROUGH MUSIC (HIP HOP). WHAT WE SPEAK, SOME MAY WISH TO NOT HEAR BUT IT IS TRUTH AND A REALITY OF WHAT HAS EXISTED AND IS CORRODING OUR COMMUNITIES, LIES. BUT AS OUR PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US "LIES HAVE SPEED, BUT THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH HAS ENDURANCE." THAT TRUTH OF OUR BEAUTY, OF OUR SIGNIFICANCE AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO THE WORLD HAS ENDURED AND WILL ENDURE AS LONG AS OUR SPIRIT EXISTS CONNECTED TO ALL THAT IS SACRED. WE STAND IN DEFENSE OF EVERYTHING THAT CONTINUES TO DESTROY OUR COMMUNITIES. THE LIES OF MONEY POWER AND RESPECT THAT HAVE INFULTRATED OUR LIVES THROUGH MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND SELLOUT LEADERSHIP THAT HOLDS DUEL ALLEGIANCES TO A FOREIGN COLONIZING POWER. WE CAN NO LONGER RESPECT THAT. WITH THESE FORMS OF SELF PROCLAIMED LEADERSHIP OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL APART UNTIL LITTLE/NOTHING IS LEFT. WE STAND AGAINST THAT WITH WHATEVER LITTLE WE CAN OFFER. EVERYONE WHO STANDS IN STRUGGLE AGAINST THE MURDER OF OUR PEOPLES AND CULTURES IS A PART OF US AS WE ARE A PART OF THEM. THEY INFLUENCE OUR EVERY MOVEMENT. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MUSIC FILLED WITH LIES ABOUT MONEY, POWER, RESPECT, CASH, CARS, JEWELRY, WOMEN, ETC. ETC. THIS IS NOT THE MUSIC YOU WILL WANT TO LISTEN TO. OUR PEOPLE WERE, AND ARE, BEAUTIFUL IN OUR BELIEFS, VALUES, AND TRADITIONS WHICH WERE COMPLETELY CONTRADICTARY TO THIS CONTERFEIT MODEL OF WHAT MAKES A PERSON IMPORANT. WE STAND WITHOUT FEAR OF CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT WE WILL DO TO ALLOW OUR PEOPLE TO WITHRDAW THEMSELVES FROM THE DARKNESS THAT HAS BEEN IMPOSED UPON THEM. THE SHADOWS AND THE BLINDFOLDS THAT HAVE COVERED THERE MINDS, BODIES, AND SPIRITS. STEAL THE SUN BACK!!!!!!!!!!! "IF WE DIE WE ARE REZURRECTED IN ANOTHER NATIVE'S MESSAGE." SAVAGE FAMILY HIGHERGROUNDSOFSTRUGGLE