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"Sikumi/On the Ice"

Diverse locations across the western hemisphere where festival filmmakers shot their films are shown, from remote Native communities to clusters in urban settings. Documentary films are generally specific to tribal communities or individual Native people, fictions and experimental films less so. 

4-Wheel War Pony, White Mountain Apache - White Mountain Apache Reservation, Arizona (experimental video)

A Cielo Abierto/Under the Open Sky, Carrizalillo, Guerrero, Mexico

Acteal 10 Años de Impunidad y ¿Cuantos mas?/Acteal10 Years of Impunity and How Many More?, Tsotsil - Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico

ati-wîcahsin/It's Getting Easier, Woodland Cree - Saskatchewan, Canada

Axuni Atari/Hunter of Deer, P’urhepecha - Cocucho and Paracho, Michoacán, Mexico

Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life, Lummi Nation - Bellingham, Washington

Club Native, Mohawk - Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada

The Colony, Mi’kmaq - Montreal, Quebec, Canada (fiction)

Escape Hatch, Mohawk - Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada (fiction)

Fifteen, Swinomish - Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, La Conner, Washington

From Honey to Ashes, Ayoreo - Gran Chaco, Paraguay

A Gente Luta mas Come Fruta/We Struggle but We Eat Fruit, Ashaninka - Apiwtxa, Acre, Brazil

Good Looking, Toronto, Canada (fiction)

El Grito de la Selva/Cry of the Forest, Beni, Bolivia

The Hand Drum, Santa Fe, New Mexico (fiction)

Hill High Low, Navajo - Phoenix, Arizona

History of the Iñupiat: Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit, Iñupiat - Anaktuvak Pass, Alaska & Barrow, Alaska

Horse You See, Navajo - Churchrock Chapter, Navajo Nation, New Mexico

Indian, Seaulteux - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (fiction)

Já Me Transformei em Imagem/I've Already Become an Image, Hunukui - Mucuripe, Acre, Brazil

El Juicio de Pascual Pichún /Besieged Land, Mapuche - Temuco, Chile  

Kanien'Keha:Ka/Living the Language, Mohawk - Akwesasne Reserve  

Ki-Hi-Ka Ste': Life of Chief George Tall Chief, Osage - Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back, Mohawk - Brooklyn, New York &  Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada

The Little Prince, Algonquin - Kitcisakik, Quebec, Canada (animation)

Lumbini Park, Santa Fe, New Mexico (fiction)  

Making the River, Rogue River Nation, The Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde - Grand Ronde, Oregon

Mémère Métisse/My Métis Grandmother, Métis - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa, Nahua - Tlapa, Guerrero, Mexico & Sinaloa, Mexico

Moccasin Flats: Redemption, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (fiction)

Mokoĩ Tekoá Peteĩ Jeguatá/Two Villages, One Path, Guarani - Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil

Nikamowin/Song, Cree - God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada (experimental video)

NVision, Longmont, Colorado

Older Than America, Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota (fiction)

Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers, Xavante - Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Pachamama, Quechua - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (fiction)

Pookums, Toronto, Canada (fiction)

Pow Wow Dreams, Los Angeles, California (fiction)

Raised By Our Own Authority, La Maria Piendamó, Cauca, Colombia

Real Love, Flagstaff, Arizona (fiction)

Reservation Soldiers, Gitskan - Gitsegukla Reserve, Gitxsan Nation, British Columbia, Canada; Cree - Beardy's & Okemasis First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada; Cree - Ahtahkakoop Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada; Wainwright, Alberta, Canada; & Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 

A Return Home, Navajo - Navajo Nation, New Mexico

Save the Peaks: Sacred Sites March; Stick Mania; and Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?, Flagstaff, Arizona

Sikumi/On the Ice, Iñupiat - Barrow, Alaska (fiction)

Soy Pedro Somos Mixteco/I Am Pedro, We are Mixtec, Mixtec - California & Oaxaca, Mexico

Suma Qamaña, Sumak Kausay, Teko Kavi/For a Better Life, Bolivia

This Is Me, Ojibwe -  Minneapolis, Minnesota

Tkaronto, Toronto, Canada (fiction)

Two Spirited, Secwepemc - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Umiaq Skin Boat, Inuit - Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada

Untitled, Shinnecock - Shinnecock Nation, Southampton, New York

We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears, Cherokee - Georgia & Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Weaving Worlds, Navajo - Navajo Nation, Arizona and New Mexico

Writing the Land, Musqueam - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Xankuchka Ia/That Was All, P’urhepecha - Michoacan, Mexico (fiction)

Image credit: From the film Sikumi/On the Ice - photograph by Cary Fukunaga

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"4-Wheel War Pony",  White Mountain Apache - White Mountain Apache Reservation, Arizona "A Cielo Abierto/Under the Open Sky", Carrizalillo, Guerrero, Mexico "Acteal 10 Años de Impunidad/Acteal 10 Years with Impunity", Tsotsil - Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico "ati-wîcahsin/It’s Getting Easier", Woodland Cree, Saskatchewan, Canada "Axuni Atari/Hunter of Deer", P’urhepecha - Cocucho and Paracho, Michoacán, Mexico "Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life", Lummi Nation, Bellingham, Washington  "Club Native", Mohawk - Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada "Escape Hatch", Mohawk - Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada "The Colony", Mi’kmaq - Montreal, Quebec, Canada “Fifteen”, Swinomish, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, La Conner, Washington "From Honey to Ashes", Ayoreo - Gran Chaco, Paraguay "A Gente Luta mas Come Fruta/We Struggle but We Eat Fruit", Ashaninka - Apiwtxa, Acre, Brazil "Good Looking", Toronto, Canada "El Grito de la Selva/Cry of the Forest", Beni, Bolivia "The Hand Drum", Santa Fe, New Mexico "Hill High Low", Navajo - Phoenix, Arizona "History of the Iñupiat: Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit", Iñupiat - Iñupiat - Barrow, Alaska "History of the Iñupiat: Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit", Iñupiat - Anaktuvak Pass, Alaska "Horse You See", Navajo - Churchrock Chapter, Navajo Nation, New Mexico "Indian", Seaulteux - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada "Já Me Transformei em Imagem/I've Already Become an Image", Hunukui - Mucuripe, Acre, Brazil "El Juicio de Pascual Pichún /Besieged Land", Mapuche - Temuco, Chile  "Kanien'Keha:Ka/Living the Language", Mohawk - Akwesasne Reserve  "Ki-Hi-Ka Ste': Life of Chief George Tall Chief", Osage - Pawhuska, Oklahoma "Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back", Mohawk - Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada "Little Caughnawaga: To Brooklyn and Back", Mohawk - Brooklyn, New York "The Little Prince", Algonquin - Kitcisakik, Quebec, Canada "Lumbini Park", Santa Fe, New Mexico "Making the River", Rogue River Nation, The Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde - Grand Ronde, Oregon "Mémère Métisse/My Métis Grandmother", Métis - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada "Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa", Nahua - Sinaloa, Mexico "Moccasin Flats: Redemption", Toronto, Ontario, Canada "Mokoĩ Tekoá Peteĩ Jeguatá/Two Villages, One Path", Guarani - Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil "Nikamowin/Song", Cree - God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Canada "Migrar o Morir/Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa", Nahua - Tlapa, Guerrero, Mexico "NVision", Longmont, Colorado "Older Than America", Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota "Owners of the Water: Conflict & Collaboration Over Rivers", Xavante - Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, Brazil "Pachamama", Quechua - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia "Pookums", Toronto, Canada "Pow Wow Dreams", Los Angeles, California "Raised By Our Own Authority", La Maria Piendamó, Cauca, Colombia "Real Love", Flagstaff, Arizona "A Return Home", Navajo - Navajo Nation, New Mexico "Save the Peaks: Sacred Sites March"; "Stick Mania"; and "Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?", Flagstaff, Arizona "Sikumi/On the Ice", Iñupiat - Barrow, Alaska "Soy Pedro Somos Mixteco/I Am Pedro, We are Mixtec", Mixtec - California "Soy Pedro Somos Mixteco/I Am Pedro, We are Mixtec", Mixtec - Oaxaca, Mexico "Suma Qamaña, Sumak Kausay, Teko Kavi/For a Better Life", Bolivia "This Is Me", Ojibwe - Minneapolis, Minnesota "Tkaronto", Toronto, Canada "Umiaq Skin Boat, Inuit - Inukjuak", Quebec, Canada "Untitled", Shinnecock - Shinnecock Nation, Southampton, New York "We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears", Cherokee Nation - Tahlequah, Oklahoma  "We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears", Cherokee - Georgia "Weaving Worlds", Navajo - Navajo Nation, Arizona and New Mexico "Writing the Land", Musqueam - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada "Xankuchka Ia/That Was All", P’urhepecha - Michoacan, Mexico "Two Spirited", Secwepemc - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada "Reservation Soldiers", Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  "Reservation Soldiers", Gitskan - Gitsegukla Reserve, Gitxsan Nation, British Columbia, Canada  "Reservation Soldiers", Wainwright, Alberta, Canada "Reservation Soldiers", Cree - Beardy's & Okemasis First Nation, Saskatchewan "Reservation Soldiers", Cree - Ahtahkakoop Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada