Thursday, August 18 - Sunday, August 21, 2005
Presented by The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and The Center for Contemporary Arts

NATIVE CINEMA SHOWCASE Now, in its fifth year, this celebration of indigenous media arts features groundbreaking films and videos by and about Native people. From classics to the best new works, these films challenge popular culture's persistent misrepresentations of indigenous peoples. The program showcase incorporates other visual arts events and performances, which add to audiences' awareness of Native cultures of northern New Mexico and to national and international viewers who come to Santa Fe for the renowned Indian Market. Open discussions with filmmakers, actors, and other artists will take place during the four-day event. The showcase is presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA), with programming partners Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Institute of American Indian Arts, Native Roots & Rhythms, and Santa Fe Art Institute.

The Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail • Santa Fe, NM • 87505
505-982-1338 • www.ccasantafe.org

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Featured Works

5th World
Chac
Christmas in the Clouds
Don't Call Me Tonto
Edge of America
Flat
Goodnight Irene
Green Bush
Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action
Raven Tales: How Raven Stole the Sun
A Loom With a View
Messenger
Numbe Whageh
Powwow Highway
A Thousand Roads
Trudell
Two Cars, One Night

Schedule at-a-glance

All screenings are at The Center for Contemporary Arts unless otherwise indicated.


4 pm	At the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque Don't Call Me Tonto with *Flat* and A Loom With a View Co-presented by the Native Cinema Showcase and IPCC's 2nd Annual Southwest Indian Film Theater Festival. Introduced by Charmaine Jackson-John (NCS Outreach Coordinator) and Tazbah McCullah (IPCC). For more information call 505-843-7270. Tickets: $3.00

5 - 6 pm	Meet the Artists Reception: Miner's Canary exhibition (Open to CCA and NMAI Members and Showcase Passholders)
6 - 7 pm	Public Reception: Miner's Canary exhibition • FREE
7 - 8:15 pm	Opening Night Concert • FREE The CCA will host the world premiere of Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers, featuring the legendary actor and activist on vocals and harmonica, Neon Napalm on vocals, Harold Siva and Dennis "Butch" Rodriguez on guitars, Jason Wolfe on bass, and Benny Magante on drums. With special guest appearances.
8:30 pm	*A Thousand Roads: The Signature Film of the National Museum of the American Indian* (director: Chris Eyre) preceded by the Oscar-nominated Two Cars, One Night • FREE Introduced by the director, Executive Producer W. Richard West, co-writer Scott Garen and actor with Jeremiah Bitsui.

9 am - 5 pm	At the IAIA Museum, Downtown Santa Fe Summer Film and Television Workshop
2 pm	Video/Artists: Nora Naranjo-Morse and James Luna This screening and discussion celebrates the work of two artists who use humor, satire, and social commentary in their multimedia works. Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara) is a poet, potter, filmmaker, and sculptor whose smart and provocative works serve as a form of political expression and resistance. She will screen short works including the premiere of Numbe Whageh. Luna (Luiseño), a performance artist, has dramatically expanded the possibilities, language, and territory of indigenous art. Luna will discuss his work. Author and NMAI curator Paul Chaat Smith will moderate this 90-minute program. Presented in conjunction with the Santa Fe Art Institute.
3:30 pm	Powwow Highway preceded by Goodnight Irene A discussion with Gary Farmer and Jonathan Wacks, led by filmmaker Heather Rae, will follow the screening.
6 pm	*Trudell* preceded by Green Bush A discussion with Heather Rae and John Trudell, led by Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee), Director of The Morning Star Foundation, will follow the screenings.
8:30 pm	5th World preceded by *Flat* A discussion with Blackhorse Lowe, Flat director Nanobah Becker, Chris Eyre, and Charmaine Jackson-John (NCS Outreach Coordinator) will follow the screenings.

9 am - 5 pm	At the IAIA Museum, Downtown Santa Fe Summer Film and Television Workshop
12 pm	*Trudell* preceded by Green Bush A discussion with Heather Rae and John Trudell, led by Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee), Director of The Morning Star Foundation, will follow the screenings.
2:15 pm	Panel Discussion: Miner's Canary • FREE In conjunction with the exhibition Miner's Canary, on display at the CCA galleries, curator Charlene Teters and a panel of distinguished artists will discuss the role Native artists play in bringing essential issues to the American public's attention and examine what it means to be Native American in the new millennium. Invited artists include Norman Akers, Keri Ataumbi, Edgar Heap of Birds, and C. Maxx Stevens.
4 pm	Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action A discussion with director Roberta Grossman, Navajo activists Mitchell and Rita Capitan, cinematographer Dyanna Taylor, and Dan Gibson of Native Peoples magazine will follow the screening.
5:30 pm	Homeland Benefit Reception at the CCA galleries • $100 This fundraiser, hosted by Katahdin Productions, will benefit the ongoing efforts of Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM). For information and tickets call Katahdin Productions at 323-337-1177 or visit www.katahdin.org. Showcase passes do not include entry to this event.
6:15 pm	Christmas in the Clouds preceded by a tribute to the artist Dan Lomahaftewa (Hopi/Choctaw), whose paintings are featured in the film. A question and answer session with director Kate Montgomery and Wes Studi will follow the screening.
7:30 pm	At the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater 11th Annual Native Roots & Rhythms Festival - A Special Evening of Music, Dance, Storytelling & Comedy. Tickets: $15 general admission, $30 reserved, kids 10 & under free. For tickets call: 505-988-1234. For more information: 505-989-8898; www.santafe.net/nativerootsnrhythms/
8:15 pm	5th World preceded by *Flat* A discussion with Blackhorse Lowe, Flat director Nanobah Becker, Chris Eyre, and Charmaine Jackson-John (NCS Outreach Coordinator) will follow the screenings.
9 pm	At the Cowgirl Hall of Fame We Dance in Circles - Live music, a media installation by Ben Dupris, and surprise guests. $10; Showcase passholders admitted free.

9 am - 5 pm	At the IAIA Museum, Downtown Santa Fe Summer Film and Television Workshop
12 pm	Family Films: Raven Tales: How Raven Stole the Sun and Messenger
2 pm	*Edge of America* preceded by A Loom With a View • FREE A discussion with Chris Eyre, led by filmmaker Heather Rae, will follow the screening.
4:15 pm	Chac A discussion with Rolando Klein will follow the screenings.
6:30 pm	Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action A discussion with director Roberta Grossman, Navajo activists Mitchell and Rita Capitan, cinematographer Dyanna Taylor, and Dan Gibson of Native Peoples magazine will follow the screening.
8:30 pm	Chac A discussion with Rolando Klein will follow the screenings.

Visual Art

MINER'S CANARY
August 18 - October 1, 2005
Thursday, August 18 - Meet the Artists Reception (Open to CCA and NMAI Members and Showcase Passholders): 5 - 6 pm • Public Reception: 6 - 7 pm

An exhibition curated by installation artist, writer, educator, and advocate Charlene Teters. The artists selected offer a glimpse of what it is to be Native American in the twenty-first century. Artists include Norman Akers, Keri Ataumbi, Dorothy Granbois, Edgar Heap of Birds, C. Maxx Stevens, and Charlene Teters. All artists in the exhibition address issues, raise awareness, and challenge misperceptions about Native American peoples in a variety of medium including painting, sculpture, installation, and photography.

Throughout my life, I have been aware of an ever-present anti-Indian sentiment in the United States. A sentiment which often lies dormant, waiting for an incident to raise its flame of hate. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, one such flash point was Wisconsin. White vigilante groups took it upon themselves to oppose Ojibwa (Chippewa) people, who were exercising their naturalized rights-reinforced by valid treaty with the United States and case law of the U.S. Supreme Court-to fish in ceded territories in Wisconsin. Volunteer citizens groups, primarily local white men and women aided by national supremacist organizations, clad themselves in hunter's blaze orange and gathered at boat landings along Wisconsin's lakes on spring nights during the two-week Ojibwa spearfishing season. They chanted racist taunts such as "timber niggers," "welfare warriors," and "spearchuckers," and carried signs reading, "Save a Spawning Walleye, Spear a Pregnant Squaw," and "Too Bad Custer Ran Out of Bullets," and rallied around the Stars and Stripes to sing This Land Is My Land. Off in the dark woods, rifle shots sent bullets blazing over the heads of unarmed Ojibwa fishers.

In 1989, to call attention to this struggle, I invited Walter Bressette to speak at the University of Illinois about the issues behind the escalating and potentially dangerous conflict between Native and non-Native groups in Wisconsin. He began his talk by stating "Native Americans are America's miner's canary." Bressette called attention to the power and wealth of the United States; pointing out how the U.S. gained this status from Indian land and resources, while so many U.S. citizens remain largely ignorant of their country's history and the contributions of American Indians. He continued, "The greatness of a nation can be measured by how the weakest and most vulnerable amongst our citizens are treated."

Around the world, Native people are the reminder that there are two sides to war and conquest. Here at home, our very presence often challenges America's self image as the beacon of justice, human rights, and freedom for all. We navigate between an America that often does not see us except in the past tense. Yet every day, somewhere within the boundaries of the United States, a tribal nation is making a heroic effort to preserve for its people their inalienable rights. When addressing issues of concern to our community, we first must educate, as most Americans know so very little about the people whose land they occupy, our contemporary struggles, and the true roots of these struggles. We are the invisible people, kept there by willful ignorance and racism.

In this exhibition I have invited artists who use their art to address issues, raise awareness, and remind Americans: we are still here. The work of these artists is a glimpse of what it is to be Native American in the twenty-first century. We are the conscious; we are America's Miner's Canary.
- Charlene Teters

Summer Film and Television Workshop

IAIA MUSEUM, DOWNTOWN SANTA FE
Runs continuously 9 am - 5 pm Friday - Sunday
Exhibit features seven new works created at the IAIA's six-week workshop, with students teaming up with established producers, writers, actors, and directors. Sponsored by ABC Entertainment Talent Development, Walt Disney Studios, NBC Universal, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Ticket Information

$8 General Admission
$6 Members, Students, and Seniors
$5 Student and Senior Members
$50 Showcase Pass. Passholders receive priority admission to all films, an invitation to the Meet the Artists Reception, and a ticket to the Native Roots & Rhythms Festival.

Organizers

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
Chartered by Congress in 1989 as the 16th museum of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of the American Indian is the only national museum dedicated to the Native peoples of North, South, and Central America. The educational mission is to preserve, present, and celebrate the Native cultures of the Americas. For more about the NMAI, including information on its museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., please visit www.americanindian.si.edu.

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
The Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is a community-based nonprofit arts organization providing programming in visual arts, performing arts, cinema, and arts education for youth and adults. For more infomation, please visit www.ccasantafe.org.

INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC), owned and operated by the 19 Indian Pueblos of New Mexico, showcases a historical and contemporary look at the southwest's first inhabitants. On-site pueblo museum, children's museum, Pueblo Harvest Café, gift shops, smoke shop and Institute for Pueblo Indian Studies. For more infomation, please visit www.indianpueblo.org.

Staff and Thanks

Programming Committee: Elizabeth Weatherford (NMAI, Film
and Video Center), Jason Silverman (CCA), Michelle Svenson (NMAI), Charmaine Jackson-John (NCS Outreach Coordinator).

For the NMAI: Reaghan Tarbell, Millie Seubert, Sierra Ornelas, Linda Martin, and Ben Dupris.

Thanks: Zakary Naranjo-Morse, Jefferson John. Seth Roffman and Melissa Sanchez (Native Roots and Rhythms), Melissa Bisagni, Lisa Sarenduc, Nicholas Ballas (Cowgirl Hall of Fame), Diane Karp (Santa Fe Art Institute), Showtime, Scott Garen, Allison LeQuin, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, Ron Solimon and Tazbah McCullah (Indian Pueblo Cultural Center), Jerry Barron, and Mission Control Graphic Design.