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"The Last Trek"

"The Last Trek"The Last Trek
(2006, 30 min.) US
Director: Ramona Emerson (Navajo)
Producer: Kelly Byars (Choctaw)

Elder Helen Bitsilly is one of the few Navajo people who still make the arduous journey on foot twice a year to take their sheep to distant grazing lands. The filmmaker follows Bitsilly on what the elder has said will be her last trek.

Image credit: The Last Trek;The Last Trek

Kelly Byars

Ramona Emerson

2007 Weekend Matinee, DC

2007 Special Screenings, DC

2006 Native American Film and Video Festival - New York premiere. Schedule at-a-glance

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