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View "Incident
at Oglala," the documentary directed by Michael Apted and produced and
narrated by Robert Redford, in its entirety.
(Run Time: 90 Minutes)
Double click on screen to switch to full-screen mode.
Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story is available for purchase
from Amazon.com, or you may locate a VHS tape or DVD at your favorite
movie rental outlet. In addition, Amazon.com offers a downloadable, low-cost
digital version. Restrictions apply.
The below interview with
former Peltier attorney Bruce Ellison is provided by
DanielTV. The interview was conducted
in Canada on June 26, 2006,
by Daniel Gautreau. (Also availabe in QuickTime
format.)
Interview with
Duane Brewer in regard to FBI involvement on the Pine Ridge
Reservation during the "Reign of Terror" (video excerpt from "Spirit of Crazy Horse,"
a documentary by Kevin McKiernan).
Let the Great Healing Begin (51:38 Minutes, RM Format). A report with
interviews documenting the 4th annual Oglala Commemoration (June 26, 2003) to
promote healing among the people on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Provided by
Free Speech TV.
Peltier's Family Responds to 2005 Transfer.
This QuickTime video is of a July 12, 2005,
6News television interview with
Peltier family members in Lawrence, Kansas, after he was
transferred from USP-Leavenworth (Kansas)
to USP-Terre Haute (Indiana). Peltier was subsequently transferred to USP-Lewisburg
in Pennsylvania where he remains.
"Warrior" by Suzie
Baer
Cinnamon Productions, Inc.
"Warrior"
is the shocking true story of Leonard Peltier, the American Indian leader locked
away for life in a federal prison, convicted of the alleged murder of
two FBI agents during a bloody shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in
1975.
"Warrior"
takes us back to the violent confrontations at Wounded Knee and Pine Ridge in
the seventies, and then to today's Indian reservations where the government's
plans for uranium mining and waste dumping are still being heatedly resisted by
Indian activists. The heart of the film, though, is a detailed, painstaking
account of Peltier's harrowing odyssey through the American justice
system.
U.S. Social Forum (June/July 2007). Indigenous Voices: From
the Heart of Mother Earth. Indigenous identity has
developed through the history, culture, spiritual
relationships, treaties and inherent rights of the Indigenous
Peoples to their land. From Alaska, to Hawaii, to other areas
of Turtle Island including the southeastern region, the
impacts of colonization and neo-colonialism in the United
States are deep and often devastating. The impacts are
manifested in today's organizing work in and outside of
Indigenous Nations, communities, organizations and
individuals. The road of the destruction related to U.S.
dependence on a fossil fuel regime and its link to climate
justice and human rights is critical in this organizing work.
We will share models of organizing strategies and how they
facilitate movement building and collaboration between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizing. (Provided by
Free Speech TV. Real Media Format,
90 Minutes).
KOLA/IPF Collection:
A compilation of interesting videos and music clips developed
by KOLA/International Peltier Forum.
The Longest Walk, a
12-minute
historical video on the 1978 march/protest narrated by
Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement
(Windows Media). The video is provided by
Longest Walk II
scheduled to occur in February-July 2008.
Mashpee Wampanoag Sovereignty Conference: Phillip Deere,
a 41-minute
rare interview with Phillip Deere, influential and respected
Muskogee (Creek Nation) elder and Medicine Man, that offers
insightful and
provocative views of American history and culture. Recorded in
1979 and digitally salvaged in 2005.
The Mato Paha. Bear Butte Spiritual Forum:
Religious Freedom and Human Rights.
The following 40-minute video is a segment from
the “Mato Paha-Bear Butte Spiritual
Forum,” an event in 2007 that brought together
Traditional Healers (Medicine Men) and Spiritual
Leaders from many Tribal Nations to provide
ancestral teachings about the spiritual
significance of Mato Paha. It was the first time
in decades that such a gathering took place.
Bear Butte is held sacred by the Cheyenne,
Arapaho, the Sioux nations, as well as to the
Kiowa and Arapaho, among others.
The Lakota believe it to be “the most
powerful land mass in their religion. They
consider Bear Butte sacred for its location near
the Black Hills and due to the fact that one can
find the seven sacred elements – land, air,
water, rocks, animals, plants, and fire –
surrounding the Butte. The Lakota believe that
Bear Butte is most sacred when worshippers pray
there with the Lakota Sacred White Buffalo Calf
Pipe.” To the Cheyenne, Bear Butte is the home of
their Culture, Language and Values. Henrietta
Mann, interim president of the tribal college
located in Weatherford, Okla
recently shared the story of Sweet Medicine,
who “was said to have been raised by an old
woman and banished from the tribe after a crime
of violence. After four years, he emerged from
present-day Bear Butte preceded by a powerful
spirit who burned sweetgrass to purify the
world. Cheyenne traditional tribal government,
military societies, code of law, rules of
conduct and prophecies are attributed to him.” Today, Bear Butte is threatened by economic
development, various types of pollution, and
human desecration. To learn more, visit
Defend Bear Butte on Myspace. There are four more segments from the
Forum at
humanrights.blip.tv.
is available for purchase
from Amazon.com, or you may locate a VHS tape or DVD at your favorite
movie rental outlet. In addition, Amazon.com offers a downloadable, low-cost
digital version. Restrictions apply.
