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31/12/2021

20/11/2021

Remembering all trans and gender diverse people whose lives have been taken by transphobic violence.

15/11/2021

The American Indian Film Festival is in its 46th year. It is the world’s oldest premier festival dedicated to American Indian, Alaska Native and First Nations (AI/ AN/FN) storytelling.⠀
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Founded in 1975 by friends Michael Smith (1951-2018) and Will Sampson ((1933-1987) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), the festival which makes its home in San Francisco has screened over 3500 films since its inception. This year it adds 126 additional films to that number with thirty competing in the categories of feature, documentary feature, documentary short, live short animated short, and music video.⠀
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Past feature film award winners for Best Film include Wind River (2017), Barking Water (2009), Smoke Signals (1998), and Powwow Highway (1989).

15/11/2021

Join us in honoring and celebrating Transgender Awareness Week. We see, value, and celebrate all our trans, non-binary, gender q***r, gender non-conforming, and beyond gender label students, staff, and faculty.

13/11/2021

On November 17, 1944, the National Congress of Native Americans was founded under the following principles:
1) Secure and preserve American Indian and Alaska Native sovereign rights.
2) Protect American Indian and Alaska Native traditional, cultural, and religious rights.
3) Seek services and programs for American Indian and Alaska Native governments and people.
4) Promote the common welfare and enhance the quality of life of American Indian and Alaska Native people.
5) Educate the public regarding American Indian and Alaska Native governments, people, and rights.

To learn more go to:
https://www.ncai.org/

11/11/2021

03/11/2021

Central Washington University’s main campus lies on the lands of the Yakama Nation. The Yakama Nation is comprised of the Klikitat, Palus, Wallawalla, Wanapam, Wenatchi, Wishram, and Yakama people.

From the Yakama Nation’s Website:

“The Land

Upon central Washington's plateau and along the Columbia River reside tribal people called the Yakama's. The Cascade mountains shelter this central portion from marine showers. The rolling foothills and Yakima River are the eastern border.

Due west in majestic glory is Pahto, 12,307 feet high. It is one of five Cascade volcanoes that dot the landscape from California to Washington. Her snow melts through canyons, forests, meadows and valleys to provide gifts to our people.

The tribal people comprising the Yakama Nation have lived in this area since the beginning of time. They used the entire land base, from the lowlands around the Columbia River to the snow-peaked Cascade Mountains.

Bordering the reservation, the Yakima River flows southward from the Cascade Mountains to the Columbia River. Along the river there is a pass, a gap in Ahtanum Ridge called Union Gap. The Yakima River flowed through this area before the ridges existed. The Toppen*sh Basin is shaped like a scoop that is open to the east. The higher sides of the scoop are Ahtanum Ridge to the North, Toppen*sh ridge to the south and the Lost Horse Plateau to the west. Located along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range, the Yakama Nation forest consists of 600,000 acres of timbered lands.”

The original lands of the Yakama Nation encompassed nearly 12 million acres. As a result of forced treaties and the US government’s creations of reservations, the Yakama people’s lands were reduced to 1,371,918 acres.