The winner of the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest - My Once Life by Pamela J. Peters
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My Once Life – Video Poem WON!
The Oscars – where are the “American Indians?”
We all can make the collective consciousness to reimagine the way Indians are seen today and I do hope that our "participation" as Americans Indians will be part of the definition of "inclusion" in the Academy of Motion Pictures - soon!
I’m a Navajo living in Los Angeles, yet my culture, my identity is invisible.
When I began sharing that I was Diné (Navajo), most folks didn’t know what that meant, so I had to say American Indian or Native American. Then I would get a slew of different responses like, “Oh, I thought all Indians were dead.” Or, “You mean like Pocahontas?”
My Once Life – Video Poem
My Once Life is a hybrid video poem about the continuing impact of colonization on tribal peoples.
NDNZ In The City
Join us Nov 2, 2016 for an evening of talk, short films, photographs, and personal stories from Indigenous multimedia documentarian, Pamela Peters (Navajo). The evening’s event will showcase Peter’s newest film Legacy of Exiled NDNZ and multimedia presentation Real NDNZ re-take Hollywood. Pamela’s work stands against prevalent stereotypes of American Indians in popular culture by pushing viewers to critically analyze the psychological and historical structures of Native American in mass media.
Native Americans respond to hate/misinformation on comments about #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #SupportStandingRock
Native Americans respond to hate/misinformation on comments about #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #SupportStandingRock #MniWiconi
These Native American Artists Want You to Know They Are ‘Still Here’
“For so long, we've had other people tell our stories and document our stories. They've researched us so much they've forgotten we are human beings,” said Peters, who is Diné (Navajo). “It's important for us to have our [own] narrative, to [define] exactly who we are as indigenous people.”
Classic Hollywood Images with Native Men in Los Angeles
Meet the handsome and dapper young Native American men that are part of this series #RealNDNZRetakeHollywood
Classic Hollywood images of Native American actresses in Los Angeles.
The beautiful young Native American women that are part of this series #RealNDNZRetakeHollywood - See more photos from Aug 4th - Aug 7th at These Days LA - 118 Winston Street, DTLA.
