Journal #4518 from sdc 10.3.19 City of “Reno now to celebrate Indigenous Day Tribe honored by UN Newe: The People - History, Culture & Affiliations Protecting the Land for Future Generations 44,000 Wild Horses to Be Killed to Make Room for Beef Cattle Opportunities and Resources Calendar More Movies from the MSU Inventory Iceberg larger than Los Angeles breaks off Antarctic shelf Native American voters could help swing the 2020 presidential election

Sheri Potts AIM NORTHERN MADE HISTORY TODAY TUESDAY OCTOBER 2, 2019 "COLUMBUS DAY" HAS BEEN REMOVED IT IS NOW CALLED "INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY" THANKS TO RENO CITY COUNCIL, BROTHER'S N SISTER'S THAT WERE PRESENT N ALL RELATIVES THAT WALKED WITH US N COULDN'T MAKE IT.. LILILILILILI

Yurok Tribe honored by UN triplicate.com The Yurok Tribe is one of the first two indigenous nations in the U.S. to… Newe: The Shoshone People - History, Culture & Affiliations This is a video for the The Shoshone People (a.k.a.: Newe) with various video clips, photos, words ..about their History, Culture & Affiliations. ------The Shoshone or Shoshoni (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊniː/ (About this soundlisten) or /ʃəˈʃoʊniː/ (About this soundlisten)) are a Native American tribe with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: : : southern Shoshone: Nevada, northern Gosiute: western Utah, eastern Nevada They traditionally speak the , part of the Numic languages branch of the large Uto-Aztecan language family. The Shoshone were sometimes called the by neighboring tribes and early American explorers. Their peoples have become members of federally recognized tribes throughout their traditional areas of settlement, often colocated with the of the . ------I claim no ownership of any of the clips, video, music and words expressed in this video...and employ my borrowing of them with much respect and thanks. Credits are also given at the end of the videos..., as well as below. No personal monetization is being done with this video, by me..., nor am I receiving any other benefits from any of these videos.. They are meant for all.., to heal, teach, discuss, inspire and inform...and share. No theft and/or disrespect is intended. I make these with love and respect. ------I thank, with respect: The Shoshone People..; All the respected Elders, Youth, Singers, Dancers and Pow- Wow Drummers in this video..; Wikipedia..com..; Wyoming Arts Council..; Eagle Chief Singers..; Red, White & Blue Singers..; Judy Trejo..; Esper Star..; Bryan Hudson Jr..; ANDREW VASQUEZ..; RY COODER..; CHRIS REMO..; JAMES HORNER.. and to all the other brothers and sisters who have contributed to this video.., in any way... , with any photos. Chi Miigwetch!.. Many Blessings & Thanks..! *Set video to 960 X 540p HD, for best viewing. (480P - You-Tube)

Protecting the Land for Future Generations youtube.com The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation have seen… Kay McNeer When our history is written to tell the truth we are not going to look so good. History books for school children has white washed the horrible things done . I think we would be a different nation today had we been taught the truth.

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NATIVE HEALTH's Methamphetamine & Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI)

The MSPI Program within NATIVE HEALTH's Behavioral Health Department is still recruiting youth for Native STAND. Native STAND is for Native American youth ages 14-19 years old. The curriculum focuses on teen dating, drug and alcohol prevention, suicide prevention, and many other important topics. This is a great opportunity for your teen to receive positive peer support and learn healthy decision- making skills through interactive discussions and activities. The activities provided will promote diversity, self-esteem, goals and values, team building, negotiation and refusal skills, and effective communication. Native STAND will be held every Monday starting October 7, 2019, from 4:30-6:00 pm at NATIVE HEALTH Mesa.

Another great opportunity coming up is a Youth Mental Health First Aid Training. A young person you know could be experiencing a mental health or substance use problem. Learn an action plan to help. Anyone 18 or older can take Youth

Mental Health First Aid, but it is recommended for those who regularly have contact with young people, ages 12-18, teachers, coaches, social workers, youth workers, faith leaders, parents, and other caring citizens. This free workshop will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 8:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. at NATIVE HEALTH Central.

If you are interested in registering or need more information on upcoming presentations, training or resources please contact Kayla-Rae Wakeland, MSPI Case Manager at (480)-550-4048 x 4106 or via email.

We R Native from Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board is doing a study to evaluate text messaging programs for AI/AN teens and young adults (15-24 years). The videos and text messages are designed to improve healthy relationships, mental health and wellness skills, and promote cultural pride and resilience. To enroll, text BRAVE to 97779. For more information contact Stephanie via email. Study protocol has been reviewed by the Portland Area I.H.S. IRB. For more information contact Dr. Weiser at (877) 664-0604.

Summer 2020 Internship Opportunity - JP Morgan Chase. For more information click here. ****************************************************************************** Calendar Reminders

26th Gathering of Peoples at Coyote Hills: Sunday, October 6 On Sunday, October 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., from several tribes will gather at Coyote Hills Regional Park to share their culture, including music, song, dance, and stories. Visitors are invited to this special event where tribe members will discuss contemporary cultural involvements, and demonstrate basket, jewelry, soaproot brush, and dogbane string making. Visit a more than 2,000-year-old village site, play an Ohlone game, try making fire without matches, or make a miniature tule boat. Taste native plant teas, manzanita cider and acorn soup cooked with heated stones in a basket. More info.

October 8 Deadline - Project Dreamcatcher. Free One week business training for Navajo Women Entrepreneurs. Sponsored by ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Management and sponsored by Freeport McMoRan at Phoenix ASU Campus, November 17-23. For more information click here.

October 9 Deadline - Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University scholarship. Includes tuition, stipend, graduate program and related academic expenses with additional financial support. For more information click here.

October 10-13 - Western Navajo Fair. For more information click here.

October 12 - NATIVE HEALTH's Annual Open House and Health Fair. NATIVE HEALTH Central. Immediately following Native American Connections' Parade. For more information contact Susan.

October 12 - Native American Connections' 37th Annual Parade: "Birds of Flight, Grateful for Ceremonial Feathers." For more information contact Davina via email.

October 12 - Miss Indian Scholarship Program. Chandler Center for the Arts. 6:30 p.m. For more information email them.

October 12 - Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration. Heard Museum. Free. 2301 N. Central Avenue. For more information check the website.

October 14 - Rise: Indigenous People's Day Poster Show. 6:00-9:00 p.m. Evolve Gallery, 918 N. 2nd Street, Phoenix. Call for indigenous poster art. Phoenix Design Week AIGA Arizona event. For more information contact Eunique via email.

October 14 - Indigenous Peoples Day Arizona. "Going Full Circle." Held at Puente Human Rights Movement Building, 1937 West Adams in Phoenix. 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. For more information click here. October 15-17 - 16th Annual Fatherhood is Leadership National Conference. Native American Fatherhood and Families Association. Held at Ft. McDowell. For more information click here.

October 16-17 - Banner Alzheimer's 2020 Annual Native American Conference and Pre-conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Native Americans. Held at Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde. For more information call (602) 839-6918.

October 18 - 9th Annual Southwest American Indian LGBTQ2S Rainbow Gathering. Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center. 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. For more information click here. October 19 - Native American Women's Health Expo. Phoenix Indian Medical Center, 16th Street & Indian School. 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. For more information call (602) 263-1576.

October 23-26 - Indigenous Doula Training. Window Rock, Arizona through Changing Women Initiative. Fee. Scholarships available. For more information contact them via email.

October 24 - Pascua Yaqui & Guadalupe Prevention Partnership's 8th Annual Spooktacular. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free food and drinks, raffles, prizes, costume contest and more. Community Peace Walk. 4:30 p.m. Held in Guadalupe Mercado.

October 25-27 - 36th Annual Roy Track Memorial Pow Wow. 860 N. Riverview, Mesa Riverview Park. Free concert Friday night, October 25. For more information call (602) 799-0260.

October 26 - 13th Annual Red Road to Wellbriety Celebration. San Xavier Recreation Center, 8549 South J. Mayor Drive, Tucson. Raffle, free Traditional lunch, free t-shirts, entertainment and more. 6:30 a.m. Fun Run/Walk. 9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony. For questions contact Eddie at (520) 425-7193 or email him.

October 27-28 - 28th Biennial Arizona Indian Council on Aging Conference: Tribes Unite for a Better Tomorrow. We-Ko-Pa Resort and Conference Center in Fountain Hills. For more information click here. A large chunk of ice

November 1 Deadline - Office of Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program. For more information call (202) 649-3833 or check the website.

November 1 - Arizona Statewide Tribal Veterans Symposium. Twin Arrows Casino Resort in Flagstaff. for more information contact Holly at (928) 214-2169 or email her.

November 2 - Inter-Tribal Social Pow Wow. 5:00-10:00 p.m. Grand Entry: 6:00 p.m. Huhugam Heritage Center, 21359 S. Maricopa Road, Chandler. Admission is $5.00 or a new toy.

November 2 - Gathering of Voices Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Shepherd of the Valley UMC, 3039 West Cactus, Phoenix. Hosted by Whisper n' Thunder. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. For more information email Billie.

November 2 - 14th Annual Navajo Art and Rug Auction. Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix. For more information call (602) 495-0901.

November 2 - 25th Annual Josiah N. Moore Memorial Scholarship Benefit Dinner. Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe. 6:00 p.m. Fee. For more information click here.

November 2-3 - Red Mountain Eagle Pow Wow. Salt River Baseball Field, on Longmore north of McDowell in Scottsdale. For more information contact Juana at (480) 362-7649 or email them. November 2 - Three Precious Miracles 2nd Annual Inter Tribal Social Pow Wow. 5:00-10:00 p.m. Admission $5.00 or donation of new toy. Huhugam Heritage Center, 21359 S. Maricopa Road, Chandler. For more information contact Elisia (520) 610-2555.

November 4-5 - Doing Research in Indigenous Communities. ASU SkySong, Scottsdale. ASU, Office of American Indian Initiatives.

November 6 - Dancing Earth's Eco Fashion Program at NATIVE HEALTH. For more information contact Cherie via email.

November 7-8 - Native American Women's Conference. Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, Chandler. For more information click here.

November 8-11 - 53rd Annual Veterans Fair. San Carlos Apache Tribe. San Carlos, Arizona. For more information call (928) 475-1600 x 1602.

November 9 - ASU West 19th Annual Veterans Day Weekend Traditional Pow Wow. ASU West, Fletcher Library Lawn, 11:00 a.m-10:00 p.m. 4701 West Thunderbird in Glendale. For more information contact Cheryl via email.

November 9 - Veterans and Weavers Marketplace. Heard Museum. 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Free. For more information call (602) 252-8840.

November 9 - 2019 Guadalupe Veterans Day Parade. Hosted by Conrado F. Bilducia Post 124. Parade starting at 9:30 a.m. and celebration to follow at Stottlemyre Park. For more information contact Vanessa or Ricky at (480) 768-2000.

November 11 - Veterans Day Gourd Dance. Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E. Washington in Phoenix. 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. For more information call (602) 495-0901.

November 11 - Veterans' Tribute Sunset Ceremony. Free, but RSVP required for dinner. Heard Museum. 5:00-6:00 p.m. For more information call (602) 252-8840.

November 13 - Phoenix Indian Center's Arizona American Indian Excellence in Leadership Awards. Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch. For more information call (602) 264-6768 or check the website.

November 15-17 - 38th Annual Fort McDowell Orme Dam Victory Days and Pow Wow. For more information check the website.

November 16 - Native American Family Health Festival. Phoenix Indian Medical CEnter. Free. For more information call (602) 263-1576.

November 17-23 - Project Dreamcatcher. Free business training for female tribal members of the Navajo Nation who want to start or build a business. ASU Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix. For more information click here.

November 21 - South Mountain Community College American Indian Art Market and Food Tasting Event. Free. South Mountain Community College, 7050 S. 24th Street, Phoenix. For more information call Gerard at (602) 305-5643.

November 22-24 - Native American Month Social & Indian Craft Market. Held at Sheraton Hotel Ballroom in Tucson. For information call (520) 248-5849 or check the website. November 25 Deadline - Office of the Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance's online application for the 2020 Winter/Spring term is now open for new applicants at their website.

December 2 Deadline - Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University. Harvard Medical School, Boston, applications are being accepted for one year, degree granting, full time fellowship beginning July 2020. For more information click here. ****************************************************************************** Summer 2020 Internship Opportunity - JP Morgan Chase. For more information click here.

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100 Rifles / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; [produced by marvin Schwarts ; screenplay by Clair Huffaker and Tom Gries ; directed by Tom Gries]. Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006, 1997. 1 DVD videodisc (110 min.) PN1995.9.W4 O6 2006 VideoDVD : Yaqui Joe, an Indian, robs a bank to buy guns for his people who are being oppressed by a cruel military government. When he flees to Mexico, he's pursued by an American lawman who has sworn to bring him back. Both become allies and with the help of Sarita, take up the cause of the Indians to help them live in freedom and dignity. Cast : Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Fernando Lamas, Dan O'Herlihy, Hans Gudegast, Michael Forest, Aldo Sambrell, Soledad Miranda.

Apache / United Artists ; a Hecht-Lancaster presentation ; written for the screen by James R. Webb ; produced by Harold Hecht ; directed by Robert Aldrich. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001] 1 DVD videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ROVI Movie Collection 9W9 D0000947 VideoDVD : The story of , the last of the fierce Apache warriors, and his single-handed, bloody war against the entire U.S. Army. The former pacifist learns "might makes right" from the oppressive soldiers, and seeks to defend the rights of his tribe after the 1886 humiliating surrender by their chief . Apache Ambush / Columbia Pictures ; written by David Lang ; produced by Wallace MacDonald ; directed by Fred F. Sears. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012] 1 DVD videodisc (approximately 68 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. ROVI Movie Collection AR1 D0151872 VideoDVD : Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. Shortly after the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln requests that a former Confederate soldier and a Union officer drive a herd of cattle from Texas to Kansas. During the trip they must overcome their previous biases and work together against Apache warriors and Mexican bandits wanting to steal the repeating rifles on one of the wagons.

Apache Rifles / Admiral Pictures, Inc. ; screen play by Charles B. Smith ; story by Kenneth Gamet and Richard Schayer ; directed by William H. Witney. [United States] : Kit Parker Films : Distributed by VCI Entertainment, [2010] 1 DVD videodisc disc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ROVI Movie Collection CV3 D0124761 VideoDVD : Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. The racist army commander of an Arizona outpost must change his feelings for Native Americans when he falls for a beautiful Apache missionary. His attempts at reformation are frustrated by a band of gold-hungry miners who want to start a war with the Apaches.

Atanarjuat = The fast runner / Igloolik Isuma Productions presents a National Film Board of Canada co-production ; producers, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk ; writer, Paul Apak Angilirq ; director, Zacharias Kunuk. Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2003, c2002. 1 DVD videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. PN1997.2.A83 A83 2003 VideoDVD : The Fast Runner turns the frozen landscape of northern Canada into the stage for an adventure as sweeping as The Odyssey or Beowulf. Adapted from an Inuit legend, The Fast Runner centers on Atanarjuat, a charismatic young hunter struggling for the affections of Atuat, who has already been promised to Oki, the son of the camp's leader. When Atuat chooses Atanarjuat, Oki seems to accept it, but later events turn his anger and hatred into a murderous spite. This story, as passionate and primal as any film noir, is framed by the daily lives of the Inuit--a struggle for survival that is both simple and vivid, foreign yet immediately understandable. No one in the cast is a professional actor, but the performances are direct and compelling, telling a story that is both epic and intimate.

Apocalypto / Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Icon Productions, an Icon production ; a Mel Gibson film ; produced by Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey ; written by Mel Gibson & Farhad Safina ; directed by Mel Gibson. Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2007] 1 DVD videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. PN1995.9.E79 A6633 2007 VideoDVD : As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life. Includes an interesting scene when some of the characters see a Spanish galleon for the first time.

The Awakening Land / produced by Robert E. Relyea ; teleplay, James Lee Barrett ; directed by Boris Sagal. [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010], c1978. 3 DVD videodiscs (333 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. PS3535.I429 A93 2010 VideoDVD discs 1-3 : Unschooled homesteader Sayward Luckett couldn't read her name if you showed it to her, yet she fell in love with and married agnostic, book-learned frontier lawyer Portius Wheeler. Now it's time to make a life with him in wild, wooded 1790s Ohio Territory. There will be children, seven in all; joy and hardships aplenty; inconstancies of heart; and the enduring legacy of settling a new land. Based on Conrad Richter's trilogy of novels (he received a Pulitzer Prize for the third), this miniseries nominated for 6 Emmy Awards(r) celebrates the pioneering spirit as it chronicles Sayward's heroic, unadorned life. Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook (earning two of those six Emmy nominations) lead a strong cast that includes Jane Seymour and W.H. Macy (his first screen credit). A few scenes feature interactions between Indians and settlers in the Ohio Territory at the beginning.

Barking Water (2009) / First Look Home Entertainment ; Indion Entertainment Group presents with Indion Production and Dolphin Bay Films ; produced by Chad Burris; written and directed by Sterlin Harjo. New York : Lorber Films, Cinema Purgatorio 2010. 1 DVD videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. PN1995.9.I48 B37 2009 VideoDVD (Also available as part of the ROVI Movie Collection and as streaming video from the Kanopy subscription) : Sterlin Harjo’s spare, cosmically solemn film “Barking Water” follows the road trip across Oklahoma made by an American Indian man and the woman he loved and left, who has come back at the end of his life to help him die. Their destination: Wewoka, capital of the Seminole nation. New York Times Movie Review. Trailer.

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch : and, The musketeers of Pig Alley / directed by D.W. Griffith. [United States] : Republic Pictures Home Video ; Davenport, Iowa : Blackhawk Films [distributor, 1986?] 1 VHS videocassette (40 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. PN1995.75 .B377 1986 Videocassette : In "The battle of Elderbush Gulch" the arrival of two orphans and their puppies at the Western frontier leads to an Indian uprising. Cast : Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Harry Carey, Lionel Barrymore, Elmer Booth. Silent Film.

Before tomorrow = Le jour avant le lendemain (2008) / Alliance Films and Alliance Vivaflm, Kuruk Cohn Productions and Igloolik Isuma Productions present a flim by Arnait Video Collective ; producer, Stephane Rituit ; screenplay by Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Susan Avingaq ; directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu. Montreal, Quebec : Alliance Vivafilm, [2009?] 1 DVD videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in PN1995.9.A3 B44 2009 VideoDVD : Two older women and a young man take an annual trip to an island where they dry fish, expecting to be taken home before the water freezes. When their family fails to return at the expected time, and after the oldest woman passes away, the boy and his grandmother must find ways to cope on their own. Before Tomorrow is the third in a trilogy of films (beginning with The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, made by contemporary Inuit natives as a way of recapturing a sense of their past. It is a beautiful and intimate story, and the tenderness between grandmother and grandson is palpable and moving, as when she encourages him to speak bravely of his first seal hunt....The tribe that the three travellers belong to is a small and intimate group, who spend their time hunting and travelling, and sharing stories by the fire. An old man tells a story about a strange boat that came from nowhere bearing light-skinned travellers, who shared a strange and bitter drink with them that made them laugh, and then gave them needles as exchange to sleep with their women. Those listening are amused, but can hardly believe it. The implications of the story, that their isolation from the rest of the world is beginning to end, only later become clear. New York Times Movie Review.

Billy Jack / Warner Bros. present ; screenplay by Frank and Teresa Christina ; produced by Mary Rose Solti ; directed by T.C. Frank. [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, c1999. 1 DVD videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. PN1997 .B48 1999 VideoDVD : is , a half-breed Indian and ex-Green Beret Vietnam veteran, returns to live in solitude on an Arizona Indian reservation. He is drawn to its progressive Freedom School for troubled youth and to the idealistic woman (Taylor) who runs it. She is the embodiment of the film's pacifist message. When tensions flare between the students and narrow-minded locals who fear what they cannot understand, Billy Jack becomes the school's protector.

Billy Jack 35th Anniversary Ultimate Collection. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Ventura Distribution, [2005]. 5 DVD videodiscs (approximately 600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ROVI Movie Collection CN8 D0057431 VideoDVD discs 1-5 : Contents: [Disc 1] Born losers (113 min.) -- [Disc 2] Billy Jack (118 min.) -- [Disc 3] The trial of Billy Jack (171 min.) -- [Disc 4] Billy Jack goes to Washington (114 min.) -- [Disc 5] Bonus disc. The Billy Jack cycle in widescreen with updated commentary. In "Born losers" (1967), Tom Laughlin introduced the character of Billy Jack, a mixed-race Native American, ex- Green Beret, and Vietnam vet who just wants to be left alone. When a vicious motorcycle gang launches a reign of terror on a small town, he finds he must stand up and fight while others hide in fear. Billy Jack kills the leader of the gang, but is accidentally slain by a deputy sheriff. Four years later the character was resurrected for the film "Billy Jack" (1971) in which Billy returns to live in solitude on an Arizona Indian reservation. He is drawn to its progressive Freedom School for troubled youth and to the idealistic woman (Taylor) who runs it. She is the embodiment of the film's pacifist message. When tensions flare between the students and narrow-minded locals who fear what they cannot understand, Billy Jack becomes the school's protector. In "The trial of Billy Jack" (1974), Billy is put on trial for two killings he committed in self-defense while protecting the Freedom School from the small-town Arizona bigots. He is convicted and sent to prison, but the Freedom School thrives under Jean Roberts (Taylor). When Billy Jack is paroled for good behavior, he returns home to explore his tribal spiritual heritage. Meanwhile the Freedom School's television station has broadcast exposés of America's sociopolitical ills which have annoyed local officials. National Guard troops occupy the school's campus, but the students resist. Billy agrees to surrender to the Guard if they withdraw, but the Guard opens fire, killing many students and wounding Billy and Jean. The Guard is finally forced to withdraw from the reservation by the terms of an 1880 treaty, and Billy and Jean vow to rebuild the Freedom School. Includes flashbacks to atrocities committed by American troops in Vietnam. Finally, in "Billy Jack goes to Washington" (1977), Billy is elected as the junior Senator from Arizona in 1976. Arriving in Washington, he discovers that the respected senior Senator from Arizona (Marshall) and a business tycoon (Wanamaker) are secretly planning to build a nuclear plant in the pristine Arizona landscape. Billy Jack mounts a campaign against the plant and, with the support of the American youth movement, saves the country from this environmental menace.

Billy Jack DVD collection / American International, National Student Film Corporation, Taylor-Laughlin Distribution Company. Billy Jack Enterprises : Distributed by Ventura Distribution, Inc., [2000] 4 DVD videodiscs (508 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ROVI Movie Collection AF2 D0011049 VideoDVD discs 1-4 : Contents - Born losers (1967) -- Billy Jack (1971) -- Trial of Billy Jack (1974) -- Billy Jack goes to Washington (1977).

Billy Jack Goes to Washington. Ventura Distribution, 2000. 1 DVD videodisc (2 hr., 35 min.) : sound ; 4 3/4 in. ROVI Movie Collection 9W9 D0000752 VideoDVD : Billy is elected as the junior Senator from Arizona in 1976. Arriving in Washington, he discovers that the respected senior Senator from Arizona (Marshall) and a business tycoon (Wanamaker) are secretly planning to build a nuclear plant in the pristine Arizona landscape. Billy Jack mounts a campaign against the plant and, with the support of the American youth movement, saves the country from this environmental menace.

Black Cloud / Old Post Films in association with Tule River Films present a film by Rick Schroder ; produced by Rick Schroder, David Moore, Karen Beninati, Andrea Schroder ; written and directed by Rick Schroder. [United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, c2005. 1 DVD videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. PN1995.9.B69 B55 2005 VideoDVD : Black Cloud is the impressive directorial debut of veteran actor Rick Schroder, who also wrote the drama's insightful script and takes a small part as an unrepentant villain. The story concerns a Navajo boxer named Black Cloud (Eddie Spears), an angry young man from a violent, chaotic family and a proud warrior burdened by a general grudge against white people. Invited to compete for a slot in the U.S. Olympic boxing team, Black Cloud initially rebuffs the idea but is encouraged to reconsider by his manager and mentor (Russell Means). Meanwhile, Black Cloud delivers a well-deserved beating to a rodeo circuit creep (Schroder), which gets him into hot water with the law, and the Navajo woman he loves (Julia Jones) puts distance between them until he can figure out his priorities. As coming-of-age stories go, Black Cloud is persuasive and moving, yet it should be no surprise that Schroder's greatest strength as a filmmaker is drawing very fine performances from his cast. Means, so wonderful in Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, is again a solid figure of strength and love, while Spears does a beautiful job of capturing a man ready to trade rage for wisdom. Schroder delivers on tough action sequences--rodeo riding, boxing--like a pro who's seen it all, too.

Black Robe / Samuel Goldwyn Company ; Alliance Communications & Samson Productions. [United States] : Vidmark Entertainment, 1992. 1 VHS videocassette (101 min.) PR9199.3.M617 B5 1992 Videocassette : In the 17th century, Father Laforgue, a young, idealistic Jesuit priest nicknamed Black Robe by his Algonquin Indian guides, is assigned to go up river into the Canadian wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron Indians. His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested, and his life and the outcome of the mission imperiled, as the expedition faces the elements and hostile Indians. Cast : Lothaire Bluteau, August Schellenberg, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, Tantoo Cardinal, Frank Wilson, Billy Two Rivers.

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