Indian Relay.
Monday, June 29 – Sunday, July 26 The Medicine Game.
The Medicine Game (2012, 70 min.) United States. Lukas Korver. For Jeremy and Jerome Thompson, brothers from the Onondaga Nation in New York, the sport of lacrosse is more than just a game – it’s part of their Iroquois heritage. They are pinning their hopes on their skill in the sport to take them to Syracuse University, a school with 14 national championship wins in lacrosse. With their college dreams nearly within reach, the boys are caught up in a constant struggle to define their Native identity, live up to their family’s expectations and balance challenges on and off the reservation.
Monday, July 27 – Sunday, Sept. 6
4wheelwarpony (2008, 8 min.) United States. Dustinn Craig (White Mountain Apache/ Navajo). Young Apache skateboarders link past to present.
Toka (1994, 24 min.) United States. Cyndee and David Wing. Women and girls of the Tohono O’odham tribe of Arizona play an exciting game of stickball, reflecting the people’s age-old traditions.
The Twenty-First Annual World Eskimo- Indian Olympics (1986, 27 min.) United States. Skip Blumberg. A documentary classic on the Eskimo–Indian Olympics shows such events as the two-foot and one-foot high kick, the knuckle hop, the blanket toss and the four-man carry.
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