The Native American Film Session of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival is January 13, 2012, Friday, 5pm-10pm, at the Nevada Theater in Nevada City, CA.

There will be four films including TRUDELL the documentary film about John Trudell. Of course, John Trudell will be a special guest and will have Q&As, maybe poetry, after the showing.

For more information:

Wild & Scenic Film Festival » John Trudell to be a Special Guest at Native American film Session
www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org
Start your 2012 Wild & Scenic Film Festival with our powerful Native American film session presented in partnership with the Tsi Akim Maidu Tribe. This special session will begin at 5pm with music and celebration. The event will include two feature length films, shown at the historic Nevada Theatre …

VOLUNTEER NEEDS.

Camp Hosts/Attendants: This position would ask volunteers to be present and aware of the overall status of the camp throughout the event. They would make themselves and their campsite known and would be available to answer questions, give directions and call for help if needed.

Food Team:These positions would ask for a variety of tasks related to the preparation, serving and clean up of meals. Volunteers would work directly under the supervision of the Food Coordinators.

Site Prep: This position would ask volunteers to help in the basic preparation of the event grounds and to help break down and clean up at the completion of the event. Volunteers would work directly under supervision and would be provided with a clear understanding of their task.

VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE FUN, BE CREATIVE AND TO ACCEPT TONS AND TONS OF THANKS!

Tsi Akim office number: 530-274-7497
Stephanie: 530-271-7386
Joan Buffington: 530-913-6446.

See more information at www.indigenouspeoplesdays.org

Trudell, Ishi, UmaToToDom

Sunday, September 18, 7:30 PM
St. Joseph’s Hall, Grass Valley

Featuring the powerful full length documentary, “Trudell,” the life story of the Native American poet, prophet, and activist John Trudell and his message of taking personal responsibility to the earth and to all our descendants.

The eighty minute movie includes archival concert and interview footage, with abstract imagery mirroring the coyote nature of Trudell. The movie starts in the 60′s with the twenty one month  occupation by native Americans of Alcatraz, which Trudell calls his birth, and the beginning of AIM, the American Indian Movement.

n 1979, Trudell burned an American flag on the steps of the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC. Hours later, a suspicious fire burned his home  in Nevada, killing is pregnant wife, mother-in-law, and three children. Over the next four years, Trudell found, through his pain, his voice as a poet and a new way to present his cause. The movie “Trudell” was ten years in the making.

John Trudell will be speaking in Grass Valley Friday, October 7, 2011, at the Grass Valley Veterans Hall, in a rare local appearance. He will be keynoting the twelth annual Indigenous Peoples Days.

Opening Maidu Movie Night September 18 will be a new 20 minute movie on “Ishi,”  by a young native woman from Oroville. The story of the local Tsi Akim Maidu tribe, from genocide in the 1800′s to political support and activism today, is covered in a 14 minute film by local videographer Terra Nyssa; “Uma ToToDom”, or Gathering Together” also shows the importance of the Maidu language.

Maidu Movie Night is hosted by the Tsi Akim Maidu Tribe as an introduction to Trudell and to Indigenous Peoples Days 2011. It is open to the public by donation. For more information, call the Tsi Akim tribal office, 530-274-7497, or 913-6446.

TICKETS FOR JOHN TRUDELL CONCERT

“The Tsi Akim Maidu Present John Trudell”
October 7, 2011, 7:30 PM

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TICKETS:

We are in process of printing tickets and securing locations where you can purchase tickets. In the meantime,  to secure a ticket, please call the Tsi Akim Maidu office and leave your name and number. We will add your name to the list, and we will contact you as soon as ticket locations are established. That number is: 530-274-7494.

VENDORS:

Vendors are welcome by prior arrangement. To become a vendor, please contact Mignon Geli, producer, at: 415-637-4740, or Joan Buffington, event coordinator, at: 530-913-6446.

Thank you for your interest and support!

Joan Buffington

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CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO:

www.INDIGENOUSPEOPLESDAYS.org

Remember to bring a potluck dish, eating utensils, a chair, a hat, or covering as it might be hot.  Optionally, bring an item to raffle.

This is also a fundraiser for the Tribe and for the participants at the Native Village during California World Fest to help them with travel, food and lodging expenses as they are all volunteers.  This would include Good Shield Aguilar, Lawrence Laughing, Wachan Waci, Bear Fox and Clan (6 Mohawk women), Neena McNair Family Singers, Three River Drum, Tsi-Akim Maidu including Ch. Don Ryberg, Coyote, Jason Ryberg, Grayson Cooney.  And of course the Village organizers, Anna Kastner, with the assistance of Mignon Geli.

Once again, Tsi Akim Maidu will be hosting the Native Village at Worldfest at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. Worldfest runs from July 14th to the 17th.

Ticket information available at: http://www.worldfest.net

IPD this year will be October 7-10. Friday night will be a round dance in downtown Nevada City. Saturday through Monday, all events will be at a new location, Sycamore Ranch, on the South Yuba River and Highway #20, 4.5 miles west of Parks Bar bridge.

NEW MEETING SCHEDULE

Planning meetings for IPD ’11 have changed from Thursday to Wednesday, 6 – 7:30 PM.

The new schedule for July and August is: FIRST and THIRD Wednesday. That is: July 6, July 20, Aug. 3, Aug. 17.

The new schedule for Sept. is: EVERY Wednesday. That is: Sept. 7, Sept. 14, Sept. 21, and Sept. 21.

It is not necessary to attend meeting in order to volunteer for IPD ’11. But lots of help is needed. So, please call Volunteer Coordinator, Steph, at 530-271-7386, or me at 530-913-6446.

We are all excited about the changes in IPD this year. Long time activist-poet John Trudell will headline a fundraiser for the Tsi AKim Maidu on Friday, October 7. The rest of the weekend, including the Calling Back the Salmon ceremony on Saturday, entertainment and the Descendants Circles on Sunday, and the children’s program and Richard Prout Memorial Dinner on Monday, will all be at the Sycamore Ranch on Highway 20, on the Yuba River 4.5 miles west of the Parks Bar bridge.

Hope to see you!

Joan Buffington

FIRST MEETING TO PLAN IPD 2011 – Wednesday, May 18, 6-7:30 PM

If you would like to be a volunteer to be part of Indigenous People’s Days 2011, please call the new Tsi Akim office, 530-274-7497. Or, come to the first planning meeting, at the new office, Wednesday, May 18, 6-7:30 PM.

Exciting changes are in store for IPD this year.

The weekend will open in downtown Nevada City with a Round Dance on Friday, October 7.

The next three days will be at Sycamore Ranch, on the Yuba River 4 miles west of the Parks Bar bridge in Highway 20. The new location includes RV and camping sites, a large indoor kitchen, showers and bath, as well as acres of open space for parking, vendors, and other activities. The ceremonial site is at the creek as it flows into the Yuba River. All three day of activities will be at Sycamore, including the Calling Back the Salmon ceremony on Saturday, October 8, an all day celebration on Sunday, October 9, and the Richard Prout Memorial Dinner of Monday, October 10. And more.

We hope you can be part of this exciting process.

MORE INFO…

Memorial Weekend – May 28, 29, 30 2011

at TASI – KOYO

Taylorsville Campground

in Plumas County

Members requested to attend,
non-members welcome.

Leona Prows Memorial Dinner – Saturday Night
Sponsored by the Hedrick family