Here is the introduction to my midterm project and a list of resources relating to Winona LaDuke and Alanis Obomsawin.
In the realm of Indigenous activism two figures stand out in my mind: Winona LaDuke and Alanis Obomsawin. As activists for Indigenous rights, Obomsawin and LaDuke employ their own forms of matrilineal resistance to bring awareness to environmental issues faced by Native people and to bring restoration to Indigenous culture, values, spirituality, and way of life. Both LaDuke and Obomsawin have a niche with which they explore, express, and bring awareness to Native environmental issues though. Winona LaDuke primarily is an author and activist. She writes books such as All Our Relation: Native Struggles for Land and Life which explores the issues relating to the deliberate targeting of Native lands for toxic waste disposal and industrial development (LaDuke, 1999). At age eighteen LaDuke spoke at the United Nations addressing Indigenous environmental concerns, she went on to get degrees both from Harvard and Antioch Universities (Speak out!). Alanis Obomsawin on the other hand looks through the lens of film to bring awareness to these issues. In her film Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance she illustrates the Mohawk resistance to a golf course that is to be built on part of the Mohawk’s land. Starting her film career in 1967 after an appearance on Ron Kelly’s television show where she was profiled, Alanis was invited to act as a consultant on a film (Women make movies, 2005). Since her appearance she has not only continued to work on films but has researched, written, filmed, narrated, directed, and coproduces most all of her documentaries (Lewis, 2006, p. 71). Throughout their work both Alanis Obomsawin have used their forms of matrilineal resistance to bring awareness to Native environmental issues. In doing so they have written multiple works and created multiple documentaries illustrating these issues. What follows is a list of their works and how these works pertain to matrilineal forms of resistance, restoration, and environmental justice. In illustrating these themes I am going to provide resources, images, information about the accomplishments of both women, and suggestions for future work that could be done.
List of Works written by Winona LaDuke
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life
Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming
Last Standing Woman
The Winona Laduke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings
Daughters of Mother Earth: The Wisdom of Native American Women
Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community
The full list and information about each book can be found at:
http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Winona+Laduke&source=an&sa=X&oi=book_group&resnum=4&ct=title&cad=author-navigational
List of Films by Alanis Obomsawin
Christmas at Moose Factory
Christmas at Moose Factory (Animated, 1971) Also script and text
Amisk (1977) Also producer
Mother of Many Children (1977) Also producer, script and text, narration
Canada Vignettes: Wild Rice Harvest Kenora (1979) Also script and text
Canada Vignettes: June in Povungnituk - Quebec Arctic (1980) Also script and text, narration
Incident at Restigouche (1984) Also producer, script and text, narration
Richard Cardinal: Cry from a Diary of a Métis Child (1986) Also producer, script and text
Mother of Many Children
Poundmaker's Lodge: A Healing Place (1987) Also producer, script and text
No Address (1988) Also producer, script and text
Walker (1991)
Le Patro Le Provost 80 Years Later (1991) Also producer, script and text
Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance (1993) Also producer, script and text, narration
My Name is Kahentiiosta (1995) Also producer, script and text, images, sound
Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man (1997) Also producer, script and text, sound
Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000) Also producer, script and text, narration
This information can be found at:
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/obomsawin.html
Resources on/about Winona LaDuke• http://nativeharvest.com/
• http://speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=79
• http://www.vassar.edu/headlines/2007/winona-laduke.html
• http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Winona_LaDuke.html
• http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Winona+Laduke&source=an&sa=X&oi=book_group&resnum=4&ct=title&cad=author-navigational
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=411VtwEICiwC&dq=winona+LaDuke&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=1pg8RZAb65&sig=ZydwvRBy_ad8WHV4Yjo8lUiV-2A&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
Resources on/about Alanis Obomsawin
http://www.onf.ca/webextension/alanis-obomsawin/bio.php
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/obomsawin.html
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=lPIZGC03HfYC&dq=alanis+obomsawin&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=klfbUiHpC6&sig=S98iBAY7Mrk2-NyNkLOuTuqAuRI&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result
http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm277.shtml
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/aboutus/artistsstories/aboriginal/af127519147338093750.htm
http://www.nfb.ca/portraits/alanis_obomsawin/
References
LaDuke, W. (1999). All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life. Cambridge, Ma: South End Press.
Lewis, R. (2006). Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Manufactured in the United States of America.
NFB Portraits: Alanis Obomsawin. (2007). Retrieved November 2, 2008 from http://www.nfb.ca/portraits/alanis_obomsawin/
Speak Out! Biography and Booking Information: Winona LaDuke (n.d.). Retrieved October 31, 2008 from http://speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=79
White Earth Land Recovery Project: Winona LaDuke (2006). Retrieved October 31, 2008from http://nativeharvest.com/winona_laduke
Williams, P. (1932). Sense of Cinema: Alanis Obomsawin. Retrieved November 1, 2008from http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/obomsawin.html
Women Make Movies: Alanis Obomsawin (2005). Retrieved November 2, 2008from http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm277.shtml
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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