Through untold stories of the intricate creation and often political sales of Navajo rugs, Weaving Worlds discloses the intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art. Audiences will discover the delicate balance between cultural continuity, increased globalization, and artistic motivation of this traditional form.
On PBS: Waila! Making the People Happy
Central European immigrants brought polka music to America in the mid-19th century but the people in the O’odham Indian nations in Arizona’s Sonoran desert have made the mixture of accordions, saxophones and percussion all their own. Taken from the word baila, which means dance in Spanish, Akimel and Tohono people have created waila, a form of music that embodies polka and Mexican tejano, cumbias and Norteno. And one family, the famous Joaquin Brothers, have taken waila all the way to Carnegie Hall to show that "Indian music" is what culture and language make it to be.
VisionMaker Video, a service of Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) is accepting online entries for the 2009 VisionMaker Video Contest until September 1, 2009. NAPT seeks to engage today's youth by aiding in the development of their storytelling abilities through video. Contestants will produce a short video that relates to this years theme: "Elder Voices, Youth Choices." The contest is open to legal residents of the U.S. and its territories who are 14-21 years of age at the time of entry. There is no entry fee for this contest.
The top five videos will be screened at NAPT's biennial 2009 VisionMaker Film Festival from October 30 to November 5, 2009 in Lincoln, NE. The Festival is a showcase of Native American documentaries and feature films.
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