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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.19,0:00:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am from the Swinomish and Tulalip tribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.57,0:00:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am here today to carry \Nthe message from the silenced.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.53,0:00:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To show you some \Nof Native America's beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.71,0:00:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to encourage \Nour collective consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.89,0:00:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reimagine the way we see each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.100,0:00:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we re-learn to see as human beings?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.37,0:00:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does the photographic image\Nimpact our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.44,0:00:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the lives of those around us?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.52,0:00:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it does, can we use that image
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.56,0:00:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to encourage and inspire one another?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.21,0:00:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do something for me:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.25,0:00:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to remember the last time that you saw
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.82,0:00:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Native American in massive media.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.30,0:00:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this what you saw?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.76,0:00:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is, I wouldn't be surprised,\Nbecause between 1990 and 2000
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.23,0:00:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were 5,868 \Nblockbuster-released films.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.35,0:01:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twelve included of American Indians.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.79,0:01:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of them showed Indians as
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.07,0:01:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual or in-tune with nature
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.42,0:01:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten of them as impoverished and/or\Nbeaten down by society,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.46,0:01:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten as continually\Nin conflict with Whites.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.07,0:01:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the image of \Nthe professional photographer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.27,0:01:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the musician, the teacher, the doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.96,0:01:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were largely absent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.08,0:01:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's interesting is how this image
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.29,0:01:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manifests itself into our psyche.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.36,0:01:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when this image
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.54,0:01:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is shown to a young Native person,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.25,0:01:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they report feeling lower self-esteem
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.57,0:01:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and depressed about\Nwhat they are able to become
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.93,0:01:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or would like to become.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.17,0:01:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shockingly, when shown\Nto the white counterpart,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.45,0:01:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their self-esteem is raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.81,0:01:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If society only sees us as these images,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.65,0:01:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means that our modern issues\Ndon't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.93,0:01:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nor do our efforts like \Nschooling and economic development
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.30,0:02:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through sovereignty and Nation building.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.37,0:02:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we be seen as modern,\Nsuccessful people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.72,0:02:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are continually represented
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.37,0:02:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the leathered-and-feathered \Nvanishing race?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.22,0:02:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last ten years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.34,0:02:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my work has been about\Ncounteracting these images,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.48,0:02:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create positive indigenous\Nrole models from this century.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.48,0:02:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My most recent endeavor, Project 562,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.26,0:02:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is dedicated to photographing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.68,0:02:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every indigenous nation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.23,0:02:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.05,0:02:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So far, I've driven 50,000 miles,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.36,0:02:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shot 106 tribes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.65,0:02:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shot thousands of rolls of film.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.68,0:02:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And each tribe that I go to,\NI interview folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.89,0:02:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ask them questions about\Nidentity and stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.31,0:02:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it mean to be a real Indian?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.95,0:02:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we deal with blood quantum?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.86,0:02:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me about some of the issues\Nwithin your community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.21,0:03:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.14,0:03:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you tell me your story?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.98,0:03:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as this one:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.46,0:03:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here we have Leon Grant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.12,0:03:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leon is an Omaha Indian.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.79,0:03:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was reared on a ranch in Nebraska.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.25,0:03:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was sixteen years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.96,0:03:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he decided that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.83,0:03:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wanted to pursue an education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.08,0:03:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he left a note for his folks\Nwhile they were in town,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.00,0:03:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and proceeded to walk for 49 days \Nuntil he arrived in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.50,0:03:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he got there, he put himself \Nthrough a community college,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.42,0:03:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undergrad, theology school,\Nand eventually law school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.32,0:03:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he set up American Indian Centers\Nall across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.52,0:03:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Leon told me at that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.98,0:03:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indian People were still \Nconsidered lesser citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.45,0:03:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a photo of my cousin Anna.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.80,0:03:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anna is Swonomish, Hualapai, Havasupai,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.24,0:03:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cherokee, Chemehuevi, and Salish.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.84,0:04:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I was talking to Anna \Nthe other day, and I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.37,0:04:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Anna, do you think racism\Nstill exists in America?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.14,0:04:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, and Anna started crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.30,0:04:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was like "Oh, Anna!" and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.17,0:04:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, Matika, \Nif you want to know about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.48,0:04:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all you have to do is go to the lunchroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.99,0:04:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the segregation."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.73,0:04:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "I just don't think \Nit's ever going to change."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.53,0:04:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Oh, honey, \Nof course it can change!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.88,0:04:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I sat in that lunchroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.44,0:04:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I could relate to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.41,0:04:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just love her.\NThis is Marva "Sii~xuuttesna" Jones
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.81,0:04:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marva is from the Village of Nilichinden,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.31,0:04:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a tribe in Northern California
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.54,0:04:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a colonized name of\N"The Smith River Rancheria."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.61,0:04:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the people are Tolowa.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.09,0:04:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marva is rad! You'd love her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.56,0:04:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.96,0:04:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll notice her 111 tattoo.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.75,0:05:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I asked her about its significance,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.11,0:05:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.98,0:05:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I always knew I wanted to get my 111.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.34,0:05:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially after learning the history \Nof it being outlawed in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.40,0:05:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,California independent Indian tattooing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.81,0:05:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was outlawed in the early 1900s.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.05,0:05:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always thought I was going to have one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.00,0:05:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning our history\Nempowered me to get my 111.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.14,0:05:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was traditionally applied\Nthrough the tapping method.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.03,0:05:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me it signifies\Nmy commitment to who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.91,0:05:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It signifies my ability
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.60,0:05:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to carry forward my ancestors' message
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.18,0:05:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work that my people\Nhave laid for my community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.91,0:05:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also signifies courage and strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.07,0:05:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had it since January 20th of 2011.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.37,0:05:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It'll be two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.51,0:05:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never thought about \Nhe experience of people staring at you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.32,0:05:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everywhere you go until I got it. \NI really wasn't prepared for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.68,0:05:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't get it for those reasons.\NI'm really not one for attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.25,0:05:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's negative or positive,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.88,0:05:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about a fifty-fifty.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.44,0:05:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Airports, stores and public places,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.85,0:05:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like it's made me not\Nlook at people anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.26,0:06:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell that people judge you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.72,0:06:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can totally tell\Nwhen they don't like you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.96,0:06:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes they acknowledge you \Nand they say, 'Nice tatoo, sister.'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.43,0:06:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some people are just like,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.04,0:06:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Who is this freak?'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.44,0:06:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Why would you do that?'
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.22,0:06:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought you could tell it's tribal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.13,0:06:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I guess people don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.97,0:06:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's brought on\Na new sense of patience for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.33,0:06:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a photo of a White Mountain \NApache crown dancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.13,0:06:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the rare opportunity \Nto take this photo
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.24,0:06:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.15,0:06:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They represent the mountain spirit gods,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.15,0:06:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dance for traditional, sacred reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.21,0:06:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Starflower Montoya.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.44,0:06:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Star is Barona and Taos Pueblo.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.52,0:06:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's wearing her traditional manta
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.64,0:06:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she received during \Nher coming of age ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.50,0:06:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I asked Star,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.94,0:06:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do we navigate \Nbeing an Indian in 2013, she said:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.99,0:06:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My grandma said it best: 'You have \Nto wear your moccasin on one foot,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.47,0:07:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your tennis shoe on the other.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.49,0:07:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.96,0:07:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Paul Chavez.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.22,0:07:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul is Bishop Paiute and Apache,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.58,0:07:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is in the Owens Valley.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.32,0:07:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the most beautiful places\NI've ever been to.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.77,0:07:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul has spent his life dedicated
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.79,0:07:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the preservation of Native culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.78,0:07:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First by serving as the tribal chairman,\Nby setting up TANF programs
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.02,0:07:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout Indian Country\Nand by working with Native youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.79,0:07:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was visiting Paul\Nin Paiute country,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.24,0:07:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was most taken aback\Nby the story of the "paya,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.87,0:07:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means "water" in Paiyute.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.34,0:07:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pre-colonization, the Paiyute people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.56,0:07:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constructed and managed 60 miles \Nof intricate irrigation systems
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.27,0:07:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for millenia, long before the city of \NLos Angeles secured its largest water source
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.82,0:07:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through modern engineering\Nover a century ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.47,0:07:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the Indian Wars of 1863,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.77,0:07:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surviving Paiute returned home to find
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.61,0:07:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their ancient waterworks taken over\Nby white settlers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.34,0:08:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, 150 years later, the Paiute tribe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.85,0:08:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is still in litigation \Nfor those waterworks.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.28,0:08:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a fine example of our tribes'\Ncontinued struggle for sovereignty.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.29,0:08:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I talked to Paul about these issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.26,0:08:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said, "The important thing is that\Nwe are here. We survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.42,0:08:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think about it, every Native that is \Nalive today as a result of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.06,0:08:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our ancestors surviving.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.99,0:08:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to ask yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.98,0:08:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Why are you here?'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.24,0:08:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Why am I here?'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.57,0:08:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've come to the conclusion for myself \Nthat we are here to carry on as a tribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.46,0:08:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, we will become our colonizers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.14,0:08:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will just blend in.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.18,0:08:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's our struggle, not to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.40,0:08:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because being a Native person from here,\Nor wherever you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.97,0:08:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's value in being who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.41,0:08:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only as a tribe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.40,0:08:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for the sustainability of the Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.86,0:08:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has a lot to do with our traditional,\Nsustainable ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.49,0:09:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most fundamental part of\Nbeing sovereign is
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.71,0:09:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believing you are sovereign.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.66,0:09:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believing that you are a nation.\NThat's the basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.08,0:09:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, the next step\Nis acting upon that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.83,0:09:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Jane Blackman.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.16,0:09:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jane is from the Pala tribe\Nin Southern California
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.43,0:09:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is a devout Catholic.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.36,0:09:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jane wanted to have \Nher photo taken in the mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.24,0:09:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we have a photograph of Hayes Lewis.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.57,0:09:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hayes is the superintendent\Nfor the Zuni school district
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.27,0:09:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's really exiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.37,0:09:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zuni tribe just broke away
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.17,0:09:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the neighboring district.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.20,0:09:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we were talking about how it was
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.83,0:09:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they had come to decide this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.44,0:09:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were talking about how federal policy\Nhas affected education, he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.23,0:09:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The next step in development
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.83,0:09:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually changing the policies\Nand the structure of education
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.09,0:09:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.62,0:09:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you just take the structure\Nof education the way it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.34,0:09:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with its policies, practices and mandates,\Nwhat difference does it make
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.24,0:10:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't go back into the community\Nand basically rebuild from the bottom up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.14,0:10:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Guylish Bommelyn.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.52,0:10:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guylish is also Tolowa.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.41,0:10:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is an Athabascan speaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.74,0:10:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He teaches his language \Nin the tribal school there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.82,0:10:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I've been on this journey,\NI've met Athabascan speakers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.71,0:10:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Alaska, in California, in Arizona,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.45,0:10:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in New Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.24,0:10:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the southern tribes say that \Nthe northern ones got tired of walking.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.54,0:10:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.24,0:10:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Mary Evelyn Baumgarten.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.39,0:10:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary is just lovely.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.11,0:10:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary is a retired professor\Nfrom the University of New Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.84,0:10:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she taught indigenous education.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.04,0:10:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mary is passionate about training teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.17,0:10:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work within indigenous communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.43,0:10:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a very long conversation about
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.56,0:11:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the history of boarding schools\Nin this country, and assimilation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.22,0:11:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she said, "When are we \Ngoing to stop asking our children
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.89,0:11:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to choose between cultural education \Nand western education?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.71,0:11:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we are ready to stop\Nthe assimilation process.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.84,0:11:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time to change is already among us."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.16,0:11:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Anthony "Thosh" Collins
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.48,0:11:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Salt River Pima tribe.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.22,0:11:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thosh is a bird singer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.08,0:11:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's his rattle there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.21,0:11:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thosh is dedicated to total body wellness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.53,0:11:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by eating mostly plant-based foods.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.92,0:11:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm with Thosh, it is always \Nway easier for me to choose
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.92,0:11:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the salad over the French toast!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.19,0:11:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.57,0:11:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.07,0:11:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went down for the Gathering of Nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.92,0:11:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got there and I was like,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.49,0:11:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, my God! There's 21 tribes\Nin New Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.79,0:11:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who am I gonna photograph,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.32,0:11:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how am I going to reach\Nall of these people?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.67,0:12:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I put it on Facebook:\N"I'm looking for friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.15,0:12:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I need to go to all of these tribes."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.40,0:12:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that my friend Dana's mom
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.31,0:12:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was from Navajo Nation
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.05,0:12:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Valerie called me and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.91,0:12:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll take you."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.06,0:12:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we drove, and drove and drove
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.68,0:12:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drove down a dirt road
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.52,0:12:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we finally arrived here
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.54,0:12:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Ray and Fannie Mitchell's house.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.88,0:12:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ray and Fannie are 82 and 83 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.04,0:12:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've been married for 65 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.46,0:12:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They only speak Diné.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.51,0:12:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, their daughter translated for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.39,0:12:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ray is a retired railroad worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.97,0:12:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's retired to ranch life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.97,0:12:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fannie is a weaver.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.32,0:12:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here where they live on Navajo Nation,\Nthey live without
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.06,0:12:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,running water or electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.39,0:12:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live on a sheep camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.30,0:12:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fannie shears the sheep,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.02,0:12:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dyes the wool and weaves the rugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.49,0:12:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was going out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.45,0:13:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was feeling so sorry for myself,\Nbecause it was my birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.10,0:13:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was upset that\NI was getting another year older.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.51,0:13:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also because I was away \Nfrom my family and my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.51,0:13:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I got here\Nand they made me mutton stew
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.98,0:13:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and handmade tortillas
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.33,0:13:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they prayed for my journey
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.35,0:13:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they made me feel like family.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.15,0:13:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just felt so blessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.52,0:13:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was going into \Nthe famous Grand Canyon
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.41,0:13:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to photograph the Havasupai People.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.31,0:13:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I called Matthew.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.34,0:13:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After I got permission from \Nthe tribal council to go there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.30,0:13:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "I would like to come on Friday."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.21,0:13:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Well, do you hike?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.38,0:13:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.49,0:13:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "I have running shoes."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.13,0:13:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Okay, fine.\NDo you ride horses?""
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.76,0:13:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Yeah! I have cowboy boots."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.79,0:13:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.74,0:14:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was like, "We're going to put you\Non a helicopter."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.54,0:14:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.97,0:14:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they took me down\Ninto the Grand Canyon.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.14,0:14:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew says to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.44,0:14:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Matika, to get here, all you have to do
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.64,0:14:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is drive up old Route 66.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.47,0:14:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll see a sign for Havasupai.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.41,0:14:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.86,0:14:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drive until you see a helicopter.\NWhen you get there,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.42,0:14:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell the pilot you're an Indian,\NHe'll let you on; he'll bring you down."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.85,0:14:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.20,0:14:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "What?"\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.67,0:14:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, my mentor told me that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.71,0:14:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Courage is having fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.83,0:14:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing it anyway."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.78,0:14:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I mustered all of my courage:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.76,0:14:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got in my car, and I drove Route 66,\NI looked for the sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.63,0:14:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took the right, I found the helicopter,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.09,0:14:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I showed him my tribal I.D.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.50,0:14:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got on the helicopter\Nand I arrived down there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.81,0:14:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got off the helicopter,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.67,0:14:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Benji and Matthew were waiting for me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.08,0:14:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of my fear dissipated.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.60,0:15:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This photo was taken
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.36,0:15:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at about 11:00 at night after a full day\Nof shooting in the Canyon
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.86,0:15:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all around their beautiful village.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.86,0:15:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Havasupai People consider themselves\Nthe guardians of the Grand Canyon.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.21,0:15:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Havasupai" means,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.02,0:15:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The people of the blue-green water."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.96,0:15:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Matthew in his traditional regalia
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.01,0:15:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.33,0:15:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the next day, I took this photo:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.02,0:15:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is Rex Tolusi.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.90,0:15:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Benji brought me over to see Rex,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.16,0:15:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rex said,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.72,0:15:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I really have a hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.63,0:15:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking with outsiders, because in 2000,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.83,0:15:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surveyors came in,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.08,0:15:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they took our blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.05,0:15:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said they were going\Nto help us with diabetes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.63,0:15:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they used our blood
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.34,0:15:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to prove that \Nwe weren't from the Canyon."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.06,0:15:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I didn't set up my microphone,\NI didn't take my camera out of my bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.46,0:16:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat and visited with Rex for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.44,0:16:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked about what it's like.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.73,0:16:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "I, too, I grew up on a Rez,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.92,0:16:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, too have suffered from the effects
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.06,0:16:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our inter-generational trauma,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.98,0:16:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, too, am recovering."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.66,0:16:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we had similar paths,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.23,0:16:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as teachers in tribal schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.20,0:16:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we cried for the students
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.05,0:16:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'd lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.39,0:16:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, after Rex heard
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.04,0:16:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could make really good fried bread,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.18,0:16:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.36,0:16:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said, "You can turn \Nyour microphone on."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.89,0:16:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What would you like me\Nto tell the people?"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.77,0:16:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.60,0:16:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Remind them that we all come\Nfrom the same Mother Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.66,0:16:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they may have forgotten.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.58,0:16:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell them that all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.76,0:16:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the brown, the red,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.20,0:16:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the yellow, the purple,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.27,0:16:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are all from the same place.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.82,0:17:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our job is to take care of our Mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.99,0:17:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But mostly, tell them we survived."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.37,0:17:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I was driving out of the Grand Canyon,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.92,0:17:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the road to come here,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.36,0:17:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just so overwhelmed by gratitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.45,0:17:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.64,0:17:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started thinking about all the people\Nthat have supported my journey so far:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.11,0:17:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the generous Kickstarter contributors,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.90,0:17:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people that have fed me
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.92,0:17:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and housed me, and prayed for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.47,0:17:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sent me off in a good way.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.43,0:17:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that people are supportive
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.95,0:17:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they believe in a cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.48,0:17:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, at the core of it all,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.24,0:17:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all want to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.61,0:17:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we come from the same place.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.40,0:17:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we belong to one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.74,0:18:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the journey continues!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.90,0:18:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.66,0:18:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.46,0:18:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause).