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What Pacific Islanders Want You to Know

2017

“I had to teach myself about myself.”

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Mona Polacca of the Thirteen Grandmothers Speaks About Taking Action

This video is an excerpt from the upcoming documentary ECO WARRIORS, which is a film about the issue of labeling environmental activists as 'terrorists'.

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Mona Polacca
2011
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Grandmother Mona Polacca Blue Water: Hopi /Tewa and Havasupai - Traditional Knowledge

Grandmother Mona Polacca believes that her origins are as important as her name, Polacca, which means butterfly in the Hopi language. On her father's side, she a Hopi-Tewa from the Sun and the Tobacco Clans. It was her paternal grandfather who named her.

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Mona Polacca
2017
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01:12:41

Mona Polacca + Marina Abramović: Rites and Rituals

Our world is shaped by ritual. Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa Grandmother Mona Polacca meets with the “grandmother of performance art” Marina Abramović to talk about the essential role that ritual, repetition, and durational experiences play in reminding of us of our relationships to all things.

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Mona Polacca
2018
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04:51

Healing Prayer: Grandmother Rita Pitka

An audio prayer, from Grandmother Rita Pitka Blumenstein .

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Rita Pitka Blumenstein
2017
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Peace Conference 2009 Council 13 Grandmas — Agnes Pilgrim

Agnes Pilgrim, Council of 13 Grandmas.

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Agnes Baker-Pilgrim
2012
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Agnes Baker-Pilgrim: Indigenous Voices

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Agnes Baker-Pilgrim
2010
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Agnes Baker Pilgrim | The Life and Times of Grandma Aggie

Agnes Baker Pilgrim talks of her early life and family, of her Takelma heritage, of the Sacred Salmon Ceremony, of going to Southern Oregon University and graduating at age 61, about the Circle of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers and about water, life and the earth.

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Agnes Baker-Pilgrim
2019
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25:40

Chelsey Luger Emphasizes Learning About and Honoring Indigenous People Everywhere

Luger talks about indigenous communities, the struggles they have endured in this country.

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Chelsey Luger
2020
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05:34

A Native American Tribe Is Using Traditional Culture to Fight Addiction

A year and half ago, Gabe Stewart stood in tribal court pleading guilty to felony charges because he stole money from his family to support his opioid addiction. In January, his community honored him for overcoming addiction and watched as his case was dismissed entirely.

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2018
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Your Hair Talks. Make a Statement. | Bold Women Ep 1: Chelsey Luger

“We take pride in our hair because it represents our nations and our blood.” – Chelsey Luger.

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Chelsey Luger
2017
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Well-Being