Videos About Great Lakes Indians August 14, 2008

Native American peoples of Wisconsin and Minnesota are the focus of two documentary videos to be screened Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, 4 p.m., at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central Street, Evanston.

The tourism video Native Wisconsin (c1995, 45 minutes) takes viewers to eleven of Wisconsins Native nations, with scenes of powwows, a wild rice harvest and other traditional activities, and visits to casinos located in various tribal communities. The video, produced by the Wisconsin Native American Heritage Tourism Initiative, visits Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Mohican, Oneida, Potawatomi, and Chippewa communities.

Shot on film and transferred to video, The Woodlands: The Story of the Mille Lacs Ojibwe (1994, 55:47 minutes) was written and produced for the Mille Lacs, a Minnesota band of Ojibwe. Narrated by Graham Greene, a film and TV actor born on Canadas Six Nations Reserve, the program includes interviews with historians and Mille Lacs Band elders, modern location footage, archival footage, historical photos and documents. The musical score features traditional Ojibwe songs. The video begins with the bands arrival in what is now Minnesota and traces its accomplishments and setbacks up to the modern rebuilding of the Mille Lacs Reservation.

Mitchell Museum board members Allan and Joyce Niederman will conduct the screenings. They'll also show and discuss samples of the kinds of artwork and Native crafts seen in the videos.

The event is part of the Mitchell Museum's "Film and Video Club," a monthly series of screenings of documentary and educational videos, followed by discussions.

Admission to the event is free with an entrance donation to the museum. Suggested donation is $5 for adults; $2.50 for seniors, students, and children. Maximum suggested admission per family is $10. For information, phone (847) 475-1030. On the Net: www.mitchellmuseum.org.

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