Lost Nation: The Ioway

How to Contribute to "Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3"

The end of the year is near, but there is still time to make a tax-deductible contribution toward the completion of Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3.

Tax-deductible contributions can be made via our fiscal sponsor Kansas Public Telecommunications Services, Inc.  Make our your check payable to "KPTS-Ioway Films" and mail it to:

Fourth Wall Films
P.O. Box 702
Moline, IL 61265

We forward your check to KPTS along with a request for reimbursement.  KPTS will forward a receipt for your contribution by mail.

Non tax-deductible contributions can be made directly to Fourth Wall Films via check to the above address.  We can also forward a PayPal invoice via email if you wish to make a non tax-deductible via your credit card.

Please email FourthWallFilms@aol.com to request a PayPal invoice, or to receive additional  information.

Thank you in advance for your support.  Your contributions will help make these important Native American historical documentary films a reality.

We wish you a very happy holiday season!

Kind regards,

Kelly & Tammy Rundle
Producers

"Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3" Awarded Wisconsin Humanities Council Grant

Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3, two new historical documentary film sequels produced by award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle, have been awarded a media grant by the Wisconsin Humanities Council through their fiscal sponsor Cultural Landscape Legacies, Inc.

"We are very grateful to the Wisconsin Humanities Council for supporting this important film about the Ioway people," said producer Tammy Rundle.

The documentary sequel continues the Ioway Native American story in 1837, where Lost Nation: The Ioway 1 left off.  The two films will be released on a single DVD in November 2012.  As with Ioway 1, the DVD will feature an alternative soundtrack in the endangered Ioway language.

The WHC grant will fund a portion of the cost of gathering footage of the traditional Ioway origin site near Green Bay ("Red Banks"), as well as other sites in Wisconsin with ties to the Ioway peoples.

Individuals and organizations interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to the documentary project before the end of 2011 can contact the Rundles at FourthWallFilms@aol.com.

The Wisconsin Humanities Council is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support and create prgrams that use history, culture, and discussion to strenghthen community life for everyone in Wisconsin.  The WHC is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, by the State of Wisconsin and by other sources, both public and private.

Cultural Landscape Legacies, Inc. (CLL) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the dissemination of 'what we are learning' to the modern peoples who live on the land, and to passing these discoveries and insights onto the younger generation. CLL is also dedicated to preserving and protecting landscape legacies from the past from destruction by "progress" and to provide education, protection and preservation of the cultural heritage of the indigenous people who left their legacy on the landscape of the Upper Midwest. 

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Receives Historic Preservation Program Certification

The Leary Site on the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska reservation is a National Historic Landmark.

Slidell, LA--The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska has achieved certification from the National Park Service for their Tribal historic preservation programs. The Iowa Tribe of Kansa and Nebraska Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPOs) is certified to assume duties under the National Historic Preservation Act, including the surveying, protection, and preservation of important historic, archeological, and cultural sites; nomination of properties to the National Register of Historic Places; and the review of federal projects. The THPO designation, which also allows tribes to qualify for historic preservation grants, is granted by the National Park Service.

The THPO designation is an important milestone in the preservation of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska culture. In addition, this designation can seek to assist the other tribes located nearby as the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska has the only THPO designation in the state. Alan Kelley of the Iowa Tribe of Kansa and Nebraska will serve as the interim Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. Mr. Kelley is currently serving as the IT Director of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and previously served as Vice-Chairman. During his tenure as Vice-Chairman, Mr. Kelley served on various committees relevant to the cultural and historic preservation of the Iowa Tribe. These committees include, Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC).

The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Executive Committee will serve as the advisory review board for the THPO until a full-time Officer is hired. Once a full-time Tribal Historic Preservation Officer is hired he will, along with the Executive Committee, designate an Advisory Board specifically for the Tribal Historic Preservation Office. The Advisory Board for the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska will include Tribal members that are knowledgeable in tribal traditions and culture.

The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska requested technical assistance to seek the establishment of a Tribal Historic Preservation Office. Under a memorandum of understanding, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska contracted with Morning Star Consulting, a Native American owned grant consulting firm, to facilitate the application process.

Contact the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska for more information about the Tribe's historic preservation efforts.

Production Continues on "Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3" Sequel Film Project

Promotional art for Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3.

The unforgettable story of the Ioway people continues where the award-winning Lost Nation: The Ioway left off in two new one-hour documentary films by Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films. The documentaries will be released in the fall of 2012.

When the Ioway are forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands to a reservation in Northeast Kansas, Ioway leader White Cloud (The Younger) believes his people must relocate to survive.  But intermarriage, broken treaties, and the end of communal living leads to a split in 1878 and the establishment of a second Ioway tribe in Oklahoma.  Both tribes endure hardship and challenges to their traditions and culture to achieve successful land claims and self-determination in the 1970s.  Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 brings the Ioway story full circle.

The Rundles went into production on the sequel project in March 2010 and filming will be completed in the Spring of 2012. Ioway 2&3 was shot in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Additional filming will take place in Montana and Wisconsin.  The film will feature stories told by Ioway Tribal Elders and Tribal Members, as well as other Native Americans, historians, archaeologists and anthropologists.

The documentary project has been awarded grants by Humanities Iowa, The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, The Kansas Humanities Council, The Nebraska Humanities Council, The Oklahoma Humanities Council, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area and The Wisconsin Humanities Council.

Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 is slated for theatrical release during National Native American Heritage Month in 2012.  A national DVD release (with an alternative soundtrack in the Ioway "Baxoje" language) is planned for 2013, with Midwestern-PBS broadcasts to follow.

Art: Notchimine by Charles Bird King, Thomas L. McKenney & James Hall. Used by permission, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.

Sioux City Public Museum Showcases "Lost Nation: The Ioway" for Series on American Indian Tribes

 

Sioux City Public Museum will showcase the award-winning documentary Lost Nation: The Ioway on Thursday, October 20, 2011 as part of its "Three Tribes, Many Stories" project series.  Filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle will take part in a Q&A session following the presentation of their documentary.

The 8-part series, which features American Indian tribes of Siouxland, received a grant from Humanities Iowa.  The series began on October 4th with a presentation by archaeologist Cindy Peterson from the Office of the State Archaeologist that focused on historic archaeological sites of the Ioway Tribe. 

On Tuesday, November 15th a special discussion on the book The Indians of Iowa by Ioway writer/artist Lance Foster will begin at 6:00 p.m.  The series continues through March of 2012.

The Sioux City Public Museum is located at 607 4th Street in Sioux City, Iowa.  Lost Nation: The Ioway will screen at 6:00 p.m. A special display of items related to the film project will be available.  The event is free to the public.

The Rundles are currently in production on Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3. The two new one-hour Native American documentaries will bring the Ioway story up to date, from 1838 to the 1970s, and include present-day material. The sequel project is slated for completion in the fall of 2012. Visit www.IowayMovie.com for more information.

Ioway was funded in part by Humanities Iowa, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Oklahoma Humanities Council, the Nebraska Humanities Council, and Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area.

"Lost Nation: The Ioway" Encore Screening Near Lake Okoboji

Filmmaker Tammy Rundle greets viewers at the filled-to-capacity showing of "Ioway" in July 2011.

The award-winning documentary Lost Nation: The Ioway is scheduled for an encore screening on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in Milford, Iowa.  The July 19, 2011 showing was filled to capacity and reservations by phone are required for the encore event.

Ioway Tribal Elders join historians to tell the epic story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, from Pipestone, Minnesota to St. Louis.  What was a quest for survival in the past, has become a struggle to retain a unique Native American culture and language in the present.

The Rundles are currently in production on Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3.  The two new one-hour Native American documentaries will bring the Ioway story up to date, from 1838 to the 1970s, and include present-day material.  The sequel project is slated for completion in the fall of 2012.  Visit www.IowayMovie.com for more information.

Ioway was funded in part by Humanities Iowa, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Oklahoma Humanities Council, the Nebraska Humanities Council, and Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area.

Address: Lakeside Laboratory, Mahan Hall, 1838 Highway 86, Milford, Iowa.

Call for reservations: 712.337.3669, ext. 1.  Doors open at 6:30 pm.

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Pow Wow Opens

 
Mahushka Singers, Ioway.

The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska's annual pow wow opens Friday, September 16th and ends on Sunday, September 18th, 2011 in White Cloud, Kansas.  The following information was released from the Northern Ioway Tribe.

The M.C. this year is William Ogden
 
Arean Director - Trillby Wahwasuck, PB Potawatomi
Head Man - T.B.A.
Head Women - T.B.A.
Head Gourd Dancer - Allen Redfield, Jr.
Head Northern Drum - Whistling Winds, Kickapoo
Head Southern drum - Tom Spottedhorse, Kiowa
Host drum - Mahushka, Ioway

SCHEDULE

Friday, September 16th, 2011
Camp Night - "Informal" Get to know your neighbors night!

Saturday, September 17th, 2011
10 am Registration Opens
11am-12pm Gourd dance
12pm-1pm Lunch Break
2pm Grand Entry
5pm Supper break/Registration Closes
5:30-6:30 Gourd Dance
7pm Grand Entry

Sunday, September 18th, 2011
11am Registration Opens
11:30 Gourd Dance
1:30pm Lunch Break
2pm Grand Entry

Dancers must register in correct category with tribal enrollment in hand.  Registraion/payout rules have changed due to weather this year. No drugs, alcohol, or firearms allowed.  Security provided by Ioway Tribal Police.  No pets allowed in dance arena.  Not responsible for lost or stolen items.

Call Marie Knoxsah at (785) 741-4521 for more information.

Humanities Iowa Awards "Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3" Grant

 
A prairie burn scene captured for the new documentary projects Ioway 2&3.

Tammy and Kelly Rundle's Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3, two new historical documentary film sequels, have received a media grant from Humanities Iowa via their fiscal sponsor Native Languages of the Americas.

The sequel project continues the Ioway Native American story in 1837, where Lost Nation: The Ioway 1 left off.  The two films will be released on a single DVD in 2012.  As with Ioway 1, the DVD will feature an alternative soundtrack in the endangered Ioway language.

Humanities Iowa previously supported the Rundles' Lost Nation: The Ioway 1, Villisca: Living with a Mystery and Country School: One Room - One Nation.

 
 
Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3 is one of many grants funded by Humanities Iowa.  Humanities Iowa (HI) is committed to bringing the humanities to the public through grant making, publications, and through interactive programming and events. Founded in 1971, HI is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities or NEH in Washington D.C.

The mission of Humanities Iowa is to promote understanding and appreciation of the people, communities, cultures, and stories of importance to Iowa and the nation.

Native Languages of the Americas is a non-profit organization dedicated to the survival of Native American languages, particularly through the use of Internet technology. The NLA website serves as a compendium of online materials about more than 800 indigenous languages of the Western Hemisphere and the people that speak them.

Award-winning “Lost Nation: The Ioway” and Filmmakers to Appear at Special Lakeside Lab Event

 
Fall Encampment at the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska reservation in White Cloud, Kansas.

The award-winning documentary Lost Nation: The Ioway continues to light up the screen and will be featured Tuesday, July 19, 7:30 p.m. at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in Milford, Iowa.  Film producers Kelly and Tammy Rundle will appear for Q&A following the screening.

From the creators of the critically-acclaimed documentaries Country School: One Room – One Nation and Villisca: Living with a Mystery, Lost Nation: The Ioway explores the dramatic saga of the Ioway from their ancestors – known as the Oneota – to their present day locations in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

Ioway Tribal Elders join historians to tell the epic story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, from Pipestone, Minnesota to St. Louis.  What was a quest for survival in the past, has become a struggle to retain a unique Native American culture and language in the present.

Film critic Linda Cook of the Quad City Times gave Lost Nation: The Ioway 4-out-of-4 stars and said “The Rundle’s “Ioway” is perfectly complete… A fantastic documentary… You don’t have to be a history buff to enjoy this film.”

Movie reviewer Mike Schulz of the River Cities Reader wrote “Absolutely outstanding.  “Lost Nation: The Ioway” is fantastically informative, beautifully constructed, and thoroughly enjoyable…”

The award-winning documentary won several top awards at film festivals and was one of three films selected to represent the United States at the Archaeology Channel’s International Film Festival in Eugene, Oregon in May 2010.  Lost Nation: The Ioway was released nationally on DVD, and was broadcast on Midwestern PBS stations.

Lost Nation: The Ioway will screen on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Mahan Hall, 1838 Highway 86, Milford, Iowa.  Items related to Ioway culture and the making of the film will also be on display.  This special program is sponsored by Friends of Lakeside Lab and is part of the “Expanding Minds, Making Connections” free public programs. The screening event is funded in part by Humanities Iowa.

The Rundles are currently in production on Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3.  The two new one-hour documentaries will bring the Ioway story up to date, from 1838 to the 1970s, and include present-day material.  The sequel project is slated for completion in the fall of 2012.  Visit www.IowayMovie.com for more information.

Ioway received grants from Humanities Iowa, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Oklahoma Humanities Council, the Nebraska Humanities Council, and Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area.

New "Ioway" Films Receive Grant Award from the Nebraska Humanties Council

Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films in Moline, Illinois have received a media grant from the Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) via their fiscal sponsor Native American Languages of the Americas, for two new historical documentary film sequels entitled Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3.

The two new documentaries will pick up the Ioway Native American story in 1837, where Lost Nation: The Ioway 1 left off, and they will be released on a single DVD in 2012.  As with Ioway 1, the DVD will feature an alternative soundtrack in the endangered Ioway language.

The Nebraska Humanities Council previously supported the Rundles' Lost Nation: The Ioway 1 and Villisca: Living with a Mystery.

Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3 is one of many grants funded by the NHC.  The NHC awards more than $200,000 in grants each year.  Created in 1973 as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the NHC is an independent, non-profit organization governed by a volunteer board of public and academic members.  The NHC funds programs that explore Nebraska's heritage, build communty awareness, and strengthen our ties to cultural traditions at home and abroad.

For more information visit: www.NebraskaHumanities.org

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