Lost Nation: The Ioway

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.

Filmmakers of Award-winning “Lost Nation: The Ioway” Turn Their Lens on the Legacy of Midwestern One-Room Schools

 
 
Filmmakers Tammy and Kelly Rundle spent two years visiting over 70 one-room schools throughout the Upper Midwest for their most ambitious documentary to date, Country School: One Room – One Nation.  The film will have its world premiere at the State Historical Building in Des Moines on Friday, November 19, 2010 at 6:00 and 8:00 pm.

Over 80 hours of interviews, vistas, and historic sites shot in all four seasons in Iowa and four other states have been distilled down to a feature-length documentary that tells the dramatic true story of the life, death, and rebirth of one-room schools in the Upper Midwest.
 
“They did what they were supposed to do,” said Iowa historian Dorothy Schwieder.  “There was a time when they met the needs of society.  There was also a time when they ceased to meet the needs of society.”
 
Along with the expected nostalgia, the Rundles’ journey revealed a few surprises: guns in school, children punished for being left-handed, bullying, lunch-stealing ponies, weather disasters, a country school designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the passion former students, teachers, and preservationists have for these sometimes forgotten and neglected little schools.
 
“The mythology both demonizes and glorifies the one-room school,” said writer Bill Samuelson.  “Most people thought it was a pretty nice place to be.”
 
Country School also takes a closer look at rural schools and how they attempted to unify American immigrants during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
 
“By 1900 in Wisconsin we had over 50 ethnic groups, all of them committed to public education, and the little country school as the symbol for accomplishing it,” said writer Jerry Apps.
 
In another angle that seems ripped from today’s headlines, old lessons hold true as small town schools that once received students of consolidated one-room schools now face closure themselves.
 
“One-room schools are a page in American history that is turning, and perhaps in another generation or two, there will be no one left to tell the story,” said Samuelson.
 
Preservationist Bill Sherman of Des Moines (the man who proposed a schoolhouse for the Iowa quarter) suggested the topic of one-room schools to the Rundles at the premiere of their award-winning film “Lost Nation: The Ioway.”
 
“If we can understand the role that country schools played in our culture, then we can better understand who we are and how we evolved into the country, the state, and the communities that we are,” said Sherman.
 
Iowa is ground-zero for one-room schools and an obvious choice for the world premiere.  Just after 1900, Iowa had nearly 13,000 one-room schools—more than any other state.  Iowa still has 3,000 existing buildings and 200 restored schools—more than any other state.  Over 50 one-room schools are still in operation in Iowa and three of those are still part of a public K-12 school district.
 
Des Moines area one-room schools that appear in the film include the schoolhouse at Living History Farms and Cole School in Boone.  More theatrical bookings, film festivals, a national DVD release, and Midwestern PBS broadcasts are planned for Country School: One Room – One Nation in 2010 and 2011.

The Country School twin-premiere event will be held at the State Historical Building, 600 E. Locust, Des Moines St. on Friday, November 19, 2010, at 6pm and 8pm.  Tickets are $10 per person through www.Midwestix.com or $13 at the door.  In addition to the film, the premiere evening will feature music by Just 4 Fun Old Time Music—showcasing music from the documentary, a historical display of country school memorabilia, and Q&A with the Rundles and film participants following the screenings.  DCA’s 6th Annual “Chili for Charity” for the Food Bank of Iowa will be served from 5-8pm for $5 per person.  The premiere is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Preservation Iowa and Sierra Investment Management.
 
Additional screenings of “Country School” will continue on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 2pm, 4pm and 7pm, and Sunday, Nov. 21 at 2pm.  Tickets are $8 per person at the door.

The Rundles' documentary "Lost Nation: The Ioway" won numerous film festival awards.  The film screened over 105 times throughout the country, was distributed nationally on DVD and continues to be broadcast on Midwestern PBS stations.

Country School: One Room – One Nation was funded in part by Humanities Iowa, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area.

Missouri State Archives to Feature "Lost Nation: The Ioway" November 18 & KCPT-PBS Broadcasts the Film

 
Kelly and Tammy Rundle film a buffalo stampede for their documentary "Lost Nation: The Ioway."
 
Lost Nation: The Ioway will be featured at the Missouri State Archives on Thursday, November 18, 2010, at 7:00 p.m.  Archives curator Greg Olson will present the documentary and participate in Q&A following the screening.  Olson served as a historical consultant on the film and provided an in-depth interview.  Olson is also the author of the book "The Ioway in Missouri", published by University of Missouri Press, is available at Amazon.

KCPT-PBS (Kansas City) will also broadcast the award-winning documentary on November 18th at 9:00 p.m.

A vivid journey into America's past and present, Lost Nation: The Ioway tells the nearly forgotten story of the small Ioway tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minn. to St. Louis, Mo. The saga of the Ioway unfolds in this compelling 57-minute documentary that explores the origins of the tribe, the split of the Ioway over the eventual selling of their land, and their forced relocation after the institution of the Indian Removal Act in 1830.

Filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle utilize Ioway elders, historians, and archaeologists to tell the dramatic, true story of the tribe as they struggled with forces that changed their lives forever. 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 Missouri State Archives is the official repository for state documents of permanent historic value, and is located at 600 West Main Street in Jefferson City. All programs at the Archives are free of charge and open to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information on this and other programming at the Archives, contact Emily Luker, (573) 526-5296 or emily.luker@sos.mo.gov

 

2010 Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska Pow Wow

2010 Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska Pow Wow

September 17-19, 2010

Location: The pow wow grounds on the Iowa Tribe of KS & NE reservation near White Cloud, Kansas

Follow the signs.

Campers and vendors welcome.

Head Man Dancer: T. C. Thomas - Kickapoo
Head Woman Dancer: Rebecca Schlicting - Ioway
Head Gourd Dancer: "Chub" McClellan, Jr. - Ioway / Sac & Fox
Master of ceremonies: Manny King - A & C
Arena Director: T. "Chub" Wahwahsuck - P. B. Potowatomi
Host Drum: Mahaska Boyz - Ioway
Host Southern Drum: Omaha Singers

Friday Night
Camp night
Princess Contest
Fun night & dances - 7:00 pm

Saturday
Registration - 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Gourd - 11:00 am
Grand Entry - 1:00 pm
Supper by Pow Wow Club (Dancers, Drums, Singers) - 5:00 pm
Gourd - 6:00 pm
Grand Entry - 7:00 pm

Sunday
Registration - 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Gourd - 11:00 am
Grand Entry - 1:00 pm

Contact
Gail Reed - 785.595.3203
Mary Knoxsah - 785.741.4521

http://www.casinowhitecloud.org/iowatribe.html

The Los Angeles Premiere of "Lost Nation: The Ioway" is Just Two Days Away

Don't miss the Los Angeles Premiere of "Lost Nation: The Ioway."  Special guests include the filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle, Ioway tribal members from Oklahoma and Southern California, and members of the Gabrielino Tongva tribe.

The program includes gift exchanges between the Ioway and Tongva Nations, traditional dance by Ioway dancers, a showing of the Native American historical documentary film, and a discussion with the filmmakers and members of the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.

7:00 pm, February 25, 2010
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles

For more details visit: http://www.bringingthecircletogether.com/

Standing Room Only for 100th Showing of "Ioway" Native American Documentary Film

Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island, Illinois was the perfect site for the 100th public showing of the Native American historical documentary film "Lost Nation: The Ioway."  The first viewers arrived 90 minutes before the show and the auditorium was full 40 minutes before the show.

More chairs and benches were set up, and the room was at capacity.  Some left because there was no seating available while others never made it in the building because there was no more parking.  In the end about 20 people stood along the walls and watched the movie in the auditorium and about a dozen stood and watched the movie from two doorways.  Some even watched through windows in an adjacent hallway.

Living History Farms' 1700 Ioway Village Site Director Melinda Carriker joined us for the Q & A and discussion that followed the showing.  Thanks Melinda for making the drive from Des Moines to be at this incredible event!

Melinda Carriker talks with guests prior to the show. 

Our sincere thanks to the Black Hawk State Historic Site and to the Paula Sands Live Show, the Quad-City Times, and the Dispatch-Argus for outstanding publicity leading up to a very successful local event.

Thanks most of all to the audience, and particularly those who watched the film in uncomfortable situations.  You are awesome!

We will soon attend the Los Angeles premiere of the film where organizers have already said the event is the largest and most anticipated event they've ever had.

Kelly & Tammy Rundle

Guests watching "Lost Nation: The Ioway" from the auditorium doorways. 

Rundles’ Host Centennial Screening of “Lost Nation: The Ioway” at Black Hawk State Historic Site

Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island, IL.

Two years after its premiere, the award-winning film Lost Nation: The Ioway will mark its 100th public showing with a special free screening event at Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island on February 20th, 2010 at 7pm.  Documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle will host a discussion and Q&A following the presentation.

Ioway, which explores the nearly forgotten story of the Ioway Tribe, has won several top awards at film festivals, and is an Official Selection at the Archaeology Channel’s International Film Festival in Eugene, Oregon in May.  The film was released nationally on DVD in the fall of 2008, and will have its broadcast debut on Midwestern PBS stations this fall.

 “When we started out in 2005, literally walking the paths of the Ioway, I don’t think that either one of us, or the Ioway people expected that the film would come this far,” said producer Tammy Rundle.

“Ioway’s success has mostly been by word of mouth,” said director Kelly Rundle. “I grew up visiting Black Hawk State Historic Site and it is the perfect place to celebrate the 100th showing of the documentary.”

Watch Tower Lodge, Black Hawk State Historic Site.

Black Hawk State Historic Site Program Details

The special centennial showing of Lost Nation: The Ioway will take place on Saturday, February 20th, 7:00pm at Black Hawk State Historic Site’s Watch Tower Lodge, 1510 46th Avenue, Rock Island.  A Q&A discussion with the Rundles and a special guest will follow the 1-hour documentary.  The program will also feature a display of artifacts and items related to Ioway history and culture, and the making of the film.  Admission is free.  For more information please call (309) 788-9536.

Ioway was funded in part by Humanities Iowa, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Oklahoma Humanities Council, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).  Visit Iowaymovie.com for more information.

Film on History of Iowa Tribe to be shown Saturday

 

From the Stillwater News Press:

ThePayne County Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. in the Stillwater Public Library on Saturday to view a documentary film about the history of the Iowa Tribe.

The award-winning film “Lost Nation: The Ioway,” will be accompanied by comments from cultural officers Dr. Bob Fields and Dr. Bobi Roush of the Oklahoma Iowa Tribe.

In October 2007, two bus loads of Oklahoma Iowa Tribal members traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, with beautiful tribal regalia in their luggage.

They were going to the premiere of the “Lost Nation: The Ioway.” The story of the tribe’s history was being shown by the Iowa State History Society.

Producer Tammy Rundle said, “We hope the film will help to restore this chapter of Iowa’s rich heritage to public consciousness.

We can’t change events from long ago, but we think viewers will relate to the courage and perseverance of the Ioway as they struggled with forces that changed their lives forever.”

Since that time, the film has been widely shown and appreciated. It won the Best Documentary Film at the Iowa Independent Film Fest in 2008, and many other honors have been awarded filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle.

The documentary brings together commentary from historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, Iowa Elders and new footage of historic sites, photographs and documents.

The Payne County Historical Society’s meeting will be held in the Stillwater Public Library, with the meeting starting at 10 a.m.

The film lasts 57 minutes, and the public is invited to attend the meeting.

Membership in the Payne County Historical Society is open to anyone interested in Payne County history.

Individual memberships are $15, and family memberships are $25. A subscription to the Payne County Historical Review is included with membership.

In addition, the Society sponsors informative meetings and outings several times a year.

http://www.stillwater-newspress.com/communityorg/local_story_175121621.html

"Ioway" Filmmakers Visit Oskaloosa for Mahaska Statue Centennial

Lost Nation: The Ioway filmmakers Kelly (left) and Tammy Rundle appeared in Oskaloosa, Iowa for the centennial of a statue of Ioway leader Mahaska, or White Cloud.

A ceremony on the square was interupted by rain (as it was 100 years ago).  A DVD signing at the Book Vault was followed by an evening showing of the film at William Penn University.

"Lost Nation: The Ioway" to Screen in Oskaloosa, Iowa During Centennial Commemoration

Fourth Wall Films Photo.

Oskaloosa's statue of Native Amerian Ioway leader Mahaska (White Cloud) is 100 years old on Tuesday, May 12, 2009.   A short ceremony on the square at 5:15 pm will commemorate the centennial anniversary.

In attendance will be Oskaloosa's mayor, a local historian, Ioway tribal members Jim and Linda Rhodd (Mr. Rhodd is a descendant of Mahaska), and documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle.

The commemoration will be followed at 5:30 with a reception and DVD signing at the Book Vault directly across the street from the statue.  Kelly and Tammy Rundle will sign copies of their historial documentary Lost Nation: The Ioway.

At 7:30 pm, Lost Nation: The Ioway will screen in William Penn University's Mahaska Room. The FREE showing of the film features a lobby display and will be followed by a discussion with Ioway tribal members Jim and Linda Rhodd, Melinda Carriker of Living History Farms 1700 Ioway Indian Village, and documentary filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle.