Tribal Elder Joyce BigSoldier-Miller, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma will participate in Q&A at the special preview screening event in Miami, Oklahoma.
Event Sponsored by Oklahoma Humanities Council and hosted by the Miami Oklahoma Public Library
Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, producers of the Emmy® nominated documentary Country School: One Room-One Nation and the award-winning Lost Nation: The Ioway will appear for a special Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) preview screening of their new documentary Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 at the Miami Oklahoma Public Library, 200 Main Street, Miami, Oklahoma on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. Following the film presentation, the Rundles will join Tribal Elder Joyce BigSoldier-Miller from the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma for Q&A.
The Miami Oklahoma Public Library will host the special preview of Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3.
When the Ioway are forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in 1837 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 the1970s. Lost Nation: The Iowa 2&3 brings the Ioway story full circle.
The Ioway join other American Indians, historians, anthropologists and archaeologists to tell the dramatic and true story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minnesota to St. Louis.
Through their fiscal sponsor Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc. (KPTS-PBS), the documentary sequel project was awarded a grant from Oklahoma Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities for production in Oklahoma.
The completed Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 will premiere in February 2013 at the University of Iowa's Museum of Natural History in Iowa City, with public television broadcasts and a DVD release to follow. An alternative soundtrack in the nearly extinct Ioway language will be offered on the DVD. The special OHC preview screening of Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 offers the Oklahoma public a sneak-peek at the new film.
The Oklahoma Humanities Council is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide meaningful public engagement with the humanities—disciplines such as history, literature, film studies, art criticism and philosophy. As the state partner for the National Endowment for the Humanities, OHC provides teacher institutes, Smithsonian exhibits, reading groups and other cultural opportunities for Oklahomans of all ages. With a focus on K-12 education and community building, OHC engages people in their own communities, stimulating discussion and helping them explore the wider world of human experience.
Funding for this program is provided in part by a grant from the Oklahoma Humanities Council (OHC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these films and program do not necessarily represent those of OHC or NEH.
To order the DVD Lost Nation: The Ioway 1 or pre-order the DVD Lost Nation: The Ioway 2&3 (to be released in February 2013) click HERE!
