Lost Nation: The Ioway

Ioway-Otoe Language Video: The Consonants

From the credits of this language video:

Native Speaker
Fanny Grant

Interviewer
Lila Wistrad-Robinson

Funded in part by the Kansas Humanities Council.

"Our language is a living symbol of our heritage.  It is a valuable gift, a special way of looking at the world.  When a language dies, the vitality of a way of living and thinking dies with it."

Ioway-Otoe Language Video - The Vowels

From the credits of this language video:

Native Speaker
Fanny Grant

Interviewer
Lila Wistrad-Robinson

Funded in part by the Kansas Humanities Council.

"Our language is a living symbol of our heritage.  It is a valuable gift, a special way of looking at the world.  When a language dies, the vitality of a way of living and thinking dies with it."

Franklin Murray
Ioway language class, 1977

Video of Ioway History & Culture Presentation by Lance Foster at Iowa State University in Ames

Please spend some quality time viewing Lance Foster's recent Iowa State University presentation on Ioway history and culture.  Iowa Public Television taped the event and has posted the streaming video on their website at:

http://www.iptv.org/video/detail.cfm/1142

Lance's insightful Native American-themed talk was entitled: Emerging from Obscurity: The Ioway Nation in the New Millenium and the event took place on March 4, 2008 in Ames, Iowa.

Running time is 43 minutes and you'll need a high-speed connection.

Joann Comer - I Am Ioway (In Memoriam)

Joann Comer passed away on December 15, 2007. We knew her as a beautiful person who was devoted to her family and the Ioway people.

As a Tribal Elder and cultural advocate, Joann played an important role in our Ioway history documentary film project.

This video clip from her interview for "Lost Nation: The Ioway" captures the Joann we knew...and will miss.  Thank you, Joann for telling us your portion of the Ioway story.

Ioway-Otoe Language Primer - Part Two

Aho, darihga?

Lance Foster is back with part two of his primer on the Ioway-Otoe Language.  This time he focuses on names for parts of the head and face.  Particularly appropriate for his YouTube "head-and-shoulders" presentation! : )

Our next showing of "Lost Nation: The Ioway" will be an in-house presentation for the Heartland Educational Agency in Johnston, Iowa.  They are featuring Native American culture and history during November, and a panel discussion with a historian from the Meskwaki Nation will follow the showing of the film.

If you would like to schedule a showing of the documentary for your organization, please contact us through our website at FourthWallFilms.com, or send an e.mail to IowayFilm@aol.com.

Keep up the good work Lance!  We are enjoying your videos.

Ioway-Otoe Language Primer on YouTube

Aho!

Enjoy this video primer on the Ioway language by Lance Foster.  Lance was interviewed for our historical documentary "Lost Nation: The Ioway" and his comments and art work are featured in the film.

Click on the image above to view on this page, or navigate to the link below to view a larger (image) version.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gYSY6tyEav0

KDSM Fox 17 Reports on the Ioway Documentary Premiere

The folks at KDSM Fox 17 news in Des Moines were nice enough to tell me how to find the segment they aired on October 11, 2007 regarding the premiere of "Lost Nation: The Ioway."

Thanks to News Director Cal Woods for putting together a nice piece previewing the event.  He also interviewed Ioway tribal member Charles Dupuis.

1. Navigate to www.kdsm.com/players/news/top_story/video.shtml

2. Then scroll down to "No longer forgotten - The Ioway."

Cheers!

KCCI CBS Reports on the Premiere of "Lost Nation: The Ioway"

Michelle Parker of Des Moines TV station KCCI interviewed Tammy and I regarding the world premiere of "Lost Nation: The Ioway."

This was the day of the premiere, so our nerves were pretty well shot.  The local Fox affiliate also did interviews with us, but we never saw that piece.  Let us know if you did, and if it's available online.

We viewed this KCCI clip for the first time this morning.

Thanks Michelle!

historical KCCI.com - Video - Iowa History Film To Debut At Museum