A film featuring stunning footage of the 28-day paddling journey from the Onondaga Nation to the United Nations in New York City during the summer of 2013, along with powerful words from Haudenosaunee leaders including Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons, Onondaga Clanmother Freida Jacques, Mohawk spiritual leader Tom Porter, and Tadodaho Sid Hill.
33 min.
The panel afterward will include the filmmaker, Gwendolen Cates, Aya Yamamoto and Tonya Gonnella Frichner. Gwendolyn Cates won the award for best short film at the Rated SR Socially Relevant Film Fest in New York City. Aya Yamamoto is an environmental educator and was one of the organizers of the Two Row Wampum Campaign. Tonya Gonnella Frichner is a lawyer, activist and professor of American Indian Law and International Human Rights Law. She is also the president and founder of the American Indian Law Alliance of New York and New Jersey.
New York City, NY; NYC