Bringing the Circle Together
bringing circle together influential free film series downtown los angeles native american series held monthly central gathering place indigenous people supporter discus issue share historical narrative art tradition bringing circle together directed lorin morganrichards integral guidance tahesha knappchristensen pamela j peter koji steven sakai richards also partnered cohosted several community organizer including azalea ryckman votan corine fairbanks ana castillo valena broussard dismukes name may buffalo war musical guest removal act janel munoa june kanehsatake year resistance musical guest jamie coon july black indian american story guest poet asani charles speaker valena broussard dismukes august whose honor guest artist tschetan september discovering dominga guest azalea ryckman poet daniel morale leon october aleut story guest author marie huskey november alcatraz island guest dr troy r johnson december spirit dont speak english indian boarding school guest felicia monte speaker lorene sisquoc january kahoolawe aloha aina short ancestor eye filmmaker kalani queypo musical artist makana february whisper guest filmmaker george angelo jr special guest actor saginaw grant musical artist apache heidi march finding dawn guest tiger moon april killer paradise short soleil filmmaker jessica mcmunn emmanuel macias guest artist ana castillo speaker diana flores may walk like warrior apache skateboard story filmmaker douglas mile franck boistel poet mark gonzalez june quest carib canoe guest artist kantuta garifuna speaker cheryl noralez july hand tied guest prophecy august search history navajo code talker guest poet karina dominguez speaker blase bonpane speaker zonnie gorman october looking toward home guest timo white buffalo november trespassing filmmaker susana lagudis carlos demenezes december warrior life leonard peltier guest speaker ben carnes anne begay kathy peltier gray wolf january ghost rider filmmaker v blackhawk aamodt artist annette phoenix actor saginaw grant february lost nation ioway filmmaker tammy kelly rundle event marked historic meeting tongva southern ioway northern ioway tongva delegate included tribal chairman anthony morale andy morale gloria arellanes southern ioway attendance included tribal elder joyce big soldier miller ioway tribal princess shayla scott miller tribal pow wow chairman bob murray jr bear murray tribal member jimmy rowe marlina rowe celina rowe jimena rowe viento rowe richard ornelas brittney rowe ilisewa rowe wasoce rowe jeriah rowe richard ornelas northern ioway attendance included annie barada assefa sarita mcgowan tommy mcgowan johnny mcgowan christa mcgowan sarah barada james naoni padilla michele mccord awardwinning songwriter country music star march juchitan queer paradise short twospirit people modern world guest speaker michelle enfield elton naswood bamby salcedo event cosponsored aid project la red circle project april broken rainbow filmmaker victoria mudd speaker paul apodaca may asian pacific islandernative american heritage festival crossing rainbow bridge story filmmaker kat high guest including kawalea polynesian dance group september ixoq hosted azalea ryckman musical guest princesas del mundo maya filmmaker felipe perez ixchelmultimedia november two spirit partnership red circle project collaboration aid project la november good day die partnership la skin fest january right ending jim crow alaska guest artist elizabeth zangenberg february american red black story afronative identity short picking tribe filmmaker pearl sharp guest valena broussard dismukes karen chappelle billie frierson richard procello dr horace williams march badlands alcatraz hosted pamela j peter may act war overthrow hawaiian nation richards published free journal entitled bringing circle together magazine featuring interview contemporary native american leader joanne shenandoah greg grey cloud l frank panindianism