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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=g.bronitsky@att.net href="mailto:g.bronitsky@att.net">Gordon
Bronitsky</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
href="mailto:lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu">lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 26, 2004 10:26
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Native Nations, Native
Voices: The Movie</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Small world! Sure--try <A
href="mailto:jon.reyhner@nau.edu">jon.reyhner@nau.edu</A>.<?fontfamily><?param Geneva><?smaller><BR><BR>Gordon<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR>On
Aug 26, 2004, at 6:20 AM, Anonby wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Hi!<BR><BR>John help me "publish" my thesis. When I was in
Flagstaff, I tried to phone<BR>him, but couldn't get a hold of him. Would
you happen to have some contact<BR>info for
him?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Stan<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----
<BR>From: "Gordon Bronitsky" <<A
href="mailto:g.bronitsky@att.net">g.bronitsky@att.net</A>><BR>To:
<lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu><BR>Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004
12:34 AM<BR>Subject: Native Nations, Native Voices: The Movie<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I wanted to share with you the good news that we are going
to create a<BR>documentary film about Native Nations, Native Voices! This
is a<BR>project I have wanted to do since I began thinking about
honoring<BR>contemporary Native language writers. Below is the e-mail I
just<BR>received from Rebecca Jo Dakota, who will be the Director
of<BR>Photography for the documentary. We have already asked a
Navajo<BR>filmmaker here in Albuquerque to serve as Associate Producer and
of<BR>course, we’re hoping she says yes—I’ll let you know.<BR>I must
confess that searching for funds for film projects is a new<BR>experience
for me, so I would certainly welcome any suggestions you<BR>might have,
either for filming the actual Native Nations, Native Voices<BR>festival or
the segments in the writers’ home communities.<BR>In other news, Jonathan
Reyhnman at Northern Arizona University in<BR>Flagstaff has produced
several very successful conferences over the<BR>years on the theme of
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages. It is one of<BR>the few annual
conferences I know dealing with Native languages so I<BR>asked him
recently about attendance. He told me that about 400-500<BR>people attend
the conference each year so that gives some idea of what<BR>might be
possible for the festival. I’ll keep you posted.<BR><BR>Gordon
Bronitsky<BR><BR>PS: I will be in Mongolia September 2-13, as I’m touring
the Fernando<BR>Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers from New Mexico and
Compagnie Solim,<BR>a dance group from Togo (West Africa) to a festival
there, so I will<BR>probably only have sporadic access to e-mail at best
while I’m there,<BR>should anyone want to contact me (hopefully with
funding suggestions).<BR><BR><BR>VISIONS<BR>Videography and
Consulting<BR>Rebecca Jo
Dakota<BR>rebdakota@aol.com<BR>505.858.1868<BR><BR><BR><BR>August 25,
2004<BR><BR>Gordon Bronitsky, PhD<BR>Bronitsky and Associates<BR>3715 La
Hacienda Dr NE<BR>Albuquerque, NM 87110<BR><BR>Dear Gordon,<BR><BR>It was
great to meet with you and discuss the Native Nations, Native<BR>Voices
festival to honor contemporary Native language writers. I agree<BR>that a
documentary film will be essential and I'm delighted to be on<BR>board as
the Director of Photography. This festival of Native language<BR>writers
is crucial, timely, huge. Every language carries its own<BR>truths,
insights and values - its own culture. When languages are not<BR>used,
they are lost, and that culture goes, too. We are on the cusp of<BR>losing
many Indigenous languages.<BR><BR>I can see a documentary film, yes, and
also shorts for cultural<BR>workers to use in sustaining indigenous
languages and artists, plus<BR>educational pieces for museums such as the
National Museum of the<BR>American Indian.<BR><BR>It is essential that we
involve Indigenous people in this creative<BR>process, from concept to
production and beyond. To that end, I<BR>recommend that we immediately
engage professionals to join us as<BR>Associate Producer, Director and/or
Scriptwriter (and I'll begin<BR>looking for people who would be interested
in working with us). If we<BR>can find funding, I want to film segments in
the writers' home<BR>communities and create an internship in each of the
writer's home<BR>communities, as well, as we create the documentary. This
can provide<BR>Indigenous young people in these communities with hands-on
experience<BR>and skills in digital filmmaking. I have considerable
experience<BR>working with Native American and other minority youth which
I will<BR>bring to bear on this project. And of course we'll want
indigenous<BR>music for the film soundtrack.<BR><BR>Thank you for this
unique opportunity.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Rebecca<BR><BR>Rebecca Jo
Dakota<BR><BR><BR>"A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye
in the head of<BR>a poet." Orson
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