Resources

 

Acme Theatre Company used the resources below to begin educating ourselves as we rehearsed a Zoom reading of Larissa FastHorses’s The Thanksgiving Play.  We have also added resources that were mentioned in our post-show panel.

 

We invite you to use this (very introductory) list to educate yourself, share these resources with your friends and family, and get connected with local and state-wide advocacy efforts to integrate Ethnic Studies in our K-12 & college curriculums.

 

We would like to acknowledge and thank the writers, film-makers, and educators who were willing and able to create and share these resources with the world.  In particular, we are grateful to

 

• Dr. Melissa Moreno (Chair of Ethnic Studies Department, Woodland Community College) for sharing many of these resources in her annual Introduction ot Native American Studies class and for her support during our rehearsal process.  

• Steve Nyholm for sharing his resources on the history of the Thanksgiving holiday.

• Our post-show panelists Ashley Matlock, Jenn Robin, Prof. Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Dr. Melissa Moreno

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Land Acknowledgement

• Indigenous Land Acknowledgement, Explained by Teen Vogue

• Honor Native Land by The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture 

• Land Acknowledgement for Yolo County by UC Davis

 

Wintun Homeland 

• Memories From Her Grandmother’s Baskets by Pam Gonzalez, Cache Creek Conservancy

• Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community

• Kletsel DeHe Wintun Nation

• Yocha DeHe Wintun Nation

 

California Indian History & Ongoing Struggles

• Map of California Indian Pre-Contact Tribal Territories

• History of Native California A 12-min video about the history of Native CA.

• California Indian Genocide & Resilience: A 28-min panel discussion with tribe members from a few different California Indian nations, including Marshall Mckay, Chairman Emeritus from the Yocha DeHe Wintun Nation.

• Beyond Recognition: A 26-min documentary about the Ohlone people of the Bay Area and the woman-led efforts to protect their land & sacred sites.  The video is about half-way down the page.

• Dancing Salmon Home Promo Video: A 14-min preview about the Winnemem Wintu people in Northern California and their extraordinary reunion with their salmon.  More info here

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Myths & Misrepresentations

• Reel Injun Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes a look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema. 

• Proud to Be The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation aired this ad during the 2014 NBA Finals urging the Washington Redskins to change the team's name.

• Hundreds Of Schools Are Still Using Native Americans As Team Mascots by FiveThirtyEight, Oct 2020.

 

Native Youth

• Fighting Racism in Schools Four Native youth - Dahkota Brown, Chiitaanibah Johnson, Jayden Lim & Naelyn Pike share their personal stories and advice about how to abolish racism in school. 

• Guardians of the Waters: A video created by, and about, indigenous young women as they explore their relationship with water.

• Seeds of Our Ancestors This video grew out of the poetic explorations of native urban youth as they struggle to overcome trauma caused by colonized/industrial foods and awaken to the healing and nourishment of native foodways from their own traditions and those of others. 

• Braiding the Sacred What is indigenous food sovereignty?  What happens when food is treated as sacred?  

 

History of the Thanksgiving Holiday

• Myths & Realities of the Thanksgiving Story, by Steve Nyholm

• Native American History and “Thanksgiving” Myths & Realities, Intro to Native American Studies, Woodland Community College

• Thanksgiving National Day of Mourning by Al Jazeera

• Why These Native Americans Observe a National Day of Mourning by Huffington Post

• Suppressed Speach A speech that Frank James (Aquinnal Wapanoag) attempted to deliver in 1970. 

 

About Larissa FastHorse, Playwright of The Thanksgiving Play

• In Process: Larissa FastHorse on The Thanksgiving Play by Playwrights Horizons

• Larissa FastHorse Presents at the 2019 Creative Capital Artist Retreat by Creative Capital

• Larissa FastHorse, Playwright | 2020 MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation

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Native Artists

• Resilience Radio from 10am - 12pm every Thursday with Jennifer Robin AKA Miss Jiff.

• Something Inside is Broken Native American Rock Opera by Jack Kohler

• Resources from Direct Address Roundtable with Indigenous Theatermakers, California Shakespeare Theatre

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Decolonizing Our Education System

• Davis Joint Unified School District Ethnic Studies Task Force - Sign up to attend the next meeting on Tue, Dec 8, 2020!

• Woodland Community College Ethnic Studies FaceBook Page

• California Indian History Curriculum & Lesson Plans

• Ethnic Studies Now

 

Music (Shared in the Webinar)

• Miracle, by Supaman featuring Maimouna Youssef

• Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Song) by Ulali

• Fight for You by Raye Zaragoza

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