We are excited to announce the upcoming UNCP Indigenous Peoples' Day Artist Market, hosted by The Curt and Catherine Locklear American Indian Heritage Center, in commemoration of Indigenous Peoples' Day. This vibrant event promises to be a celebration of art, culture, and history, and we extend a warm invitation to all members of the UNCP community and beyond to join us.
The Indigenous Peoples' Day Artist Market will feature Indigenous artists who will be presenting their work in an atmosphere reminiscent of an artist-style market with an opportunity to learn more about significant moments in American Indian history, past and present, through interactive activities. It's a unique opportunity for UNCP students, faculty, and staff to celebrate Indigenous culture and history while supporting Indigenous artisans by purchasing their unique creations.
Please mark your calendars for October 9th, 2023, and plan to join us at the University Center Annex for an inspiring and culturally enriching experience.
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Descendants of African and Carib-Indian ancestors, the Garifuna fought to maintain their homeland and resisted slavery. For this love of freedom, they were exiled from St. Vincent in the Caribbean by the British in 1797. Despite exile and subsequent Diaspora, their traditional culture survives today. It is a little known story that deserves its place in the annals of the African Diaspora. In first person Garifuna voices, this documentary presents the history, the language, food, music, dance and spirituality of the Garifuna culture.
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Beginning with the arrival by canoe of a TV and VCR in their village, The Spirit of TV documents the emotions and thoughts of the Waiãpi as they first encounter their own recorded images and those of others. Viewing news broadcasts and videos of other Brazilian native peoples, the Waiãpi see the power of images to facilitate memory preservation and political awareness. Some people worry, though about the invasive spirits of outsiders that can come through the TV. Another concern is the negative exposure that might result from the Waiãpi broadcasting their own images.
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This set of 5 short films is compiled into one program.
NIGHT PATROL (Munga Wardingki Patu)
STRAIGHT FROM THE YUDAMAN'S MOUTH
LOOK LISTEN SPEAK (Nyawa Kulila Wangka)
MILERUM - Whose Story?
APEKATHE
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Set in Taiwan and Hawai'i, territories where languages of the Austronesian family are spoken, this experimental documentary focuses on the questions, desires and challenges of young indigenous peoples to learn the languages of their forebears— languages that are endangered or facing extinction. Using digital video as the primary medium of expression, four young indigenous women from divergent backgrounds together collaborate and exchange ideas to consider the impact of language on identity and culture.
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The Surire Salt Flat is placed at an altitude of 4300 m in the Chilean High Plateau and one of the very last places in the world, keeping the treasure of untouched nature with all its beauty, but also holds an allurement: a huge amount of borax, promising the mining industry profits in unknown levels.
SURIRE, directed by two extraordinary filmmakers, tells us in an outstanding visual way metaphorically the story of our planet – about the very important subject of disappearance of traditional indigenous culture, untouched nature, environment, clash of the new and old.
