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Presenting E Haku Inoa to Students at Hilo Community College

  I was contacted a few weeks back by Indian Country Today www.indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com They wanted to do a story on me and the documentary project I am working on called E Haku Inoa: To Weave A Name. I was introduced … Continue reading

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Puyallup Tribe Youth Screen at National Museum of the American Indian

I spent one Summer mentoring youth of the Puyallup Tribe in digital storytelling. One of the groups I worked with wrote and directed piece called “My World”, which will be screening twice a day for the entire month of February as part of a shorts program at the National Museum of the American Indian. It is a visually interesting video that features cool shots of jingle dress dancing. For more information about the screening and other films playing visit the NMAI website: http://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2011/02/februarys-free-film-screening-shared-experience-telling-our-stories.html Continue reading

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