[Students] The Native American Experience: Two Views

[Christina Jones]

                The Native American Experience: Two Views

Members of the university community and residents of Commerce are
cordially invited to attend two presentations by Native-Americans on
Perspectives of Native American Culture and the Media.

The first presenter, Angela Baca, is a filmmaker; the second presenter,
Elise Marubbio is associate professor of American Indian Studies at
Augsburg College and the author of Killing the Indian Maiden: Images of
Native American Women in Film (2006). 

The presentations are sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and
the Honors College, with support from the Office of Student Access and
Success.


Thursday-April 23, 2009-2:00 p.m. -Hall of Languages 203
Topic: American Indian Stereotypes in Film: Myth and Reality

Angelo Baca will speak on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 2:00, in Hall of
Languages 203, on how American Indian stereotypes have been portrayed in
film and the kinds of films indigenous people are making today to show a
"real" Native American experience. There will be a Q&A session following
the talk.

Angelo Baca, Native-American/indigenous filmmaker, Navajo and Hopi
heritage, graduated with a Masters in Communication from the University
of Washington. He is a graduate of the Native Voices Program in
Communication and American Indian Studies. He has been accepted into
numerous Film Festivals, Conferences, Symposiums, and the ABC/Disney
Summer Film Workshop. He is a lecturer, adjunct instructor for numerous
community colleges, mentor, and community leader in Native American
studies, film, and history.



Thursday-April 30, 2009-2: 00 p.m.--Hall of Languages 203
Topic: Images of Native American Women in Film

Dr. M. Elise Marubbio's presentation on Thursday, April 30, 2009, at
2:00 p.m., in Hall of Languages 203, will introduce the most famous
renditions of the Indian Maiden and trace the Celluloid Indian Maiden's
trajectory from the silent period to the present through images from
some of the most famous films that utilized her image, including: The
Squaw Man (1914), Duel in the Sun (1946), Broken Arrow (1950), The
Searchers (1956); Little Big Man (1969); and Thunderheart (1992). There
will be a Q&A session after the talk.

Dr. M. Elise Marubbio is an Associate Professor of American Indian
Studies and is affiliated with Art, English, Film Studies, Women's
Studies at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN.  She is also the
founder/director of the Augsburg Native American Film Series. She is the
author of: Killing the Indian Maiden: Images of Native American Women in
Film (University of Kentucky Press, 2006).

-- 

Gerald Duchovnay
Professor of English
General Editor, Post Script:
   Essays in Film and the Humanities
Texas A&M University-Commerce

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