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SUMMARY:Indigenous Film Series: Short Films
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DTSTAMP:20260423T080500Z
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LOCATION:Rivoli Theater and Pizzeria, 117 N. 4th St., La Crosse, WI 54601,
  United States
ROOM: Indigenous Film Series: Short Films
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of three short films: Tiger (2025), Me
 et Me at the Creek (2024) and Restoring Néške'emane (2021) at the 
 Rivoli Theater! The 35 minute screening will be followed by a 20 minute di
 scussion exploring Indigenous experiences through film and dialogue!Doors 
 open at 4:30pmFilm starts at 5:00pmThere is limited seating for this film 
 event. Please register for a FREE ticket here: https://tickets.rivoli.net/
 websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=998504~e3c66030-62d8-4282-9886-16d09f1887
 f2&epguid=ede1d7b6-59fe-438b-acc4-d87fc3880065&mdy=5/14/2026&T
 iger (2025)Log Line:“Tiger” highlights an Indigenous award-winning, in
 ternationally acclaimed artist and elder, Dana Tiger, her family, and the 
 resurgence of the iconic Tiger t-shirt company.Synopsis: Dana Tiger was ju
 st five years old when her father, legendary Muscogee Creek artist Jerome 
 Tiger, passed away. She turned to his art as a way to know him, the richne
 ss of her culture, and the bounty of her family’s artistic tradition. In
  memory of Jerome's art and to support their family, Dana’s mother 
 and uncle started a booming t-shirt printing business in the 1980s. Then, 
 tragedy struck their family once more. Dana’s younger brother, Chris Tig
 er, was relentlessly murdered and their business was brought to a halt. Da
 na and her family have been working for nearly 30 years to revitalize the 
 iconic Tiger t-shirt company, through immense grief and suffering fromPark
 inson’s. Now, everybody wants their hands on a Tiger T-shirt.Meet Me at 
 the Creek (2024)Log Line:In order to revitalize cultural traditions, a Ch
 erokee elder fights to restore the “irreversibly damaged” Tar Creek.Sy
 nopsis:Cherokee elders, like Rebecca Jim, believe that what happens to the
  water happens to us. Without it, we cannot move culture forward and we ca
 nnot exist here. Meet Me at the Creek tells a story of interconnectedness 
 and Cherokee values through the lifelong fight of Rebecca Jim, a Cherokee 
 Nation citizen and Waterkeeper Warrior, as she leads the effort to restore
  Tar Creek located in Miami, Oklahoma. U.S. government officials have desi
 gnated Tar Creek as “irreversibly damaged,” but Rebecca refuses to acc
 ept that.Restoring Néške'emane (2021)Log Line:A documentary centere
 d on environmentalist Damon Dunbar and his life’s work to remediate the 
 toxic landscape of a Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian boarding school shut down
  in the early 1980s by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.Synopsis:Since the 19t
 h century, Native American children were sent to boarding schools designed
  to “Kill the Indian… Save the Man”, destroying Tribal languages, cu
 ltural values, practices, and traditions through assimilation. In Oklahoma
 , generations of Native Americans were educated through the Concho Indian 
 School from 1871 to 1984. The abandoned school buildings have remained for
  40 years, riddled with toxins that have leached into the community. Resto
 ring Néške'ema¯ne follows environmentalist Damon Dunbar who has a 
 dream of restoring the land, preserving tribal history, and honoring the a
 ttendees of the Concho Indian School in order to speak truth to history. 
 This event is in partnership between the Ho-Chunk Nation Youth Services-La
  Crosse, UW Extension La Crosse County, Rivoli Theatre, Western Technical 
 College, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, and the La Crosse Publ
 ic Library.
URL:https://www.lacrosselibrary.org/event/indigenous-film-series-short-fil
 ms-46036
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