Films on Native American History and Culture

NEWS RELEASE                                       For immediate release

UU Church                                               309-688-5608, Pub. Rel.

3000 Richwoods Blvd.                             www.peoriauuchurch.org

Peoria, IL 61604-1142

 

Public welcome to one or all at the Universalist Unitarian Church, 3000 Richwoods Blvd., Peoria 61604, Fridays, 7-9 PM. Discussion will follow the movies.

March 11: Five Hundred Nations: The Ancestors, Wounded Knee Legacy

Three early cultures of North America are featured: the Anasazi at Pueblo Bonito, the Pueblan Cliff Dwellers at Mesa Verde, and the metropolis at Cahokia, near St. Louis.

March 25: Thunderheart (1992).

Starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, and Graham Greene, the movie tells of a young, part-Sioux FBI agent sent to capture a radical protestor on the reservation. However, his awareness of native culture, as well as his suspicions of the FBI grow

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