{"id":36503,"date":"2023-09-22T20:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T01:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/honoring-thatanka-oyate-sept-30-events-celebrate-sd-tribes-rebuilding-cultural-ties-to-the-buffalo\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T20:01:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T01:01:56","slug":"honoring-thatanka-oyate-sept-30-events-celebrate-sd-tribes-rebuilding-cultural-ties-to-the-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/honoring-thatanka-oyate-sept-30-events-celebrate-sd-tribes-rebuilding-cultural-ties-to-the-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Thatanka Oyate Sept. 30 events celebrate SD tribes rebuilding cultural ties to the buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robert Bordeaux, a storyteller with Si\u010ba\u014b\u0121u Co, is interviewed for the documentary, \u201cTatanka: A Way of Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0The buffalo is an integral part of the history and culture of tribes in South Dakota and across America.<\/p>\n

South Dakota Public Broadcasting has partnered with the Red Cloud Indian School to produce an event planned for Sept. 30, 2023 that will feature two films about the buffalo and its impact on Native Americans and how tribes in South Dakota are working to rebuild the culture of \u201cThatanka Oyate\u201d \u2014 a Lakota phrase that means Buffalo Nation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The event will include a screening of acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns\u2019 latest film called \u201cThe American Buffalo.\u201d\u00a0It will also feature a short preview of Tatanka: A Way of Life, SDPB\u2019s newest series and companion documentary to Ken Burns\u2019 The American Buffalo.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cTatanka: A Way of Life, is a story of how tribes from across South Dakota are managing and growing their buffalo herds and strengthening the cultural and spiritual connection with the people and passing on these customs and traditions to the next generations,\u201d said producer Richard Two Bulls. \u201cIt is truly a celebration of life and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doors open for the celebration at noon. Everyone is welcome to attend and bring children to enjoy balloon animals, a bouncy house and face painting. At 1 p.m., the celebration begins with an opening prayer and an address before the screening of the two films.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The story of the tribes here in South Dakota will be shared alongside the buffalo as it becomes reintegrated into their culture.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Red Cloud Indian High School has been harvesting and processing buffalo to teach their students, the next generation, the traditions and culture regarding that way of life. Students of all ages participate in processing the buffalo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Traditionally, the men of the tribe did the actual hunting, and the women of the tribe from all ages processed the buffalo for food, tools, shelter, and clothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Children were raised as a collective and taught these values, mainly at the hands of the grandmas\/elders. What this school is doing is not only reintroducing these customs and way of life, but they are allowing the next generation to learn the way of how their ancestors existed and provide a potential opportunity to maintain food sovereignty and sustainability but capture and teach their future generations the way of their people and the way we respected and used the buffalo regarding respecting the environment that which we\/they lived in.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe are excited to partner with SDPB and Tanka Fund to highlight what the buffalo means to us Lakota and to highlight the work happening in South Dakota tribal communities around food sovereignty,\u201d said Jennifer Irving, Vice President of Communications at Ma\u021fp\u00edya L\u00fata.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe really want folks to see this event as an opportunity to learn more about our culture and to have some fun! These screenings really served as a springboard for us to launch a broader community event and bring folks together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first screenings of both films will be followed by a panel discussing food sovereignty and the importance of Native led buffalo herds.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nick Hernandez, CEO of Makoce Agriculture, will facilitate the panel consisting of Panelists, Trudy Ecoffey, Executive Director of Tanka Fund; Ed Iron Cloud, buffalo ranch operations manager at Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society; Bamm Brewer, buffalo rancher at Brewer Buffalo Adventures; and Virgil Two Eagle, buffalo producer at Black Feather Buffalo Ranch.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to the screenings of the two new films, there will be a variety of opportunities for attendees to celebrate the buffalo, including art booths, dancer\/singer demonstrations, pony rides, traditional Lakota storytelling about the buffalo, a presentation about the traditional uses of the buffalo, traditional Lakota hand games, a round dance and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The evening will end with a community meal that will feature buffalo as part of the meal.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The festival emcee will be Chris Eagle Hawk and the drum group \u010ca\u014bte T\u2019i\u014bza Singers will also perform.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Traditional game demonstrations will be provided by Roger White Eyes, instructor at Ma\u021fp\u00edya L\u00fata and a Powwow Dance exhibition will be performed by the Our Lady of Lourdes Dance Club.<\/p>\n

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Robert Bordeaux, a storyteller with Si\u010ba\u014b\u0121u Co, is interviewed for the documentary, \u201cTatanka: A Way of Life.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The buffalo is an integral part of the history and culture of tribes in South Dakota and across America. South Dakota Public Broadcasting has partnered with the Red Cloud Indian School <\/p>\n

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