Spílya Táimu
October 5, 2022
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Festival awards for Native filmmakers
This Friday, October 7:
5:30 p.m.: Reservation
Dogs program with spe-
cial guests.
At 7:30 p.m.: Tatanka
Means Comedy Show.
Tatanka Means and
Gar y Far mer, In-
digenous Filmmak-
ing Honorees of
Nineteenth Annual
BendFilm Festival,
to visit Academy
Tatanka Means and Gary
Farmer will receive the Indig-
enous Filmmakers Honorees
Award during the Nineteenth
Annual BendFilm Festival,
this Thursday through Sun-
day, October 6-9.
Both actors will also lead or
participate in a variety of pub-
lic and private events that fo-
cus on indigenous art and film-
making, including a visit to the
Warm Springs Academy.
Events include special free
screenings of FX Networks’
hit show Reser vation Dogs
with post film discussions, a
comedy sketch by Tatanka
Means, an Indigenous Film-
making Showcase in Madras.
Another event will be a stu-
dent workshop for students
at the Warm Springs Acad-
emy, conducted by Farmer
and Means.
BendFilm will show three
episodes of Reservation Dogs
at the Madras Performing
Saturday, October 8
11:30 a.m.: UÝRA –
The Rising Forest with
Tatanka Means; Reservation Dogs scene; and Gary Farmer (from left).
Arts Center this Friday, Oc-
tober 7.
Reservation Dogs follows
the exploits of four Indig-
enous teenagers in rural
Oklahoma who steal, rob
and save in order to get to
the exotic, mysterious and
faraway land of California.
Tickets for Reser vation
Dogs episodes and Indig-
enous Filmmaking Showcase
are now at BendFilm.org
“Not only are Gary
Farmer and Tatanka Means
incredible actors in their own
right, they both shine off
screen through music, com-
edy, activism and other cre-
ative collaborations,” said
Todd Looby, BendFilm Ex-
ecutive director.
“We are honored to host
them in War m Springs,
Bend and Madras, and look
forward to celebrating their
careers during the Festival.
This program has received
a lot of support from
funders and it is really great
to see our indigenous pro-
grams expand and better
serve the greater Central
Oregon region.”
Gary Farmer is an actor
and musician, born on the
Six Nations along the
Grand River, Ohsweken,
Ontario. He is widely rec-
ognized as a pioneer in the
development of Indigenous
media in Canada and was
the founding director of an
urban Indian radio network,
Aboriginal Voices Radio
Network.
Tatanka Means is an
award-winning actor, moti-
vational speaker and stand-
up comedian from Chinle,
Arizona. He represents the
Navajo, Lakota, Dakota
Filmmaker honored at this year’s festival
LaRonn Katchia of the
Confederated Tribes is
among the filmmakers hon-
ored this year by BendFilm.
Mr. Katchia will receive
his award during the
Ninteenth
Annual
BendFilm Festival.
He is the award-winning
filmmaker, currently pursu-
ing his passionate filmmak-
ing career in Portland.
Mr. grew up on the res-
ervation, transitioning later
in his life to the city of Port-
land for film school.
His love and passion for
film reside from the influ-
ence of the commonly mis-
treated portrayal of indig-
enous peoples in Hollywood
films today.
LaRonn Katchia
LaRonn has recently
worked on a behind-the-
scenes featurette for the
FX hit show Reservation
Dogs.
He helped shoot and
edit the first all-indigenous
episode of PBS’ Roadtrip
Nation: Native Way Forward
in collaboration with Buf-
falo Nickel creative.
Employment with the
Confederated Tribes
The following are
positions recently
advertised with the
Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs.
For information,
contact the Human
Resources office, lo-
cated in the tribal ad-
ministration building,
1233
Veterans
Street,
Warm
Springs.
Staff are available
to answer questions
related to the appli-
cation process and
can be reached at
541-553-3262 or
hr@wstribes.org
Tribal Member
preference is exer-
cised in hiring pro-
cesses as defined in
Tribal Personnel
Policy PER 202.
Surveillance. Jani-
tor (limited duration).
Water technician
(limited duration).
Housing resident
services specialist.
Fisheries techni-
cian II. Clerk/typist.
Sports and athletics
coordinator. Director
BendFilm Festival
presentations coming
up at the Madras
High School Perform-
ing Arts Center.
information systems.
Children’s Protective
Services specialist.
Protective care
provider. Community
Health Nurse. CPS
supervisor. Recovery
mentor. Prevention
coordinator.
Transitional sup-
port coordinator. SUD
office administrator.
Certified Recovery
mentor. Chief Judge.
Air quality specialist.
Cannabis Commis-
sion executive direc-
tor. Budgets, con-
tracts and grants
analyst. Elder con-
sultants at Early
Childhood Education
(limited duration).
Deputy clerk. Wa-
ter and wastewater
distribution operator.
Corrections
Ser-
geant. Communica-
tions officer. Hydrolo-
gist.
Registered Dieti-
cian. Compensation
and benefits adminis-
trator. Public adminis-
trator. Payroll/GL spe-
cialist. Fire/Medic.
Most recently, in col-
laboration with the Warm
Springs Community Action
Team, LaRonn is working
on his first feature docu-
mentary about the transfor-
mation of a 125-year old,
Commissary Building as it
is restored into a small busi-
ness incubator to ser ve
tribal community.
with Ola Ka Honua.
1:45 p.m.: Native
Way Forward. The film-
maker will be in atten-
dance.
3:30 p.m.: Indig-
enous Shorts special
screening events.
Sunday, October 9
4 p.m.: Pasang: In
the shadow of Everest
with Asang.
6:15 p.m.: Necessity:
Climate Justice and the
Thin Green Line.