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In 1979, Elizabeth Weatherford organized the first Native American Film and Video Festival for the Museum of the American Indian, which became the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 1989. The Festival was held at the Smithsonian’s location and host sites in New York until 2011. She was also a co-founder of the Native Cinema Showcase, which is held annually during Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The 13th Native Cinema Showcase will be held August 12, 2013, to August 18, 2013, at the New Mexico History Museum. It is presented by NMAI and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA), coordinated by NMAI’s Melissa Bisagni with the staff of SWAIA. The featured videos and films are produced by and about Indigenous peoples. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information about the Showcase, visit www.swaia.org/Events.

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Randall Warren Heavilin (Navajo) is a classically trained cellist and composer from Austin, Texas. A graduate of The Berklee College of Music, Heavilin: composes, performs, and produces a variety of music for films and other media outlets.

Recently, Randall has composed the score for Yellow Fever, a documentary film that follows the Uranium boom on Navajo lands, and the effects that it has had on the people living there.

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Rising Voices is an upcoming documentary film by Wil Meya of The Language Conservancy and by Florentine Films/Hott Productions.

The Language Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that spreads information to the public about the crisis of endangered languages in effort to gain more support for Indigenous languages. They also work with Natives across the U.S. on language revitalization issues.

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Jack Gladstone is from the Blackfeet Indian Nation of Montana and a "storysmith." Regarded as a cultural bridge builder, he delivers programs across the nation, on American Indian history.

Jack recently was honored with the CM Russel Heritage Award, and a Native American Music Award.

2013 marks the 29th year that Jack has been sharing insight about about Montana's Indigenous people at Glacier National Park.

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The Native American vote has become an important part of the electorate. Native Americans make up about 8 percent of Montana, roughly 6.5 percent of all voters. A number that has been increasing since 2004.

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