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"The Thick Dark Fog" Official Trailer

2012-06-04T15:02:05.295Z

Award winning documentary - The Thick Dark Fog.

Walter Littlemoon attended a federal Indian boarding school in South Dakota sixty years ago. The mission of many of these schools in 1950, was still to “kill the Indian and save the man.” The children were not allowed to be Indians – to speak their language or express their culture or native identity in any way at the risk of being severely beaten, humiliated or abused. What effects did these actions cause?

Many Indians, like Walter, lived with this unresolved trauma into adulthood, acting it out through alcoholism and domestic violence. At age 58, Walter decided to write and publish his memoirs as a way to explain his past abusive behaviors to his estranged children. But dealing with the memories of his boarding school days nearly put an end to it.

“The Thick Dark Fog” tells the story of how Walter confronted the “thick dark fog” of his past so that he could renew himself and his community.

For more information visit: http://www.thickdarkfog.com

A Dakota Elder Remembers Teachings of the Camp Circle, the Elders & Way of Life in the 1920's

2011-06-26T17:29:35.575Z

Dakota Elder, Phil Lane Sr,, Mato Gi, Brown Bear, shares his experiences of the Camp Circle, The Elders, the Spiritual Teachings and Way of Life he experienced as a boy in 1926 ,at the Standing Rock, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule and Yankton Sioux Reservations with students, faculty and community at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia

-Clip 3 of 3- Mato Gi Trains A Cutting Horse

2011-02-02T03:52:33.182Z

Phil Lane Sr. Mato Gi ( Brown Bear ), working a cutting horse on his ranch on Mill Creek, outside Walla Walla, Wash. in March, 1992.

Clip 2 of 3- Mato Gi Trains a Cutting Horse

2011-02-02T03:37:27.788Z

Phil Lane Sr. Mato Gi ( Brown Bear ), working a cutting horse on his ranch on Mill Creek, outside Walla Walla, Wash. in March, 1992.

A Dakota Elder, Phil Lane Sr., Reflects on the Medicine Wheel, Life and The Other Side Camp

2011-01-18T05:40:03.685Z

Dakota Elder, Phil Lane Sr., Mato Gi, Brown Bear, reflects on the Medicine Wheel, The Purpose of Life and The `Other Side Camp` with students, faculty and community at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia.