Boat made by Dianna A. & myself “A.” & another helper.
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Archive for the ‘Multimedia’ Category Click to Watch Video on ABC7 website Years later, Ohlone Indians return home to Bay Area
The Ohlone Return: Inclusion in SF and Yosemite Slough by The Ohlone Profiles Project. 30-minute document of an Ohlone Sunrise Healing ceremony for Yosemite Slough on the day that the SF Board of Supervisors voted on Hunters Point Redevelopment and Ohlone inclusion. Public testimony in front of the Board of SF Supervisors. Video production by pollinatethis!
As the recognition process continues to leave the realm of symbolic and enters the reality of law, more and more Ohlone decendants are seeking out their heritage, embracing it and learning the culture that comes with it. Eventually, there is a personal confrontation with the history of genocide and mass murder, the anger and despair that comes over that and the dangerous nuclear waste polluting their sacred sites where Lennar Corp actually wants to build housing, all of which is difficult for any human to come to terms with and choose a path of healing, reconciliation and active reformation for future generations. Conscious choice is key. One can remain inactive around the issues of Native American justice, or one can step forward and participate, whether they are Native or not. For most Ohlone, there’s not much of a choice: it’s participate or disappear and never exist… or exist as something other than Ohlone. The Ohlone Profiles Project remains an effort for artists, cultural workers and, as seen yesterday, politicians to support and embrace the necessity to strengthen and uphold San Francisco’s positive legacy as Sanctuary City and birthplace of the UN Charter. Artistic forms of communicating culture are just one element of the work. This week’s success at the local, legislative level is another. At a place known as an EPA Superfund cleanup site where the Navy dumped toxic, toxic waste and ran nuclear tests in a building that’s still standing radioactive… a corporation wants to build housing with a plan that the San Francisco government approved… all in a place that long before was home to Native tribes who still live today, and have not forgotten their ancestors and legacy. Despite the fact that the Navy never cleaned it up, dumped it on SF, which sold it to Lennar Corp for $1, which still hasn’t cleaned it up and is banking on the forgetfulness of a defeated justice-seeking population including environmental scientists public video testimony against the Lennar’s development plan… despite all of this, it is still all of our responsibility today to find justice and to create and live in a just, sacred and sustainable world. -Rupert, Supporter Look at the nice photos taken by Chronicle photographer at the sunrise ceremony Wednesday night 6pm.  The fog rolled in on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 allowing us to see the statue of the murderer Columbus looking bewilderedly out into the San Francisco Bay as projections of Indigenous Renewal splashed Coit Tower for a second night. Photo by D. N. Russo supported by Indian Canyon Chair, Ann Marie Sayers and several people and organizations that are helping bring about a renewal of Ohlone presence in San Francisco: San Bruno Mountain Watch and Literacy for Environmental Justice among others. 2) After the opening ceremony we will broadcast a unique recording of key meetings and interviews made on Alcatraz during February of 1970, of Alcatraz occupiers telling their goals and perspectives. It provides a powerful window on the exuberance and clarity of the Red Power Movement at that time. Our guest will respond, interject, and reflect on that window. 3) Act three will discuss the consequences of Alcatraz. Members of the International Indian Treaty Council, and veterans of the occupation, and a special guest, one of the skippers of Sausalito Indian Navy, Mary Crowley, will tell us stories of solidarity on the sea. We’ll project five short films onto Coit Tower while these guests converse: films about Alcatraz and the Ohlone, all made within the last few months, will dance on Coit Tower. Films by Marlo McKenzie, Sam and Keith Moreau, Anthony Sol, Rupert, Ben Wood and Dave Mark, Catherine Herrera, and Richard Robinson and Lorenzo will accompany the broadcast. At 10pm we’ll project the full and excellent documentary “Alcatraz is not an Island,” and we’ll broadcast the audio from that stunning documentary of that history making event. If we can webcast the event, look for a live Quicktime video stream here: rtsp://tv.indybay.org:80/CoitProjections.sdp Press Release For Immediate Release  Coit Tower morphed again from romantic winespot to tourist lookout. Photo: D. N. Russo SAN FRANCISCO – Nov. 11, 2009 – This “Thanksgiving” Eve, a digital projection & live radio broadcast commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969-71, prefiguring the return of Ohlone to San Francisco, will have us ask ourselves, what is indigenous? The two-night event titled, “Indigenous Renewal: Alcatraz Occupation Remembrance + Ohlone Presence Celebrated!” features regional film makers’ works and archival footage from the occupation of the island in 1969. Wednesday’s projections will greet people early morning Thursday as they gather at Pier 31 to board boats to Alcatraz for the annual ceremony there. The encore 2nd screening happens on all-night Thursday evening, November 26, 2009. LIVE Radio An accompanying LIVE radio program is scheduled for this projection beginning at 6pm and continuing to at least 11pm, on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 only. This event follows a series of projections by David Mark and Ben Wood in 2004, 2006, & 2008 highlighting the cultural heritage of the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2008 the projection has combined the use of live radio broadcast with the participation of KPOO 89.5 FM and the cooperation of Neil MacLean & Mary Jean Robertson, of Voices of Native the Ohlone Profiles Project. The producers hope to “probe the many thousands of supporters to rethink San Francisco’s history.”  "Welcome to Ohlone Territory!" with a still from the film "Alcatraz Is Not An Island" made in 2001. Photo by D. N. Russo This outdoor cinematic event culminates a week of events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz Island by the Indians of All Tribes. The occupation changed American history by ending the US policy of Tribal Termination, and it also strengthened tribes across the country to stand up, including San Francisco’s original inhabitants, the Ohlone. Their renewed strength brings with it the chance for San Francisco to finally do the right thing for its Native people, as so many tens of thousands demanded in 1969. Collaborating Film Makers and Artists include: * Welcome to Ohlone Territory: Marlo Mckenzie and Neil Maclean  Hours after the Ohlone Welcoming ceremony led by Ann Marie Sayers and Tony Cerda broadcast live on 89.5 FM, guests lingered and CBS did a standup news spot live. Photo by D. N. Russo The projection will use two 12,000 lumen projectors that will cast an illuminated moving image sequence onto the surface of the 210 foot tower from two separate vantage points, covering an area of 270 degrees from the West to the North-East portions of Coit Tower and live remote broadcast from viewing areas. The San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks has again issued a permit. Special thanks for cooperation with the dwellers of Telegraph Hill, particularly Julie Christiansen. Thanks to Alex Cherian of Bay Television Archive at San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Arts Commission, and D. N. Russo of the Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE) Time Bank. What: A digital projection & live radio broadcast commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969-71 When: November 25th & 26th, 2009, dusk to 7am both nights Where: Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA, Viewable from: Pier 31, Fisherman’s Wharf, Pioneer Park, Grant St. & Greenwich St, Washington Sq. Park  Photo by D. N. Russo  Ben Wood's piece screens below while another film plays above. Photo by D. N. Russo Media Inquiries please contact: Extra Special Thanks to The Clutch Volunteer Union: Rupert (Coit Location Producer, Mobile Media Studio & Projection Truck, FM Radio Remote Engineer, Website Management, Video Editor, Graphic Design, PR, Location Hospitality) Special Thanks: Special Thanks to Video Producers: Also Very Cool:  Interviews in the Remote Studio, Photo by: D. N. Russo  Mr. Jones looks on at Alcatraz Is Not An Island. We put on the whole film for him to watch after hearing that he was the captain of the boat seen in the historic footage that the Coast Guard crashed into in 1969 as he brought more Indians to Alcatraz!... and he had never seen it. Photo by: D. N. Russo  Tony Cerda on CBS 5  Ann Marie Sayers and Tony Cerda begin the broadcast in ceremony live on KPOO 89.5 FM. If you recorded the radio broadcast, we want to know.  Neil MacLean explains the power of transforming culture through public conversation on giant monuments...  Sam Ellis Moreau talks about San Bruno Mountain and her film on the tower. Keith Moreau documents the moment. Coverage: http://usingsfhistory.com/2009/11/25/indigenous-renewal-commemorating-native-american-activism/  Mary Jean on-air at ATA |
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