Now comprising 25 nations and 450 million citizens, the EU has more people, more wealth, and more votes on every international body than the United States. It eschews military force but offers guaranteed health care and free university educations. And some see the new “United States of Europe” as determined to be a superpower. Yup, som epeople really believe that. (more…)
The late and unlamented Soviet Union left behind more than a demographic disaster and a tendency toward authoritarian rule in its successor states. It bequeathed on Russia some fantastic articistic organizations, and one of the best is the 70-year old Moiseyev Russian Dance Company. (more…)
Will the US pull back from Iraq, in whatever condition it may find itself? Or will we be debating “the endgame in Iraq” 20 years from now? Local Mid-East expert Pierre Atlas knows. (more…)
Alison Wotherspoon is a documentary film maker and head of production at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. Her work on anti-bullying is considered a model of how film and video can change damaging behavior by kids. (more…)
“Wounded Knee” was the site of the last armed conflict between the US government and the Lakota Sioux in 1890, resulting in some 146 dead; more than 80 years after the massacre, beginning on February 27, 1973, Wounded Knee was also the site of a 71-day standoff between federal authorities and militants of the American Indian Movement. Eiteljorg is bringing veterans of the latter to discuss what the incidents at Wounded Knee mean to us all. (more…)
Native American composer “Stands With Eagles” Dr. Louis W. Ballard (July 8, 1931 – February 9, 2007) made it his life’s mission to illuminate the unique motivations behind Native American music. His piano concerto “Incident at Wounded Knee” is “an evocation of the traditions and moods of the Indian people.” (more…)
Native American composer “Stands With Eagles” Dr. Louis W. Ballard (July 8, 1931 – February 9, 2007) made it his life’s mission to illuminate the unique motivations behind Native American music. His piano concerto “Incident at Wounded Knee” is “an evocation of the traditions and moods of the Indian people.” (more…)
See “Tattoo on My Heart: The Warriors of Wounded Knee”, the third event in the museum’s month-long exploration of the last armed conflict between the Dakota Sioux and the United States, which resulted in the deaths of more than 146 men, women and children in 1890. Tattoo on My Heart recounts the dramatic story of the Native American men and women of the American Indian Movement, who took part in a 1973 standoff on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (more…)
See the latest of several sensitive films exploring the “Desi” exerience of Indians living away from India, assimilating in some ways while still seeking to preserve a distinct identity. (more…)
The second event in the museum’s month-long exploration of the last armed conflict between the Dakota Sioux and the United States, Lakota Woman highlights the experience of Mary Crow Dog during the 1960s protest that led to an armed standoff between Native Americans and the federal government at Wounded Knee. (more…)
NUVO gives Provocate 2007 Cultural Vision Award
Provocate featured in Indianapolis Monthly
"Award combines film, activism: Festival to recognize social justice of Sept. 11, Congo in discussions,"
Indiana Lawyer April 16, 2008 ... on Provocate's Eric Parker Social Justice Award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival
