The Lakota Media Project consists of young people utilizing multi-media presentations in order to present the story of the Lakota Oyate from our own perspective. They are an integral part of all of Owe Aku's work, and are an invaluable asset in recording, documenting and sharing the word's of our young people, leaders and elders. The following link is to the You Tube page and we hope you will subscribe to keep up-to-date on this critical work contributed to our efforts by our young people.
We are the next generation dedicated to Owe Aku Bring Back The Way, to decolonize our minds, using our arsenal of modern day technology through audio and video. The Lakota Media Project, an initiative of Owe Aku and Prairie Dust Films, began in 2003 to mentor Lakota youth and women on documentary film-making. The LMP creates projects that complement social justice and activism work happening on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The work of LMP on different issues benefits the Tribal Nations’ population and beyond, through the distribution of educational materials about Native issues from a Native perspective with a Native voice. Although LMP suffered a devastating loss when they lost almost all their equipment, footage and archives in a house fire in 2007, the stories exist in the minds of participants and their activism continues. Little by little the work goes on. The Lakota Media Project collaborates on many media projects including "Crying Earth Rise Up." They work on production, editing, and music. Crying Earth Rise Up is an intimate portrait of the human cost of uranium mining and its impact on sacred water. It tells a timely story of protecting land, water and a way of life. Funded in large part by Vision Maker Media. Distributed to Public Television by NETA. Producer/Director: Suree Towfighnia
Co-Producer: Courtney Hermann Editor: Sharon Karp Trailer Editor: Kerribeth Elliott Music: Che Christ cryingearthriseup.com We are decolonizing our Minds.
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WIOWEYA NAJIN WIN ON FREEING YOUR MIND THROUGH SOBRIETY.
Watch Trailer of Crying Earth Rise Up!
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PROTECTING SACREDWATER
Ama's Freedom School is dedicated to our children by providing decolonized educational programs based on traditional Lakota teachings and law.
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Crying Earth Rise Up!
The Video about our fight to stop uranium mining. Watch Trailer of Crying Earth Rise Up! |
An initiative of Owe Aku and Prairie Dust Films, the Lakota Media Project began in 2003 to mentor Lakota youth and women on documentary film-making.
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The Moccasins on the Ground, a grassroots resistance training, focuses on skills, tactics, and techniques of nonviolent direct action in three day training camps.
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