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The Blackfoot Digital Library, University of Lethbridge Library, and Lethbridge Public Library present Intertribal – 4 Films by Trevor Solway (Treaty 7 music documentary).
Trevor Solway, a Blackfoot filmmaker from Siksika Nation, uses storytelling to showcase local Indigenous musicians. Featured artists include Armond Duck Chief, an exuberant and jovial cowboy country singer, Bebe Buckskin, a free-spirited native Janis Joplin type, Darcy Turning Rope, a powwow singer with a storied heritage in traditional Blackfoot singing and drumming, and Olivia Tailfeathers, an elder who blends contemporary hymns with traditional drumming and Blackfoot words.
Screening begins at 1:30 p.m., the film is 45 minutes, and followed by a discussion. Click here to register.
There are a limited number of seats available at Iikaisskini for in person viewing. Contact Charlene Bruised Head Mountain Horse (charlene.mhorse@uleth.ca) for information.
Contact:
Mary Greenshields | greemc@uleth.ca | library.ulethbridge.ca