Their films are now complete and will be premiered at both higher education institutions in mid-September.
Put these events on your calendar, and invite anyone you think might be interested in attending:
2015 NOHP Premiere at Winona State University
Thursday, Sept. 10- 5 p.m., reception and refreshments, Science Laboratory Center Atrium
- 5:30 p.m., program, Science Laboratory Center Auditorium
2015 NOHP Premiere at Diné College, Tsaile, Arizona, Campus
Monday, Sept. 14
- 5 p.m., reception and Navajo meal, 4th Floor Museum, Ned Hatathli Center
- 5:30 p.m., program, 4th Floor Museum, Ned Hatathli Center
2015 NOHP Premire at Diné College
This year's films focus on:
- Louva Dahozy a
community leader, educator and broadcaster from Ft. Defiance, Arizona;
- Tony
Goldtooth Sr., a Navajo language and culture professor from Shiprock, New
Mexico;
- Peggy Scott, a retired teacher and community activist from Chinle,
Arizona; and
- Bill Toldeo, a Navajo Code Talker during World War II, from Torreon,
New Mexico.
The films are very well done. The involved students can be proud of their efforts. The films will stand the test of time and be important historical documents. Following the premiere events, the films will be archived at the Diné College Library, The Winona State University Library, The Navajo Nation Museum and Library, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian.
The
Winona State University students involved in the 2015 Navajo Oral History
Project are:
Jordan Gerard, a journalism major from
Spring Grove, Minnesota
Jacob Hilsabeck, a photojournalism major
from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Reagan Johnson, a transmedia major from
Randolph, Wisconsin
Kacie Mann, a public relations major from
Maple Grove, Minnesota
Tobias Mann, a journalism major from
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Nate Nelson, a computer science and mass
communication major from Corvallis, Oregon
Taylor Nyman, a photography and digital
imaging major from Monroe Center, Illinois
Casie Rafferty, a journalism major from
Winona, Minnesota
Kim Schneider, a journalism major from Roseville,
Minnesota
Samantha Stetzer, a journalism major from
Holmen, Wisconsin
Ben Strand, a journalism major from
Burnsville, Minnesota
The Diné College students involved in the
2015 Navajo Oral History Project are:
Kyle Brown, Lukachukai, Arizona
Kaitlyn Haskie, Lukachukai, Arizona
Anna Shepherd, Chilchinbeto, Arizona
Brandon Tayah, Chinle, Arizona
Stephanie Tsosie, Low Mountain, Arizona
Shelly Wheeler, Lukachukai, Arizona
The documentaries were part of the sixth year
of a collaborative project led by Dr. Tom Grier and Robbie Christiano of Winona
State University and Dr. Miranda Haskie of Diné College. To date, students in
the program have completed 23 documentary films on the lives of Navajo elders,
including nine World War II Navajo Code Talkers.
Plans
are already underway for the 2016 Navajo Oral History Project, which will take
place in May-June of 2016. Student participants in the program earn three
college credits and a lifetime of experience.
