From Mexico, Canada, and the U.S., videos focus on the survival of Native American culture and heritage through community practices and the efforts of individual people.

Lhallchho/Our People
2003, 27 min. Mexico. Juan José García (Zapotec). Produced by Ojo de Agua Comunicación. In Zapotec with English subtitles. From a grandmother making tortillas at dawn to the communal observation of the Day of the Dead, this video lovingly portrays daily life in the Zapotec village of Santiago Zoochila in the mountains of northern Oaxaca.

The Gift
1998, 49 min. Canada/United States. Director: Gary Farmer (Cayuga). Producer: Jerry Krepakevich for the National Film Board of Canada. From Maya communities of Chiapas, Mexico, to Haudenosaunee lands in New York and Canada, this documentary explores the spiritual, economic, and political dimensions of Native people's relationship with corn.

Eagle Song
2000, 3 min. United States. Director: Lurline Wailana MacGregor (Native Hawaiian). A music video featuring poet and saxophonist Joy Harjo (Muscogee Creek) celebrates the spirit of the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma past and present.

Vnoksetv/Greedy
2003, 5 min. United States. Produced by American Indian Resource Center, Tallequah, OK. In Creek with English subtitles. A claymation by Muscogee Creek schoolchildren tells a traditional Creek story.

Tales of Wesakechak: The First Spring Flood
2002, 13 min. Canada. Producers: Greg Coyes (Métis Cree), Ava Karvonen, Gerry Cook. Stories of the Seventh Fire series. In the time before there were people on Turtle Island (North America), the Creator put the trickster Wesakechak on the earth to take care of all the creatures.

First Steps
2003, 24 min. Canada. Directors: Neil Diamond (Cree) and Philip Lewis. Dab Iyiyuu/Absolutely Cree series. In English and Cree with English subtitles. A Cree community in northern Ontario observes the celebration of the "first steps" of its very young children. Included is a traditional tale of treachery and how a son's care for his mother is now heard in the call of a bird.

Charon Asetoyer (Comanche), Executive Director of the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center, will present a lecture on health and healing, and will share ideas about how western and traditional healing practices can be combined to offer assistance and direction in healthcare. Lecture will be followed by a book signing.

Wolf Tale: Legend of the Caribou
2002, 10 min. Canada. Mother Wolf (voice of Tantoo Cardinal) tells her competitive little cubs about the time when the Caribou learned the truth about power and size. From the series Stories from the Seventh Fire�Summer.

The Beginning They Told
2003, 11 min. United States. Joseph Erb (Cherokee). Produced for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. In Cherokee with English subtitles. The animals living in the sky vault work together to bring about the creation of the earth from a tiny piece of mud.

How the Redbird Got His Color
2003, 4 min. United States. Produced by the American Indian Resource Center, Tallequah, OK. In Cherokee with English subtitles. Cherokee students at the Dahlonegah Elementary School make a claymation of a traditional story that tells of a kind deed rewarded.

Box of Daylight
1990, 9 min. United States. Janet Fries for the Sealaska Heritage Foundation. The Naa Kahidi Theater of southeast Alaska presents the Tlingit story of how Raven brought daylight to the world.

Tales of Wesakechak: The First Spring Flood and
How Wesakechak Got His Name
14 min. each. Canada. Produced by Gerry Cook, Ava Karvonen, Gregory Coyes (Métis Cree), and George Johnson. In the time before people on Turtle Island (North America), the Creator put the trickster Wesakechak on earth to take care of all creatures. When he is tricked by the jealous spirit Machias, his friends come to his aid. Then, when Wesakechak wants a new name, he discovers where strength really lies. From the series Stories from the Seventh Fire�Spring and Summer. Repeated on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.

Totem Talk
1997, 22 min. Canada. Annie Frazier-Henry (French/Sioux/Blackfoot). Computer-animated clan totems put urban youth back in touch with their Northwest Coast heritage.

Christmas at Wapos Bay
2002, 48 min. Canada. Dennis Jackson (Cree). In Cree with English subtitles. In this claymation, three children visit their grandfather at his cabin in the bush. When an emergency arises, they learn self-reliance and the spirit of the traditional Cree way of life. Repeated on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.

Native culture from the Arctic is highlighted in readings from The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale retold and illustrated by Lydia Dabcovich; Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee; and Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Ian Wallace. After the readings, join Angela Friedlander in the classroom for a workshop on making Eskimo yo-yos.

Vnoksetv/Greedy
2003, 5 min. United States. Produced by American Indian Resource Center, Tallequah, OK. In Creek with English subtitles. A claymation by Muscogee Creek schoolchildren tells a traditional Creek story.

Tales of Wesakechak: The First Spring Flood
2002, 13 min. Canada. Producers: Greg Coyes (Métis Cree), Ava Karvonen, Gerry Cook. Stories of the Seventh Fire series. In the time before there were people on Turtle Island (North America), the Creator put the trickster Wesakechak on the earth to take care of all the creatures.

First Steps
2003, 24 min. Canada. Directors: Neil Diamond (Cree) and Philip Lewis. Dab Iyiyuu/Absolutely Cree series. In English and Cree with English subtitles. A Cree community in northern Ontario observes the celebration of the "first steps" of its very young children. Included is a traditional tale of treachery and how a son's care for his mother is now heard in the call of a bird.

Native basket weaving is featured in Little Firefly: An Algonquian Legend by Terri Cohlene, illustrated by Charles Reasoner; and the story Gluskabe and the Snow Bird from the book Four Ancestors by Joseph Bruchac. Following the readings, make a woven bookmark with basket weaver Theresa Secord (Penobscot), in this hands-on workshop for children ages 7 and up. This workshop is free, but space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register call 212-514-3714.

Loom beadwork is the focus of this hands-on workshop led by beadworker Amy Tall Chief (Osage). Pre-registration is required. To register call 212-514-3714. Ages 16 years and up. Materials fee is $25 ($22 for members).