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SUMMARY:Keeping the Fire Burning: Indigenous Peoples' Day 2022
DESCRIPTION:  \nKEEPING THE FIRE BURNING\n\n\n\n\n\nCelebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe all have an origin story\, the lifeline and energy that develops into the relationship between who we are now and who we may become. This evolving relationship nurtures the fire that rests deep in our souls\, bringing with it the warmth of familiarity and life. The flame is a gift from the generations before us and passed forward to the generations to come.In Daughter of a Lost Bird\, Kendra shares her journey and the stories of finding her birth mother\, who was also adopted\, and the Lummi Nation\, the tribal ancestry of their origin story.\n\n\n\n\nAs their collective stories unfold\, they find their shared flame\, the sacred centerpiece of intergenerational wisdom.\n\n\nDaughter of a Lost Bird highlights the impacts of continued systemic colonization. As a community\, we can better support Indigenous communities by amplifying Indigenous voices\, educating ourselves\, and using our votes to increase racial equity. To get started\, go to Impact.Visit this page often for updated event information\, including a presentation on current legislative action that may impact the Indian Child Welfare Act.\nJoin in community as we commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by listening to Kendra share her journey as she presents a screening of Daughter of a Lost Bird.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA traditional Coast Salish dinner will be provided. \n\n \nIPD Flyer \nScreening of Award Winning Documentary: Daughter of a Lost Bird\n\nFeaturing a discussion and Q&A with Protagonist and Producer Kendra Mylnechuk Potter and Director and Producer Brooke Pepion Swaney. \nOctober 10\, 2022\n5 – 8 p.m.\nSyre Auditorium\nWhatcom Community College \nEvent is free for all\nFree parking \nFor those unable to attend in person\, a recording of the event will be available on this page after the event. \nIndigenous Peoples’ Day Schedule\n4:30 p.m. – Doors open with a traditional salmon dinner\n5:00 p.m. – Program begins\n5:30 p.m. – Screening of “Daughter of a Lost Bird.”\n6:30 p.m. – Q&A\n7:00 p.m. – Community Fellowship\n8:00 p.m. – Closing song \n\nKendra Mylnechuk Potter\n\n \nKendra Mylnechuk Potter always knew she was adopted. Her parents spoke of the generosity of her birth mother and their gratitude to her and their love for her was never in question. It wasn’t until her mid-20s that she began to sense inner conflict around her identity as a Native adoptee. When she became pregnant\, the need to know where she came from became a powerful desire to provide some answers for her children so they would never have to grapple with identity the way she did. She documented her journey back to her own Native origins on the Lummi Nation \nBrooke Pepion Swaney\n \n\nBrooke Pepion Swaney wanted to find out the truth. How was it that Kendra didn’t know what tribe she was from\, especially being born the same year that the Indian Child Welfare Act came into effect? Why wouldn’t her birth mother\, or her birth mother’s mother for that matter\, put down this information on her birth certificate that is so important to Native people? She wanted to find out where she was from so that some of these questions would finally have answers. But mostly\, that she wouldn’t feel shame from claiming such an unknown identity. She also wanted to educate Kendra so that she could not only have a deeper understanding about what it means to be Indigenous in the United States\, but also join the ranks\, so to speak\, of the millions of Indigenous people in this country fighting to preserve their identity and by extension their tribal sovereignty. \n\n 
URL:https://www.nwic.edu/event/keeping-the-fire-burning-indigenous-peoples-day-2022/
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