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Daily Sun: Ancestor inspires young filmmaker

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ShareHILLARY DAVIS Sun Staff Reporter Camille Manybeads Tso of Flagstaff is much too young to have ever known her great-great-great-grandmother, a warrior known as Yellow Woman. But her family’s strong oral tradition has kept the 14-year-old connected, and her...

Prescott Courier: Navajo girl shares family’s dramatic heritage

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Share  http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=73074#B2 By Paula Rhoden, The Daily Courier     Saturday, October 03, 2009   In 1864, a young Navajo woman living in Black Mesa, Ariz., fought to protect her family from the efforts of the U.S. Army and...

Outta Your Backpack Media – a mouse that roars

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Share S.J. Wilson, The Observer Flagstaff youth project attracting national attention

OYBM Rocks NYC Native Film Fest!

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ShareNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS Maria Colòn on selections from NMAI’s Film + Video Festival The National Museum of the American Indian’s 2009 Film + Video Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary last month with over 75 films and videos created by...

Indykids: Kids Make Movies

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ShareOriginally featured at: http://indykids.net/main/2009/01/kids-make-movies/ By LIZA MINNO BLOOM In Flagstaff, Arizona, a collective called Outta Your Backpack (OYB) gives movie-making equipment to indigenous youth, and holds workshops teaching them how to film and edit their own movies. “Native youth aren’t represented...

Observer: Outta Your Backpack program  brings media skills to Native youth

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ShareOriginally published at: http://navajohopiobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=5257&SectionID=74&SubSectionID=547&S=1 S.J. Wilson, The Observer Tuesday, December 05, 2006 FLAGSTAFF-While their peers enjoyed a five-day vacation over the Thanksgiving holiday, 12 area students gave up three days of their vacation to learn about filmmaking from the ground...