wednesday night native american screening at augsburg: Club Native

Augsburg College is presenting the "Native American Film Series," which features pieces by indigenous filmmakers throughout the early part of the year.  This Wednesday sees the screening of the 2008 documentary Club Native, by First Nations director Tracey Deer:

In Club Native, filmmaker Tracey Deer uses Kahnawake, her hometown, as a lens to probe deeply into the history and contemporary reality of Aboriginal identity. Following the stories of four women, she reveals the exclusionary attitudes that divide the community and many others like it across Canada. Deer traces the roots of the problem, from the advent of the highly discriminatory Indian Act through the controversy of Bill C31, up to the present day, where membership on the reserve is determined by a council of Mohawk elders, whose rulings often appear inconsistent. And with her own home as a poignant case study, she raises a difficult question faced by people of many ethnicities across the world: What roles do bloodline and culture play in determining identity?

The event is free and the film starts at 7pm, with a reception taking place before at 6:30.