This site shares Indigenous media, particularly Haudenosaunee and Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk), produced between the 1980s and the present from different collections including:
—Video and audio collected by Kay Ionataiewas Olan between 198_ and 20__
—Recordings and transcriptions of events and talks at Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community, located in what is now Fonda, New York
—Recordings of Indigenous cultural events held at Skidmore College and Saratoga Springs, New York
If you have media you would like to contribute to this collection, please contact __
Collections:
Kanatsiohareke Media
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Event and Talk Recordings
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VHS
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Cassettes
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“I am connected to every living soul on the planet. The trees, the Earth, the plants, the other people, my emotions move me and my cells move, the wisdom of my body with molecules flowing, energy resonating. To heal ourselves we need to combine modern science and ancient wisdom.” -Hidden Medicine, 1999
| Name of Resource | Media Type | Digitized? (y/n) | Length | Year of Production | Brief Description | Source |
| Natay Navajo Singer Canyon Records | y | 1972 | Collection of Kay Olan | |||
| Silent Warrior Wall Street Warrior | y | 1981 | Collection of Kay Olan | |||
| Akwesasne Freedom Singers | y | 1982 | Collection of Kay Olan | |||
| Custer Died For Your Sins-Red Crow Productions | 1982 | Collection of Kay Olan | ||||
| They Lied to You In School | VHS | y | Collection of Kay Olan | |||
| Faces of Iroquois – Iroquois Indian Museum | VHS | y | 1991 | Documentary produced by the Iroquois Museum. Recounts of the history of the Iroquois through the faces of major historical figures. | Collection of Kay Olan | |
| 1993 Iroquois Indian Festival; Howes Cave, New York; Iroquois Indian Museum | VHS | y | 1993 | Footage from 1993 Iroquois Indian Festival in Howes Cave, New York— Features Perry Ground, Storyteller; Tom Porter; Fashion Show; Kay Olan, Storyteller; Dan Hill, Flute Artist; The Jim Sky Iroquois Dancers | Collection of Kay Olan | |
| Tree of Peace Society | VHS | y | 16:36 | Video produced by Tree of Peace Society detailing its ceremonial plantings of white pine trees for the cause of peace | Collection of Kay Olan | |
| Julius Cook, Heritage Canada Interview | 1:13:30 | Collection of Kay Olan | ||||
| How the West Was Lost Series, Season Two Episode One: “Divided We Fall”,; Discovery Channel, dir. Chris Wheeler | VHS | y | 50:52 | 1995 | Episode documents Haudennosaunee history during the colonial period; and Revolutionary War; Feat. Oren Lyons, Stephen Fadden, Joanne Shenandoah, Ray Halbritter, Michele Dean Stock; Dr. Matthew Denis, Kay Olan; Art by Fadden Family | Collection of Kay Olan |
“I myself have no power. It’s the people
behind me who have the power. Real power comes only from the Creator. It’s in his
hands. But if you’re asking about strength, not power, then I can say that the greatest
strength is gentleness. Our religion is all about thanking the Creator. That’s what we do
when we pray. We don’t ask him for things. We thank him. We thank him for the world
in every animal and plant in it. We thank him for everything that exists.
We don’t take it for granted that the tree’s just there. We thank the Creator for that tree. If we don’t thank
him, maybe the Creator will take that tree away. That’s what our ceremonies are about.
That’s why they’re important.”
– Chief Leon Shenandoah (Iroquois Confederacy)
