Lost Nation: The Ioway - Part 1
57 min | ENGLISH | Documentary
In 1824, in the twilight of Native American dominion, two conflicted Ioway leaders met with William Clark,--a principle participant in the earlier Lewis and Clark Expedition--to sign a momentous treaty. White Cloud saw cooperation as survival for his people, while Great Walker regretted the loss of their ancestral homeland. This pivotal moment led both men to different tragic destinies in their battle with epic change. Ioway Elders join historians and achaeologists to tell the dramatic true story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minnesota to St. Louis, Missouri. What was a quest for survival in the past has become a struggle to retain a unique Native culture and language in the present.
WINNER-International Cherokee Film Festival
WINNER-Iowa Independent Film Festival
WINNER-Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival
WINNER-Bronze Telly® Award
OFFICIAL SELECTION-Achaeology Channel Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELCTION-Landlocked Film Festival
BROADCASTS on IPTV-PBS and WQPT-PBS
Directed by Kelly Rundle
Produced by Tammy Rundle
Featuring: Lance Foster, Joyce Big Soldier-Miller, Pete Fee, Joann Comer, Reuben IronHorse-Kent, Victor Roubidoux, Emil Campbell, Rebecca Liberty, Gary Foster, Greg Olson, Lori Stanley, Colin Betts, William Green, Dale Henning, Melinda Carricker, John Palmquist, Suzette McCord-Rogers
Lost Nation: The Ioway Parts 2 & 3
55 min x 2 | ENGLISH | Documentary
WINNER-Iowa Independent Film Festival
BROADCAST PREMIERE on WQPT-PBS
Directed by Kelly Rundle
Produced by Tammy Rundle
Featuring: Lance Foster, Joyce Big Soldier-Miller, Pete Fee, Reuben IronHorse-Kent, Victor Roubidoux, Emil Campbell, Rebecca Liberty, Greg Olson, Colin Betts, William Green, Dale Henning, Melinda Carricker, and John Palmquist
PART TWO
When the Ioway Tribe was forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands to a reservation in Kansas, Ioway leader White Cloud (the younger) believed the move would ensure survival for his people. But broken treaties, land loss, the end of communal living, and attempts to diminish their unique language and culture led to the establishment of a second Ioway Tribe and their own "trail of tears."
PART THREE
As two separate Native Nations, the Ioway entered the 20th century amid American Indian policies aimed at Native American assimilation. From the Ghost Dance to the American Indian Movement, the Ioway experienced cultural disintegration and rebirth. Successful land claims in the 1970s propelled both tribes toward greater self-determination and a revival of time-honored Native traditions.