For centuries after that first Contact, US government and military policy worked to separate indigenous peoples from traditional lands and as a result from thousands of years of cultural and spiritual relationships with that land. A significant aspect of these relationships was incredibly deep ecological knowledge of local food systems. Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.

Gather is available for virtual community screenings starting Fall of 2020. You can screen via an online platform to classes, colleagues, constituents and other types of audiences and conduct post-screening Zoom chats. A DVD option for organizations in Indian Country that prefer to give DVDs to their members. You can access that information here.

Thank you very much to Green Umbrella and to Campsite Sculpture Park for hosting the screening of www.gather.film last night in Cincinnati. Dawn Knickerbocker (Anishinaabe) and Jheri Neri (Dine/Mescalero) introduced the film with their own personal reflections on food sovereignty and the strength of the Indigenous communities. Thank you also for everyone's adherence to social distance and mask requirements.