BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28118@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Indigenous Liberation Week Opening Film Screening: “Return to the F alls” + Stolen Generations Discussion Panel DTSTAMP:20261003T212831Z DTSTART:20261008T150000Z DTEND:20261008T200000Z DESCRIPTION:Genre: Film\, Panel discussion\nOpen: 17:00 - 22:00 hrs\nTicket s: € 5-10\n\n“Return to the Falls” is a feature‐length docudrama that tell s the life story of\nElder Betty Ross (Cree). As a girl from Pimicikamak C ree Nation\, she held the\nsacred teachings of her father like a torch to survive the Indian residential\nschool system. In this film\, you will exp erience Betty’s journey. Cinematic\nreenactments bring to life unimaginabl e hardships and euphoric moments of\nfreedom\, interwoven with present day footage of Betty as she returns to the\nfalls of her childhood for the fi rst time in more than 70 years.\n\nProgram:\n17:00-18:00 - "Non-Binary": I ndigenous Gender Identities Art Exhibition Open\nwith Project Team Q&A\n18 :00-18:30 - Opening Introductions from the Indigenous Liberation Movement\ n18:30-19:30 - Film Screening: “Return to the Falls”\n19:30-20:30 - Panel Discussion with Survivors of the Stolen Generations\n20:30-21:00 - Closing Remarks from the Indigenous Liberation Movement\n21:00-22:00 - Drinks & D iscussions + “Non-Binary” Art Exhibit w/Q&A\nFollowing the film\, we will have a panel discussion with the daughter of Elder\nBetty Ross\, Viene Vau x (Cree) and Chautuileo Tranamil (Mapuche)\, who are both\nIndigenous surv ivors of the Stolen Generations. The discussion will be moderated\nby Skyl ar Joseph (Lakota) and she invites the speakers to share their\nexperience s as survivors\, their resilience\, and their dreams for the future\ngener ations.\nSpeakers:\nViene Vaux Bilodeau (they/them) is a Cree\, two-spirit \, 60’s Scoop Survivor from\nTreaty 5\, Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Viene was illegally adopted by white Canadian\nparents as a baby and was raised wit hout knowing their Cree heritage. Elder\nBetty Ross is the mother of Viene and together they have had to overcome\, and\nare healing from\, generati ons of forced assimilation & family separation\npractices.\nChautuileo Tra namil is Mapuche Pewenche from Wallmapu\, Chile. She is a political\nscien tist\, youth mentor and a protector of mother Earth. She grew up partly in \nthe Netherlands\, as Chautuileo was one of the stolen generations from t he\nMapuche people. Her mother was enrolled in a residential school in Chi le. Even\nthough they got separated forcefully\, they have established the ir reconnection.\nBoth of them advocate for Indigenous rights and Indigeno us motherhood.\n"Non-Binary"\, an Indigenous gender identities art exhibit ion by Masharu Studios\nwill be on display with artists/researchers and su bjects of the project\navailable in the Cinema Cafe\, before and after the main screening event. Youth\nInterns from Masharu Studios will be present ing the project on behalf of Dr.\nmasharu (they/them)\, and alongside Vien e\, who is featured in the project. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/indigenous-liberation-week-opening-film -screening-return-to-the-falls-stolen-generations-discussion-panel GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923 LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,discussion,exhibition,film,gender,opening,panel d iscussion,q&a,stories,vondelparkbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Genre: Film, Panel discussion
Open: 17:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 5-10

“Return to the Falls” is a feature‐length docudrama that tells the life story of Elder Betty Ross (Cree). As a girl from Pimicikamak Cree Nation, she held the sacred teachings of her father like a torch to survi ve the Indian residential school system. In this film, you will experience Betty’s journey. Cinematic reenactments bring to life unimaginable hardsh ips and euphoric moments of freedom, interwoven with present day footage o f Betty as she returns to the falls of her childhood for the first time in more than 70 years.

Program:
17:00-18:00 - "N on-Binary": Indigenous Gender Identities Art Exhibition Open with Project Team Q&A
18:00-18:30 - Opening Introductions from the Indigenous L iberation Movement
18:30-19:30 - Film Screening: “Return to the Falls”
19:30-20:30 - Panel Discussion with Survivors of the Stolen Generatio ns
20:30-21:00 - Closing Remarks from the Indigenous Liberation Moveme nt
21:00-22:00 - Drinks & Discussions + “Non-Binary” Art Exhibit w /Q&A
Following the film, we will have a panel discussion with the daughter of Elder Betty Ross, Viene Vaux (Cree) and Chautuileo Tranamil (M apuche), who are both Indigenous survivors of the Stolen Generations. The discussion will be moderated by Skylar Joseph (Lakota) and she invites the speakers to share their experiences as survivors, their resilience, and t heir dreams for the future generations.
Speakers:
Viene Vaux Bilodeau (they/them) is a Cree, two-spirit, 6 0’s Scoop Survivor from Treaty 5, Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Viene was illeg ally adopted by white Canadian parents as a baby and was raised without kn owing their Cree heritage. Elder Betty Ross is the mother of Viene and tog ether they have had to overcome, and are healing from, generations of forc ed assimilation & family separation practices.
Chautuileo Tranamil is Mapuche Pewenche from Wallmapu, Chile. She is a polit ical scientist, youth mentor and a protector of mother Earth. She grew up partly in the Netherlands, as Chautuileo was one of the stolen generations from the Mapuche people. Her mother was enrolled in a residential school in Chile. Even though they got separated forcefully, they have established their reconnection. Both of them advocate for Indigenous rights and Indig enous motherhood.
"Non-Binary", an Indigenous gender identities art ex hibition by Masharu Studios will be on display with artists/researchers an d subjects of the project available in the Cinema Cafe, before and after t he main screening event. Youth Interns from Masharu Studios will be presen ting the project on behalf of Dr. masharu (they/them), and alongside Viene , who is featured in the project.

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