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Kayaks on the Verde River, Arizona.

Water’s Journey

A tone poem that follows the flow of water in Arizona’s Verde River from Sedona through the Tonto National Forest. Filmmaker Sasha Miller (Diné) combines sound and image to create an emotional journey reflective of the physical path of water.

A hand holding a corn tassel in a field of green stalks

Coming Home: A Story of Seeds

Indigenous Hopi farmer, Doctor Michael Kotutwa Johnson has gifted his seeds to the Old Fort in order to honor the children who didn’t return home. 

Rippling water and a desert canyon wall

They Call Me Water

This short film, “They Call Me Water,” focuses on the belief that water is living, a belief that many indigenous peoples hold. Brooke’s film helps personify water to give water human characteristics as water knows how you treat it. 

A photo of an irrigation canal next to Hatcher ranch in the Ute Mountain Ute nation

Flowing Forward

Discover the drought-related challenges to water rights issues struggles of the Ute Mountain Ute People and learn about their ongoing efforts to find solutions and create a brighter future. Your browser does not support the audio element. Kaitlyn Lowley graduated from Fort Lewis this past spring, majoring in Journalism and Multimedia Studies. She wanted to take part in this...
A giraffe in the South African savannah

African Tribal Water: A Maasai Angel

A narrative audio report about Angel Mollel, a Maasai student and humanitarian whose nonprofit organization is helping to bring water to the people of her village.

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