"Fancy Dance" is a new film, that follows an aunt trying to care for her niece whose mother has gone missing--all while trying to make it to an annual powwow. Oscar-nominated actress Lily Gladstone gives another powerful performance alongside breakout star Isabel Deroy-Olsen. Co-writer and director Erica Tremblay is from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation. The story and characters are set in her homelands. ICT's Paris Wise spoke with her to learn more about the movie. "Fancy Dance" is in select theaters and streams on Apple TV starting June 28. A bill to establish a federal Indian boarding school truth and healing commission has passed committees in Congress for the first time. The progress was hailed by backers of the bill. ICT's Stewart Huntington has more on this landmark legislation. The newly announced class of Bush Fellows features six Indigenous people. These grants are awarded to outstanding individuals living in the Dakotas and Minnesota. One of them is Moira Villiard, an Ojibwe artist from Duluth, Minnesota. She says she intends to use the funds to go to graduate school, and promote a public art project. Our friends at PBS North have this Minnesota program on her work. It was produced by Mike Scholtz, with photography by Steve Ash, Heidi Eidenschink is the host.
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