The Mission:
It is deeply
disturbing that tradition has been for most Utah historians and
writers of the past to trivialize and underrate the agony of it's Indian
inhabitants, those who suffered
the greatest loss in terms of land, culture, lives, and dignity. It
is criminal to ignore their history and it is time their tragic story be
told.
Our
mission is to produce a documentary film that will
compassionately and accurately explore the history and lives of
the First People of Utah from their perspective.
Funded in part by
Utah Division of Indian Affairs
The George S. Deloris Dori Eccles
Foundation
and
Private Donors
Filmmakers
Ron Hill
Imagery
and
Black Hawk
Productions, LLC
Turtle Island Productions
Consultants
Historian/Scholar Will Bagley - Executive
Director of Indian Affairs Forrest Cuch - Professor/Historian Dr. Floyd
O'Neil - Dr. Daniel McCool PHD Political Science - Historian
Robert Carter - Filmmaker Larry
Cesspooch Ute Tribe - Venita Taveapont Director of Indian
Language Program Ute Tribe - Loya Arrum Ute Tribe - Descendents of
Ute Leader Black Hawk - Members of the Ute
Tribe - National Forest Service Archeologist Charmain Thompson -
Researcher/Documentarian Phillip B Gottfredson
