{"id":8928,"date":"2015-04-15T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2015-04-19T17:10:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T23:10:23","slug":"stout-honor-still-among-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=8928","title":{"rendered":"Stout HONOR still among thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Making mention <a title=\"NAFF VI to pick no bones Oct. 4 :: C-U Blogfidential\" href=\"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=8926\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">in our last post<\/span><\/a> of our friend and former Urbana indie short filmmaker <strong>John May<\/strong>, we remind ourselves of a pre-Millennium era sans <strong>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> and <strong>MICRO-FILM<\/strong> when locally-based movie projects of significance appeared relatively far apart. Very few efforts in the unofficial <strong>Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> canon from then <em>or<\/em> now have sustained as much notoriety as <strong>IN WHOSE HONOR?<\/strong>, the <strong>Jay Rosenstein<\/strong> documentary from 1997 about <a title=\"Charlene Teters :: Personal Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charleneteters.com\/Charlene_Teters\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Spokane Indian activist <strong>Charlene Teters<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and her (<a title=\"Illinois's Chief Illiniwek To Perform At High School Basketball Game :: Deadspin\" href=\"http:\/\/deadspin.com\/illinoiss-chief-illiniwek-to-perform-at-high-school-bas-1677390684\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">somewhat fulfilled<\/span><\/a>) quest to see the<strong> University of Illinois<\/strong> sports mascot \u201c<strong>Chief Illiniwek<\/strong>\u201d removed from the fields of play and related merchandising. It still has resonance today as when it aired on the <strong>PBS<\/strong> showcase program <strong>P.O.V.<\/strong> nearly 20 years ago, but for reasons the open minded would call frustrating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Among many qualities etched into <strong>United States<\/strong> sports culture is a bullheaded resistance to proactive change, washing over its organizers, athletes, and fan base with narrow attitudes and suspect agenda. This includes the retirement of team identities that arguably trade on real-life or embellished Native American history for the sake of superficial \u201centertainment value.\u201d Emblems falling in this niche, along with trademarks referencing other non-white ethnicities, have been <a title=\"The 2,128 Native American Mascots People Aren\u2019t Talking About :: FiveThirtyEight\" href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/the-2128-native-american-mascots-people-arent-talking-about\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">very slow in disappearing<\/span><\/a> from grade school, high school, and club teams. At the same time, various colleges and big-ticket franchises such as the <strong>Washington NFL<\/strong> organization <a title=\"Daniel Snyder defends 'Redskins' :: ESPN\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/11313245\/daniel-snyder-redskins-term-honor-respect\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">have not responded kindly<\/span><\/a> to mounting criticism that such iconography might register as outdated, vulgar, or racist to the surviving Indian tribes and their allies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/28875469\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/28875469\">In Whose Honor? &#8211; open<\/a><\/span> from <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/professorjay\">Jay Rosenstein<\/a><\/span> on <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ergo, why the documentary still has legs as this issue is far from settled. Veteran television news host <strong>Bill Moyers<\/strong> <a title=\"Watch \u2018In Whose Honor?\u2019 Documentary Film :: Moyers &amp; Company\" href=\"http:\/\/billmoyers.com\/2015\/02\/01\/whose-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">featured <strong>IN WHOSE HONOR?<\/strong> on his Web site<\/span><\/a> back in February, timed with the occurrence of <strong>Super Bowl XLIX<\/strong> even though Washington did not play. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Smile Politely<\/strong><\/span> <a title=\"Jay Rosenstein's In Whose Honor? streaming in full for limited time :: Smile Politely\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smilepolitely.com\/splog\/jay_rosensteins_in_whose_honor_streaming_in_full_for_limited_time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">reported around the same time<\/span><\/a> that Rosenstein had posted it separately to <strong>Vimeo<\/strong>. Both embeds have since gone private, keeping latecomers from viewing the fresh postscript added for its <strong>Moyers &amp; Company<\/strong> window. In lieu of the complete piece, we share its opening sequence that sets up the primary quandary of \u201cIlliniwek\u201d and his ilk, while a capable substitute for the postscript is <a title=\"A continued legacy: Revisiting \u201cIn Whose Honor?\u201d :: Smile Politely\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smilepolitely.com\/culture\/A_continued_legacy_revisiting_in_whose_honor\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">this lengthy <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SP<\/span> interview with the filmmaker<\/span><\/a>, conducted by local artist <strong>Melissa Mitchell<\/strong> and first published when the streaming videos went live.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We <em>still<\/em> have many things to learn in our society about empathetic coexistence. Even if colonial white America had not overpowered and mistreated Native American tribes like it did, who knows how <em>else<\/em> commercial white America might have appropriated their image, spirituality, or lifestyle in the ensuing centuries. Let\u2019s do our best to give this land\u2019s original founding fathers and mothers their respectful due to help improve their future alongside the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.<\/em> If you missed watching <strong>IN WHOSE HONOR?<\/strong> in full, a public screening will probably be right around the corner as this cultural discussion continues. Rosenstein <a title=\"Jay Rosenstein Productions :: Home Page\" href=\"http:\/\/jayrosenstein.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">will keep you aware of opportunities here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.2<\/em> Mere days after running the Mitchell article, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Smile Politely<\/span><\/strong> posted <a title=\"Amasong makes voices heard :: Smile Politely\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smilepolitely.com\/culture\/amasong_makes_voices_heard\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">a separate feature<\/span><\/a> about the subject of <a title=\"THE AMASONG CHORUS: SINGING OUT :: New Day Films\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newday.com\/film\/amasong-chorus-singing-out\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">another Rosenstein production<\/span><\/a>, the <strong>Amasong Chorus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.3<\/em> Last Friday, the <strong>Indian Country Today Media Network<\/strong> <a title=\" 10 Fascinating Documentaries About Native Americans You Can Watch Right Now :: Indian Country Today Media Network\" href=\"http:\/\/indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com\/2015\/04\/10\/10-fascinating-documentaries-about-native-americans-you-can-watch-right-now-159964\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">recommended these ten documentaries<\/span><\/a> on Native American legacy, struggles, and triumphs. We thank Confidential agent <strong>Brian Paris<\/strong> for the tip!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.4<\/em> Yesterday, the UI students at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Daily Illini<\/strong><\/span> offered this editorial in which they <a title=\"Cultures are not costumes :: The Daily Illini\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyillini.com\/opinion\/editorials\/article_b8837b9c-e21a-11e4-8533-07867fe3e924.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">talk about popular events outside the sports arena<\/span><\/a>, such as the summertime rock festival, where cultural misappropriation thrives as ill-begotten \u201cfashion sense\u201d that could easily be put to rest by more mindful attendees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>p.s.5<\/em> <strong>C-SPAN<\/strong> television has been airing an address by <strong>Kevin Gover<\/strong>, the <a title=\"From the Director :: National Museum of the American Indian\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmai.si.edu\/about\/from-the-director\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">director of the <strong>National Museum of the American Indian<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the <strong>Smithsonian<\/strong> in <strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>, and <strong>New York City<\/strong>, <a title=\"American Indian Stereotypes in Sports :: C-SPAN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?323984-1\/american-indian-stereotypes-sports\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">recorded during a conference in <strong>Phoenix, Arizona<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. In his talk, the articulate and congenial Gover frames the mascot issue within the larger, centuries-long discrepancy regarding how North American settlers and their descendants have dealt with the Native American population. <em>Hint:<\/em> It never has been pretty, even though Pawnee Nation citizen Gover holds out hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are an intelligent and imaginative society, yes? Then we should be able to comprehend and solve the nagging conundrum addressed by a certain sports mascot documentary, no? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,15,20],"tags":[1476,1475,277,78,1477,183,225],"class_list":["post-8928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educationclasses","category-media-coverage","category-videos-du-c-u","tag-bill-moyers","tag-charlene-teters","tag-in-whose-honor","tag-jay-rosenstein","tag-kevin-gover","tag-smile-politely","tag-university-of-illinois-uc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}