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MATINEE AT THE MUSEUM
Need a place to sit down? Want to take a break from all the newfangled Hollywood flicks at the cineplex? Feel like watching something entertaining and educational?
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Well then, visit the auditorium in the main gallery! Sorry, no food or drink.
GROWING NATIVE - OKLAHOMA: RED PEOPLE & 1526
A documentary by Charlie "Boots" Kennedye;
A home video by Archie Dunn
Monday-Saturday 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM;
Sunday 4:00 PM
Growing Native focuses on reclaiming traditional indigenous knowledge and food ways to address critical issues of health and wellness, the environment and human rights. Oklahoma is home to thirty-nine federally recognized tribes. Host Moses Brings Plenty (Oglala Lakota) guides this episode of Growing Native on a journey through Oklahoma’s past and present. Runtime: 57 minutes
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Stay tuned afterward for the arrival of the 1526 steam engine to the Museum of the Great Plains!
BENEATH THE PLAINS: THE MINUTEMAN MISSILE ON ALERT & THE LAKOTA BERENSTAIN BEARS IN "VISIT THE DENTIST"
A documentary courtesy of the National Park Service;
A collaboration between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Lakota Language Consortium, and Berenstain Enterprises, Inc.
Monday-Saturday 12:15 and 4:15 PM;
Sunday 2:00 PM
The story of the Minuteman strategic missile program, focusing on the Cold War years. From the 1960s onward, up to one thousand nuclear-armed ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) have been deployed in hardened silos in the northern United States, on the Great Plains near the Canadian border.
Runtime: 30 minutes
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“Visit the Dentist”, an episode of the Lakota Berenstain Bears, will show after the presentation.
THE 24 BEHAVIORS OF THE RIDDEN HORSE IN PAIN; PRONGHORN REVIVAL; 1526
A documentary by Kathryn Lauritzen;
A short film by Fin & Fur Films;
A home video by Archie Dunn
Monday-Saturday 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM;
Sunday 1:15 PM
The 24 Behaviors of the Ridden Horse in Pain has been produced by US-based Padma Video in association with the Train With Trust Project. The film features world-renowned expert in equine orthopedics, Dr. Sue Dyson, and her research on how ‘bad’ horse behavior can actually be an early indicator of pain.
Runtime: 35 minutes
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An animal long considered synonymous with the Great Plains, the pronghorn population in West Texas has plummeted in the last half century. An alliance of ranchers, researchers, and wildlife officials work together to repopulate areas where pronghorns used to roam.
Runtime: 7 minutes
BLACK BORDER WARRIORS: THE SEMINOLE NEGRO INDIAN SCOUTS & PRONGHORN REVIVAL
A feature-length documentary produced by Joseph Hill;
A short film by Fin & Fur Films
Monday-Saturday 12:30 and 3:30 PM;
Sunday 2:45 PM
“Black Border Warriors: The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts” weaves a historical tapestry about a unique band of African-Americans, the Black Seminole. Runtime: 68 minutes
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"Pronghorn Revival", a short film focused on pronghorn conservation in Texas, will follow the presentation.
THE LAKOTA BERENSTAIN BEARS IN "VISIT THE DENTIST"
A collaboration between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Lakota Language Consortium, and Berenstain Enterprises, Inc.
Monday-Saturday 10:15 AM and 2:15 PM
When Sister gets her first loose tooth, Brother teases her that the dentist will extract it with a big yanking tool. The Lakota Berenstain Bears Project is a joint venture of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Lakota Language Consortium. Voices of the characters are all from the Lakota-speaking Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, and Rosebud communities of North and South Dakota, and reflect all local dialects of the language. Runtime: 14 minutes