A documentary from filmmaker Leya Hale, The Electric Indian follows Ojibwe hockey legend, Henry Boucha. A stand-out hockey star from Warroad, Minnesota, Boucha impressed on the ice from the 1969 Minnesota High School Hockey Tournament to the 1972 Olympics to the NHL, but an on-ice assault and injury ended his athletic career that unexpectedly led to a journey of healing and cultural reclamation.
Henrietta Mann on the importance of Indigenous education
“Education is the lifeblood of my culture.”
This is how acclaimed educator and activist Henrietta Mann began an in-depth discussion on Native American education, and how she’s seen it evolve throughout her decades of work.
She joined Nevada Week ahead of Indigenous People’s Day, a holiday observed the second Monday in October. President Joe Biden issued the first Presidential Proclamation to mark the holiday in 2021. That same year, he awarded the National Humanities Medal to Mann.
