The Red Power Movement was a Native American movement for self-determination in response to years of Termination and Relocation policies in the U.S. The Warrior Women Project is bringing to light the often forgotten or ignored stories of the women involved in the movement. The project documents oral histories, maintains an archive, and produces media to be used in home communities and to educate through decolonial learning experiences.
Director Elizabeth Castle joins A Public Affair host Esty Dinur to talk about the project and the Warrior Women film which details the life of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk. Warrior Women (2018) was a Peabody Award Nominated film and is available for rent or purchase on vimeo.

Dr. Elizabeth “Beth” Castle works at the intersection of media, scholarship, and activism as an anti-racist educator committed to liberating and sharing unknown histories of resistance. She started the Warrior Women Project (WWP) to preserve and make accessible the oral histories of Indigenous activists and disrupt the dominant historical narrative through research for her book Backbone: Women in the Red Power Movement. While completing her Ph.D. at Cambridge University, she worked at the White House for President Clinton’s Initiative on Race. She co-directed the Peabody Award Nominated film, Warrior Women (2018), and continues the collaborative work of the WWP in decolonizing curricula, activist archiving, and community media work.
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