Tribe, Peninsula College to cohost screening of ‘Princess Angeline’

Published 11:00 am Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Peninsula College partners with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library for a screening of “Princess Angeline” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Red Cedar Hall Community Center, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Blyn.

This event begins with dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by the film’s screening at 6:15 p.m. Sandra Sunrising Osawa, the film’s director, joins audience members after the film for questions.

“Princess Angeline” takes viewers on a journey that starts with the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855 to today’s Duwamish Tribe, which still is fighting for the federal government to officially recognize it as a tribe. At the heart of this film is Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle, who held her ground and kept her home while many Duwamish people were pushed out.

Osawa is a local filmmaker who has spent her award-winning career giving voice to contemporary Native issues. A member of the Makah Indian Nation, Osawa was raised in both Neah Bay and Port Angeles, holds a bachelor’s degree from Portland’s Lewis and Clark College and attended the UCLA graduate film program. Osawa lives and works in Seattle, where she is co-owner of Upstream Productions with her husband and long time film partner, Yasu Osawa. The two are working to extend Usual and Accustomed Places, the Northwest fishing rights saga through 1980.

This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. Community members should RSVP by Nov. 10 by calling 681-4632 or by e-mail, library@jamestowntribe.org.

Peninsula College students who would like to RSVP for this event and sign up for transportation to the Tribal Center should contact Professor Helen Lovejoy by Monday, Nov. 9.

This event is co-sponsored by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library and Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema film series and the House of Learning Longhouse.

For more information, e-mail Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu.