In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival as a community of extended families. Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader, and her daughter Marcella Gilbert.
Join us at 5:00 p.m. for a screening party of this award-winning documentary, followed by a Q&A with Madonna Thunder Hawk at 7:00 p.m.
Madonna Thunder Hawk is a Lakota Matriarch and organizing force behind every modern Native occupation from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee to the Standing Rock #NODAPL protest.
Tune into the live screening party on Zoom here, or watch between now and March 13 here.
Sponsored by American Indian Studies and co-sponsored by the Kennedy Center, Global Women's Studies, and BYU's Charles Redd Center for Western Studies.