Indigenous Feminist Histories is a program of two mid-length films: Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again and Without A Whisper – Konnón:kwe.
Dr. Beverley Jacobs (Mohawk Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Bear Clan) is a recently appointed Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Relations and Outreach at the University of Windsor and she practices law part-time at her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Her research focuses on Indigenous Legal Orders, Indigenous Wholistic Health, Indigenous Research Methodologies, and Decolonization of Eurocentric Law. Beverley has obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Windsor in 1994, a Master of Law Degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2000 and a PhD from the University of Calgary in 2018. Dr. Jacobs is a former President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (elected 2004 to 2009).
Courtney Montour is a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) filmmaker from Kahnawà:ke, whose work explores issues of Indigenous identity. Her films include Flat Rocks and Sex Spirit Strength, and documentary series Skindigenous and Mohawk Ironworkers. Courtney’s recent documentary Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (produced by the National Film Board of Canada) is currently screening at festivals internationally.
Katsitsionnni Fox is a Mohawk filmmaker sharing empowering stories of resilient Indigenous women. Her debut film was the award winning Ohero:kon – Under the Husk, a 26-min documentary following the journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their traditional passage rites to becoming Mohawk Women. Katsitsionni received the Jane Glassco Award for Emerging Filmmaker at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in 2016, as well as the Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking Award at LA Skins Fest in 2016. This film received funding from Vision Maker Media and has been broadcast on many PBS stations since 2017. Her most recent film, Without a Whisper – Konnon:kwe is untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality. Without a Whisper received an audience award at Woods Hole Film Festival, Best Short Film Winner at Female Voices Rock Film Festival, and Best Documentary Short at Red Nations Film. Katsitsionni has been selected as a 2021 Nia Tero Storytelling Fellow, focused on amplifying Indigenous creatives working on innovative projects rooted in culture, environment and story. She was also a 2021 Jackson Wild Multicultural Alliance Fellow.
Indigenous Feminist Histories is a program of two mid-length films: Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again and Without A Whisper – Konnón:kwe.
Dr. Beverley Jacobs (Mohawk Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Bear Clan) is a recently appointed Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Relations and Outreach at the University of Windsor and she practices law part-time at her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Her research focuses on Indigenous Legal Orders, Indigenous Wholistic Health, Indigenous Research Methodologies, and Decolonization of Eurocentric Law. Beverley has obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Windsor in 1994, a Master of Law Degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2000 and a PhD from the University of Calgary in 2018. Dr. Jacobs is a former President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (elected 2004 to 2009).
Courtney Montour is a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) filmmaker from Kahnawà:ke, whose work explores issues of Indigenous identity. Her films include Flat Rocks and Sex Spirit Strength, and documentary series Skindigenous and Mohawk Ironworkers. Courtney’s recent documentary Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (produced by the National Film Board of Canada) is currently screening at festivals internationally.
Katsitsionnni Fox is a Mohawk filmmaker sharing empowering stories of resilient Indigenous women. Her debut film was the award winning Ohero:kon – Under the Husk, a 26-min documentary following the journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their traditional passage rites to becoming Mohawk Women. Katsitsionni received the Jane Glassco Award for Emerging Filmmaker at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in 2016, as well as the Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking Award at LA Skins Fest in 2016. This film received funding from Vision Maker Media and has been broadcast on many PBS stations since 2017. Her most recent film, Without a Whisper – Konnon:kwe is untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality. Without a Whisper received an audience award at Woods Hole Film Festival, Best Short Film Winner at Female Voices Rock Film Festival, and Best Documentary Short at Red Nations Film. Katsitsionni has been selected as a 2021 Nia Tero Storytelling Fellow, focused on amplifying Indigenous creatives working on innovative projects rooted in culture, environment and story. She was also a 2021 Jackson Wild Multicultural Alliance Fellow.
