International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is officially observed every year on August 9^th in recognition of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva in 1982. The United Nations and the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues commemorated the day by celebrating Indigenous film making and screening four short, Indigenous-made films:

Brazil: Marangmotxingo Mïrang (From the Ikpeng Children to the World)
Directed  by Kumaré Txicão (Ikpeng), Karané Txicão (Ikpeng), and Natuyu Yuwipo Txicão (Ikpeng)

Sweden: Curte-Nillas:(short movie)
Directed  by Mr. Per-Josef Idivuoma (Sámi) 

Puerto Rico: Taino Indians counted out of existence
Directed by Mr. Alex Zacarias (Taíno)

Alaska:  Sukumi (On the ice)
Directed  by Mr. Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Inupiaq)