50th Annual Seneca Fall Festival! "THE LONG HOPE"

This year marked 50 years of the Seneca Fall Festival on the Seneca Nation Cattaraugus Territory, and it was packed with exciting fun for the whole family. 

I had the opportunity to sit down with Ross John (Seneca Nation, Beaver Clan) Former Councilor of the Seneca Nation, Businessman and now a Film Producer, the film is called the “Long Hope”.

THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY SCREENING of "THE LONG HOPE" FRIDAY OCTOBER 17th at Hollywood Theatre in Gowanda, NY 6-8pm

The film's Executive Producers are Holly John, Ross John Sr. and John Kane.

“The Long Hope” is not an ordinary documentary. It looks at past, present, and future:

• Legal history dating back to the earliest documents asserting a right (!) of domination over Original Peoples and their lands.

• Present-day examples in everyday Haudenosaunee life of the claim of a right of domination that is the core of US law and policy.

• Haudenosaunee projects implementing a future rooted in their own past.

The vibrancy of the film arises from the fact that it is produced by people whose lives are affected. It is by the People, not simply about them. This was written by Professor Emeritus Peter D'Errico about the film.