Pamela J. Peters Explained

Pamela Peters
Birth Place:Shiprock, New Mexico
Nationality:Navajo Nation
Occupation:Filmmaker, Photographer
Notable Works:My Once Life

Pamela J. Peters (born 1970 – Shiprock, New Mexico)[1] is an Indigenous multimedia documentarian from the Navajo Nation. She produces films and photography exhibitions with the intent to deconstruct stereotypes of Native Americans in the mainstream media. Recent projects include “Legacy of Exiled NDNZ,” inspired by the 1961 Kent Mackenzie film The Exiles, which examines the inter-generational impact of the Indian Relocation Act of 1956 in historical and contemporary Los Angeles, and “Real NDNZ Re-Take Hollywood,” which recreates iconic movie star portraits from the days of classical Hollywood cinema featuring contemporary Native American actors.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Peters was born to the Tachiiʼnii clan (Red Running into the Water, her mother's clan), and born for the Tiʼaashcíʼí clan (Red Bottom People, her father's clan).[6] She moved to Los Angeles from the reservation when she was 17.[7] She eventually matriculated at UCLA where she graduated with a BA degree in American Indian Studies and Film and Television Studies in 2011.[8] [9] She has spoken and exhibited work at numerous academic and cultural institutions, and her photographs have been published profusely.[10] Her poem, "My Once Life," won the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest. Some of Peters's work was featured in the February/March issue of "Cowboys and Indians" along with an interview of Tommy Orange.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 400 Years Project . 2022-07-28 . www.400yearsproject.org.
  2. News: GILIO-WHITAKER . DINA . How Native Americans in the arts are preserving tradition in a changing world . 10 May 2019 . Los Angeles Times . 9 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Linn . Sarah . These Native American Artists Want You to Know They Are 'Still Here' . KCET . 19 October 2016 . Public Media Group of Southern California . 10 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Speaker Milken Institute . 2022-07-28 . milkeninstitute.org . en.
  5. Web site: Miracle . Veronica . 2021-11-26 . Filmmaker Pamela J. Peters explores LA's Native American community through the lens of migration . 2022-07-28 . ABC7 Los Angeles . en.
  6. Web site: Pamela . Peters . IT WASN'T UNTIL I LEFT THE RESERVATION THAT I UNDERSTOOD MY PURPOSE AS A NAVAJO STORYTELLER . Zocalo Public Square . 5 July 2016 . ASU Knowledge Enterprise . 22 October 2019 . Peters.
  7. Web site: Linn . Sarah . She Photographs Native American Actors as Icons of Hollywood's Golden Age . KCET . 24 November 2016 . Public Media Group of Southern California . 22 October 2019 . ARTBOUND.
  8. Web site: Native Bruins: Past, Present & Emerging . UCLA American Indian Studies Center . Regents of the University of California . 22 October 2019 . AISC.
  9. Web site: UCLA American Indian Studies Center: Staff Directory . 2022-07-28 . www.aisc.ucla.edu.
  10. Web site: Peters . Pamela . REAL NDNZ RETAKE HOLLYWOOD . THESE DAYS . Stephen and Jodi Zeigler . 22 October 2019 . These Days.
  11. Web site: Thomson . Chuck . Los Angeles' sizable Native American community is often overlooked. Pamela J. Peters aims to change that. . Cowboys and Indians . 20 February 2019 . Gregory L. Brown . 22 October 2019 . Thomson.

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