Connecting People

Hello Everyone!

I hope this finds each one of you well and doing fine. Things are good here. Here in Centennial, CO, we continue to get pounded with rain every day. I have lived here in the Denver area for 65 years and have never experienced so much rain in May and June, ever! We have to try to work in mowing the lawn with our Ego Power cordless lawn mower between rains, which takes some doing.

The photos contained in this email was taken by Steve, Cheryl, and Mara Melendez, co-founders and CEO’s of the American Indian Genocide Museum (AIGM). They were at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators 75th anniversary that brought together hundreds of International and United States Institutions of higher learning and their educators. Educators who came by the AIGM booth said they never knew this history.

Word came out that everyone was talking about AIGM and said our presentation was beautifully done. It was the first time in 75 years that they had seen something like AIGM.

The exhibit was also viewed by middle and high school students. It was well received by both teachers and students.

If we are to live in a country that we literally took away from its indigenous people, then, we must work together to inform, to educate, and to expand awareness about racism. We must continue to fight the white power-mongers who are working to erase the history of the
indigenous people.

I have included a link in this post that gives a brief, but compelling history of how the white man took the land from indigenous people in this country. I encourage you to read and to pass it on to your family, friends, and business associates. By doing so, it will be an extension of showing your respect for the indigenous people here in their country and a direct confrontation to the white people who continue the genocide of the indigenous people.

One form of genocide was shared with me by Southern Cheyenne Chief Laird Whistling Eagle Cometsevah. While making the Sand Creek Massacre documentary film, he and I became bonded. I developed a deep regard and respect for him. He played an integral role in putting me together with the Southern Cheyenne, the Northern Cheyenne, the Southern Arapaho, and the Northern Arapaho tribes, where I traveled thousands of miles to interact with tribal members in making the Sand Creek Massacre film. He said the term, Native American, is a white man’s term. It is a form of genocide and should not be used.

Thanks so much once again for your continuing support.
I deeply appreciate it.

Take care and have a nice summer!

Best Regards,
Don
http://www.donvasicek.com
http://www.sandcreekmassacre.net
dvasicek@earthlink.net
303-903-2103

How Indian Territory Became The State Of Oklahoma | American Indian Genocide Museum http://www.aigenom.org

Sand Creek Massacre Educational Viewings

DU CLASS SMC 11.4.15 copy

Purchase at:  https://www.films.com/ecTitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=13926&r=SR

“I have written, directed and produced a documentary film titled, “The Sand Creek Massacre,” a dark day in American and Colorado history. It has won many awards. It has been screened and aired in nearly every major city in the country. It has been cataloged into the Smithsonian. It has been screened in elementary, middle school, college, universities, before veterans groups, Indian groups, organizations, corporations, and a host of local community groups interested in helping people learn, through the film, about racism and hate so that they can elevate their understanding about these two devastating beliefs to improve community relations with everyone. You can see more information about it at http://www.sandcreekmassacre.net. You can also watch a modified version of the film below:

I would like to invite you to create venues so that I can come show the film and answer questions about the subject matter of the film. I made the film to give the Cheyenne and Arapaho people a voice. They tell the Sand Creek Massacre story in the film. It is very revealing and very compelling, Please contact me so that we can work out screenings of the film.”

Contact Information: dvasicek@earthlink.net – 303-903-2103 – SKYPE donaldlvasicek

The Susan Harmon Show Appearance

"The Sand Creek Massacre" Lobby Poster
“The Sand Creek Massacre” Lobby Poster

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:

 

Donald L. Vasicek

Olympus Films+, LLC/The Zen of Writing

303-903-2103

dvasicek@earthlink.net

http://www.donvasicek.com

http://www.sandcreekmassacre.net

 

AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER TO APPEAR ON THE SUSAN HARMON HOUR

Centennial, CO, October 26, 2017 – Donald L. Vasicek, award-winning filmmaker, will appear on The Susan Harmon Hour on Alternative News, 1150 AM KKNW, Seattle, on November 10, 2017 from 1-2p.m. MST. You can download KKNW’s application on your phone to catch the show. Vasicek, winner of the prestigious Golden Drover Award for Best Native American Film, Best Native American Film at the  Indie West Film Festival, the American Indian Film Festival and the Trail Dance Film Festival, for his compelling documentary film, “The Sand Creek Massacre”, will answer questions from Ms. Harmon as well as telephone calls into the program regarding the film and racism.

Vasicek stated, “Betrayal by white American males has devastated America’s Indian people. The taking of their land via brute force, murder and genocide has propelled racism and hate into the present day where it continues to be perpetuated by Donald Trump and his administration.  All Americans today stand on the precipice as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, ‘We must live together as brothers and sisters or perish together as fools’.”

Author and Life Consultant, Ms. Harmon deals with “something unique in the New Age…where metaphysics is grounded.” She is a practical visionary. Her healing skills have addressed spirituality and social justice issues that impact all of our lives. Her show has been on KKNW for the past 4 years.

Vasicek’s company, Olympus Films+, LLC/The Zen of Writing, began in 1993 with the making of “Faces”, a documentary film about who gays and lesbians really are. Since then, Olympus Films+, LLC has produced “Oh, The Places You Can Go…”, a short film on special needs kids. Vasicek was a screenwriter/consultant on MGM’s “Warriors of Virtue”, screenwriter/consultant on Incline Productions, Inc.’s “Born to Win” and American Pictures’s “The Lost Heart” and “Born to Kill”, 2 feature movies by Korea’s Charles Bronson, Bobby Kim. Vasicek was an Executive Producer for screenwriter/director/producer Pamela Cuming’s award-winning short film, ‘The Road Home.” He has also written, ghostwritten and published more than 500 books and articles.

For more information, contact: Donald L. Vasicek at dvasicek@earthlink.net.