Supporters
As a stepping stone to help native
people in America, I am making
a documentary film about peace
treaties from 1825 through 1890
the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes agreed to without legal
representation, with the United
States government.
By betraying these agreements,
the United States government
and private individuals bilked
the Cheyenne and Arapaho
people out of 51 million acres
of land. The government and
these individuals have amassed
billions of dollars in profit from
these lands via natural gas, oil,
lumber, farming, ranching, land
patents, securities, animals,
goods and provisions, mining,
etc.
In return, the Cheyenne and
Arapaho people have experienced
white man diseases, abject poverty,
hunger, alcohol and drug abuse,
high unemployment, lack of appropriate
housing and health assistance, lack of
education, homelessness, racism,
genocide, discrimination and, for
many, not enough resources to even
buy toilet paper.
Many of them, including
thousands of other native people live
in Third World conditions, in the United
States of America. While the U. S.
government pours billions of dollars
into other countries and regions of
the world like Darfur to help them out,
they let America’s natives suffer.
I ask the questions, what about America’s
native people? Without taking care of
Indian people in the United States of
America, what chance does America
have to survive?
It is time, now, to act. Enough of
broken promises, self-interest,
and greed, America’s natives
must take charge of their lives,
or they will leave this earth
forever.
In order to educate, to inform, and
to create awareness for all
native people in America, the
American Indian Genocide Museum
and the 15,000 members of the Sand
Creek Massacre Descendant’s Trust
are giving support to my film,
“Ghosts of Sand Creek.” This film will
show the deprivations and depredations
most all native’s ancestors suffered at
the hands of the United States government.
This film will be told through the eyes of the
Cheyenne and Arapaho people
via their oral histories.
The intentions of the film is to
gain enough exposure to force
the United States government
to fulfill its obligations regarding
the 1867 Treaty of Little Arkansas,
to make reparations for monies,
land, and goods by the United States
government to the Cheyenne and
Arapaho tribes to complete their
duty according to this particular
treaty.
Success here will cause a
domino effect that will cause
the government to fulfill its
duty to fulfill its obligations
regarding other peace treaties
throughout the land. In turn,
the reward of monies owed
to all native tribes can result
in combating disease, improve
education, destroy poverty,
hunger, high unemployment,
homelessness, health
assistance, racism, genocide,
discrimination, and the ability
for everyone to buy toilet paper.
It is past time for America’s
native people to rise up and
transcend these problems
and make a prominent place
for themselves in their country.
With the newly-elected administration,
I believe that this is even more
likely than ever before. But, I
need your support.
“Ghosts of Sand Creek”, is a two-hour,
six episode documentary film about the
descendants and ancestors of the Sand Creek
Massacre, which occurred on November 29, 1864
in the southeastern Colorado Territory, is in
development.
Coming on the heels of the award-winning
Sand Creek Massacre trailer, the award-winning
six and one-half minute documentary and the
award-winning 22-minute documentary,
that is being distributed by Films Media
Group, “Ghosts of Sand Creek” is delving more
deeply into the Cheyenne and Arapaho
people and how the massacre has stalked
them up to the present time.
I am writing to ask each one of you to help
me raise the money to make this film to help
out those who are less fortunate than we
are. The budget is $2 million. It is my belief
that I need to keep pushing until I realize
my goal of helping out America’s native
people the way I can, and that is through
filmmaking which creates massive
exposure for America’s natives.
Until money is place for “Ghosts of Sand
Creek”, I am unable to mention names.
I can say that I have attached a major
motion picture actor to the film, an
Academy Award-Winning Cinematographer
and Filmmaker, five Emmy Award
winners, and one Emmy Award nominee.
They have agreed to work on the film
because of their passion for helping out
America’s natives.
Donations for “Ghosts of Sand Creek” can
be made to:
American Indian Genocide Museum
11013 Fuqua
PMB # 178
Houston , Texas 77089-2510
http://www.aigenom.com/
Phone: (281)841-3028
Email: Indmuseum@yahoo.com.
The American Indian Genocide Museum
is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. Your
donations are deductible to the full extent
of the law.
The purpose of this museum is to bring
historical truth to light through the means
of education using actual documentation
of events that have transpired in the
near extermination, and in some cases,
the total extermination of native tribes and
cultures. It will be a memorial to the victims of
ethnic cleansing. Racism, discrimination and
injustice will be addressed with the
purpose of promoting public awareness
that these elements of genocide which existed
in the past, continue to exist today. A further
purpose of the museum will be to address
prejudice which is generated toward native
peoples through biased reporting of history.
The goal of influencing authors of school
textbooks with irrefutable documentation shall
be of major importance. A library and microfilm
archive will be available. The visual use of art,
sculpture and film will create a memorable learning
experience.
Please tell your friends. Thank you for
your support.
Best Regards,
Donald L. Vasicek
OLYMPUS FILMS+, LLC
Writing/Filmmaking/Consulting
http://www.donvasicek.com
dvasicek@earthlink.net
303-903-2103
Comcast Media Center
Rocky Mountain PBS
The National Park Service
American Indian Genocide Museum
California Center for Native Americans
Dr. Yossi Olmert
Sand Creek Massacre Descendant’s Trust
Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Watonga, Oklahoma Schools
Broomfield, Colorado Independent Film Series
The Denver Indian Center
Youth Media National Video Resources
North American Indian Legal Services, Inc.
The American Indian Theatre (Robert Redford, David Carradine Board Members)
Houston CTV, HCCT
Rocky Mountain PBS
Los Angeles Paxico Projection Series
“Indian Country”
Philip S. Miller Library Bull Theatre Film Project
“The Indiewood Reporter”
ManatakaYavapai-Apache Nation
The Bug Theatre/Denver
New York/Tribeca Monday Night Shorts
Hollywood Lit. Sales
Native Biz
Media Rights.org
Stars in the Desert Film Festival
UN Observer and Reporter
Center for Documentary Studies
Duke University’s The Happening Film Festival
Mary Wickenkamp, Wickenkamp Law Offices
Last of the Independents
Western Trooper Productions (The Missing, Into The West,)
Documentary Award-Winning Producer, Kathy Leichter, Mint Leaf Productions
Linda Wommack, Colorado historian and author
Tom Noel, Ph.D., Colorado historian, author, columnist, ColoradoUniversity professor
Colorado Senator Jim Dyer
Wisdom Wear/Bamboo Caters
PUBLICITY
“Wild Wild West”
“True West”
“Kiowa County Press”
“Indian Country Today”
“American Western Magazine”
“16:9Splice”
Colorado Film and Video Association Newsletter
“The Villager”
“The Indiewood Reporter”
Hollywood Lit. Sales
“Colorado Springs Gazette”
“The Denver Post”
Native Biz
DCTV/Colorado Reel TV
LA Comcast/Time Warner The Gigi, Inc. Show
“Centennial Citizen”
Docu-LinkNY/LA/London Shooting People
EarthCycles.net (Radio Interview: http://www.earthcycles.net)
CFWE.ca Radio Canada
KOLA (International Forum of VIPs for Leonard Peltier)
“Digital Cinema Report”