YAKIMA, Wash.-Yakima Valley College will host a screening of “The American Buffalo” and a Yakama speaker panel on Nov. 15 as part of Native American Heritage Month.
The screening and panel, hosted by YVC History Instructor Kenneth Zontek, will be in YVC’s Conference Center on the Yakima Campus, Building #38, Meeting Room C at 7 p.m.
The screening will include around an hour of film cuts from “The American Buffalo”, the latest documentary film from Ken Burns.
According to YVC, the speaker’s panel featuring prominent Yakama members will feature Kristi Olney, lead biologist for the Yakama Nation Wildlife Resource Management Program; Jon (JD) Shellenberger, a Yakama artist, archaeologist and entrepreneur; Darwin Sockzehigh, bison technician lead for the Yakama Nation Wildlife Resource Management Program; and Emily Washines, a YVC adjunct instructor of ethnic studies and author of the blog Native Friends, which explores Indigenous history and culture.
