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N. Bird Runningwater. Producer: Fancy Dance. Born of the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache peoples, Runningwater was reared on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. He has overseen the Native Lab of the Institute which has launched projects such as Four Sheets to the Wind, Sikumi, Miss Navajo, Shímásání, and Drunktown's Finest.
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BIRD RUNNINGWATER. Belongs to the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache Nations, and was reared on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. He has worked to build an Indigenous Film and Television presence for 25 years championing Indigenous storytellers and creating representation of Indigenous peoples globally.
Sep 22, 2021 · By Bird Runningwater. “This home has come to an end; it’s time to move to the next home.”. — Mescalero Apache ceremonial song. During my 20 years at the Sundance Institute, I’ve tried to imbue my work with inflections of my own Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache cultures.
Sep 22, 2021 · After two decades of service to the Sundance Institute as the director of the Indigenous film program, N. Bird Runningwater announced that he is amicably parting ways with the organization and bidding a “fond farewell.”
That’s how N. Bird Runningwater describes turning points in a life that traversed three cultures and put him at the center of racial tensions as a University of Oklahoma student twenty years ago.
Sep 22, 2021 · Bird Runningwater, the Sundance Institute's longtime director of Indigenous, DEI and Artist Programs, bids farewell.
Jun 5, 2003 · As programmer of Native Initiatives for the prestigious Sundance Institute, founded by Robert Redford, N. Bird Runningwater helps indigenous filmmakers get worldwide attention for their projects. Born of the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache peoples, N. Bird Runningwater was reared on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico.
