Video short documentary "Native New Yorker" by Hemamset Angaza

Watch the 7 minute short documentary "Native New Yorker" by Hemamset Angaza. A look at the life of a New York tunnel worker, Kamu, and how he upholds his native traditions and customs in everyday life. A community portrait made in the Brooklyn College documentary program. Includes footage of the Thunderbirds Annual Social Gathering in New York City.

Video The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers are the oldest resident NYC American Indian dance company. TAID founders in November 1963 held their first pow wow at the YMCA in NYC, pledged to "create a place where Indian people may congregate with each other and their friends". TAID gives workshops in dance and crafts, performances and pow wows among other activities and provide scholarships for Native American students each year. Video and another Video