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American Indian Experience: Mike Chosa on The Indian’s Future

Chicago, Communities, Native American, Roots of Video

0:01 Title screen. 0:11 Mike Chosa gives a short summary of a previous lecture, where he discussed the injustices faced by American Indians in modern times. He starts to discuss the future of American Indians, with a focus on the subject of tribal sovereignty. His definition of tribal sovereignty is a “reservation area as a base of operations, completely sealed off from outside influences,” but which is as universally recognized as t… Continue reading →
American Indian Experience: Mike Chosa on Indian Activism

Chicago, Communities, Native American, Roots of Video

00:00 Black. 00:08 Title screen and opening credits. 00:19 Mike Chosa leads a lecture where he discusses the policy of relocation which began in 1950, whereby the Bureau of Indian Affairs began moving entire families into city areas with minimal training and support. In Chicago, the Native American community began concentrating on an area of Clark St. in Uptown because landlords in other parts of the city discriminated against them. The Bureau a… Continue reading →
American Indian Experience: Ada Deer and Mike Chosa

Chicago, Communities, Native American, Roots of Video

…le input in the decisions that affected them – as a result, many of them began organizing protests. 08:18 Mike Chosa, an advocate for Native Americans, says that the only way the community will achieve freedom and sovereignty is by “getting out in the streets and fighting for it.” He believes that the problem can only be resolved through finding mutual self-interest between all the parties involved. 15:05 Final screen and credit… Continue reading →
“I’ve got a future. My people have got a future.” —Native American activist Mike Chosa

Blog, Roots of Video

…e European explorers and colonists. With respect to this history, we present this recently preserved footage of Mike Chosa, a member of the Chippewa tribe who worked as a Native American activist for much of his life within the Midwest, particularly in Chicago and from his home in Lac du Flambeau, WI. He was a well-respected elder and member of the Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council when he passed away on April 18, 2012, at the age of 76. This footag… Continue reading →