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Connable Recital Hall was filled for the premiere of a documentary titled “BODEWADMI NDAW” (“I AM POTAWATOMI) by Davis Henderson ’25.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Henderson (from left), Annalee Bennett, Frank Barker and Holly Trevan attend the premiere of “BODEWADMI NDAW.”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Holly Trevan (Henderson’s mom) joined him at the premiere of “BODEWADMI NDAW.”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Davis Henderson \u201925 is in a race against time. Few of his fellow Potawatomi in southwest Michigan\u2019s Gun Lake region can speak their native language, Bodw\u00e9wadmimwen, and it\u2019s possible some of it already has been lost to history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet Henderson would do anything in his power to help save that language and culture for future generations, especially as his people, also known as the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish band of Potawatomi, have done so much to support him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When mentioning the Gun Lake tribe, \u201ca lot of people think about the casino, but across the street from it is our government center,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where we have our courts, our police officers, and it\u2019s where we educate our people. They\u2019re responsible for why I\u2019m here right now. I couldn\u2019t attend Kalamazoo College without their support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protecting his heritage means so much to Henderson, in fact, that he has dedicated his Senior Integrated Project (SIP) to it. The SIP is a senior\u2019s capstone project, showcasing the critical thinking, communication and creative skills students develop at K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary Henderson created for his, titled BODEWADMI NDAW <\/em>or I AM POTAWATOMI<\/em>, is the latest in a string of successes that Henderson, a theatre major, has experienced in his film and media studies concentration. Last year he was part of a group of K students that made Motherboard Loves You<\/em><\/a>, which earned the Best Amateur Picture award in the Kazoo 48 film festival. He also spotlighted K\u2019s TV-production class in a Homecoming film festival<\/a> last fall with ARTX-200<\/em>, named for the course taught by media producer and studio instructor Jaakan Page-Wood, who served as a consultant for BODEWADMI NDAW<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The title, in capital letters, reflects a declaration of pride that Henderson and others involved with the film feel for their heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’ve got a new generation of people who want to revitalize the language and fight for ourselves, and that’s a lot of what the documentary is about,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cWe have the facilities, we have the motivation, we have the drive, and we have the assets to revitalize it properly and get the information about our efforts out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Henderson (middle) films parts of “BODEWADMI NDAW” from his mom’s canoe during a canoe launch. He was joined by his mom, Holly Trevan (left), and Alicia Sommers, who was paddling.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The documentary “BODEWADMI NDAW,” about the efforts of the Be-Nash-She-Wish band of Potawatomi to revive their language, is now available on YouTube. It will also be available at the Tubefactory Art Space in Indianapolis beginning March 7.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The history behind the language\u2019s decline began when Chief Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish signed the Treaty of Chicago in 1821. Many native Americans of the time were moved west, but Henderson\u2019s tribe made a choice to go north. Their ancestral land covered several local areas\u2014including a territory of land that Kalamazoo College now sits on\u2014before they were pushed toward Bradley, and eventually to Wayland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of Henderson\u2019s ancestors, including his great-grandfather, then were forced to attend boarding schools, where staffers enacted beatings. Henderson said he didn\u2019t grow up learning the language as a result. He can speak pieces of it by saying thank you, hello and goodbye. He also can introduce himself, but that\u2019s where the language largely has been left until now, despite his tribe\u2019s recent ambitions to revive it for their children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Henderson\u2019s interviewees even described learning the language because he loves it, not because it\u2019s fun or easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe people learning how to speak the language describe an ache that comes with it because they want to learn it so badly,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cIn fact, I was originally going to call this documentary The Ache.<\/em> But I\u2019ve found that where there was pain, there’s also been a lot of hope. Growing up in our culture, we\u2019re always being hopeful, moving forward with good intent. That’s what we always strive for, and I hope the documentary captures that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary begins with the tribe\u2019s construction of a canoe on Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish land for the first time in a few hundred years, by Henderson\u2019s estimation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope that the moment emphasizes the fact that we\u2019re trying our hardest to rediscover our culture,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cMuch of our culture is lost. There are so many words and practices that just don\u2019t exist anymore because we don\u2019t remember them. We don’t have a written language. It\u2019s oral history, so if we’re not listening to the people who knew it before, it disappears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film continues with interviews, festivals, gatherings and meetings with people around Michigan and throughout the Midwest. Viewers see the crafted canoe\u2019s launch, pow-wows, interviews, language conferences and more as tribal citizens attempt to learn Bodw\u00e9wadmimwen through conversations and tools such as sign language for a deeper understanding of who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henderson is grateful to the people who contributed to the documentary and made it possible\u2014such as interviewees Rhonda Purcell-Corkins, Annalee Bennett, Malcolm McDonald, Frank Barker, Iola Goldie Trevan-Nicholas and Holly Trevan\u2014along with the governing bodies of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish and Pokagon bands of Potawatomi. He\u2019s also grateful to Page-Wood and Visiting Instructor Danny Kim for teaching Henderson almost all of his documentary skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary premiered at a gathering February 19 at K and is available on YouTube<\/a>. It can also be seen in the Tube Factory Artspace in Indianapolis starting March 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has been a long process, and I’ve surrounded myself with a lot of people who I didn’t realize cared so much,” Henderson said. “It’s been a fascinating and beautiful experience. I hope I can follow up on this project in the future. Maybe 10 years or so won\u2019t allow for much of a difference, but I want to check back in because right now we\u2019re just starting to lift off. I want to see what it\u2019s like and think \u2018Hey, we’re cruising.\u2019 Hopefully, we’re cruising.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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