Spirit of the Peaks Screening and Live Q&A

718 South Higgins Avenue,Missoula MT 59801

07 April, 2022

Description

Join us for a screening of the film "Spirit of the Peaks" and a live Q&A with co-director Connor Ryan at 7:30 p.m. The Environmental Law Group and the Native American Law Students Association will co-host a screening of the film "Spirit of the Peaks" and a live Q&A with co-director Connor Ryan at 7:30 p.m. Produced in partnership with Wondercamp and NativesOutdoors, and co-directed by Hunkpapa Lakota skier Connor Ryan, “Spirit of the Peaks” is a film about the struggle for balance between two worlds. Tickets are a suggested $10 donation for law students or $15 for the general public. Skiing in Ute Territory has always raised questions for Connor about being in reciprocity with the land and its people. As a skier who connects with the land through sport, he empathizes with the injustices that have displaced the Utes and ongoing colonization, erasure and extraction impacting the Ute people. This story connects conflicted pasts to an awakening in cultural awareness that can create an equitable future for Indigenous people and skiers. Connor's mission with the film is to do his part in restoring balance with all inhabitants of these mountains by illuminating the Utes' culture and traditional knowledge that can benefit everyone in the fight to preserve the land and dissipating snowpack.