More Snow; Shining Moment

 

from IllumiNative

Lily Gladstone (Siksikaitsitapi | NiMíiPuu) makes history as the first Indigenous Golden Globes winner for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama.

Beyond mere accolades, Lily's performance stands as a powerful force combating the erasure of Native peoples, culture, and communities.

Heartfelt congratulations, Lily. We are incredibly proud of you! 

 

In the "I thought this was SO neat" department, I spent the whole day yesterday thinking about the Golden Globes.

 In my thoughts, I kept imagining how wonderful it would be in our nation's history if Lily Gladstone, the amazing actress whom we watched in "Killers of the Flower Moon," won the Golden Globe for Best Female Actor. 

Our family has a long history of respect, admiration and reverence for the Native American people.  

My father broke and trained horses for the Kootenai Tribe while growing up in Bonners Ferry.  My sisters have a display case with moccasins and gloves fashioned by the tribe and given to my dad. 

Over our respective lifetimes, as educators and as individuals, we have found a variety of interesting ways to promote, participate in, teach and learn about Native American culture. 

This has included everything from teaching students crafts or inviting dancers, drummers and speakers to share their talents and thoughts at school events, and, one point, even asking a Coeur d'Alene tribal member and family friend Jade to ride in full regalia at a summer horse-show heritage class.

We have also loved attending numerous powwows around the area, including one where a Native American friend and I took a student of Nez Perce lineage who had been adopted by a local family to her first powwow.   

We appreciate the continued relationship with members of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe which has been forged through our niece Laura who works for the Tribe.

I also was fortunate several years ago to be among other educators/mentors invited to a Native American Giveaway ceremony.  It was an touching, meaningful event which those of us who had been invited will never forget. 

Now, back to my thinking about the Golden Globes.  

It was a big TV day as I mentioned in yesterday's post.  Our local football player Brandon and his Montana team came out on the short end of their National Championship game. 

The Seattle Seahawks won their game but lost the race to compete in this year's play-off season.  

The other half of the equation for them to be eligible went sour when Green Bay defeated Chicago.  

I doubt, however, that there are many Sandpoint Seattle fans who are disappointed that Green Bay will move on in the play-offs. 

In between watching snatches of the games, I spent considerable time outside on what turned out to be a nice winter day.  

We have accumulated more snow, but the woods is still walkable, so once again I enjoyed some time in the solitude and beauty of Bill's forest. 

After that, it was fix dinner and have it ready in time for the Golden Globes. 

Since the event recognizes both TV shows and series as well as movies, it was always a little confusing to me as to what awards were coming next. 

As the three-hour show began to wind down, I started to get nervous.  

Had Emma Stone won the Best Female Actor and why wasn't Lily Gladstone mentioned among the nominees? 

Well, my daughter reassured me in a text that Emma Stone's Golden Globe represented a different category from Lily's.

At long last, I felt relieved upon seeing the graphics indicating that the next award would be for
Best Female Actor for a Motion Picture." 

Lily won, and it was obvious from watching the crowd reaction that it was a popular win.  Also, as you can see from the video above, her speech was classy, heart-felt and poignant. 

As she said, it was a moment in history. 

A truly bright and shining one for Lily and all Native Americans. 

What a wonderful way to end the day especially for all who were deeply touched by her phenomenal performance. 

Happy Monday.