Jim Northrup: With Reservations is a wild trip through Indian Country. This half-hour portrait of the Anishinaabe/Ojibwe/Chippewa writer and activist from Naagajiwanaang (Fond du Lac) in northern Minnesota is a lively mix of powwows, wild ricing, a moose hunt, the sugar bush, the Vietnam Wall, engaging poetry and life on the Rez. We follow Northrup traveling the country, living his life in the circle of the seasons.As seen nationwide on public television, the video is Winner of Best of Show at the Red Earth Film Festival, Oklahoma and the Fargo Film Festival, North Dakota. It was featured at Dream-speakers, Edmonton, Taos Talking Pictures, New Mexico and many other festivals.The film will engage people of all ages interested in Native America, the Vietnam War, poetry and/or barbed humor.It was produced by The Center for International Education which then donated the program to Native Arts Circle.OGICHIDAGI was born in war, WW Two.Listened as the old men told storiesof getting gassed in the trenches, WW One.Saw my uncles come back fromGuadalcanal, North Africaand the battle of the Bulge.Memorized war storiesmy cousins told of Korea.Felt the fear in their voices.Finally it was my turn,my brothers too.Joined the marines in the timefor the Cuban Missile CrisisHeard the crack of riflesin the rice paddies south of Da Nang.Watched my friends die therethen tasted the bitternessof the only war America ever lostMy son is now a warrior.Will I listen to his war storiesor cry into his open grave.People Say"Jim Northrup is an American American." George Carlin, comedian"In a continental context, Northrup's stories belong to the tradition of N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch, Tom King and other modern Native American writers in Canada and the United States. The sacred hoop will come together as stories like these  teach us to walk a mile in one another's moccasins, Reeboks, wingtips or whatever." Meg Aerol, editorThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.