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[PAST EVENT] These Sacred Hills Film Screening

March 4, 2025
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location
Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium
200 Stadium Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
These Sacred Hills poster

These Sacred Hills is a powerful three-year collaboration between filmmakers Jacob Bailey, Christopher Ward, and members of the Rock Creek Band of the Yakama Nation.

The film follows key community members—Elaine Harvey, Bronsco Jim, Jeremy Takala, and others—as they confront a proposed green energy project threatening their sacred mountain, Pushpum, and vital cultural resources. As they fight to protect the land, the film captures their struggle to preserve the rights to fish, hunt, and gather, safeguarding their sacred practices and way of life for future generations. Featuring insights from indigenous affairs reporter Toastie Oaster of High Country News and historian/Professor Andrew Fisher of William & Mary, the film deepens the conversation about environmental justice, cultural preservation, and the protection of indigenous sovereignty in the face of modern development.

Screening for W&M Community

Much 4, 2025--6:30 PM

Commonwealth Auditorium

No registration necessary

View the trailer

Stay after the film for Q&A with the film makers and members of the Rock Creek Band of the Yakama Nation

Brought to you by the W&M Department of History in collaboration with the Institute for Integrative Conservation, and with support from W&M Department of Anthropology, The Charles Center, the Environment & Sustainability Program, and the Film & Media Studies Program

Sponsored by: W&M Department of History in collaboration with the Institute for Integrative Conservation, and other W&M departments

Contact

https://www.wm.edu/offices/iic/