Reviews and Articles

2008

Walk For The Water Members Seek Blessing From Helen Ecologist, Elder Philip Greear
Posted with permission: White County News, Cleveland Georgia - They came from Italy and Canada, Montana and New Mexico. From around the world and around the country…"
Walk for the Water Passes Through Cleveland
Posted with permission: White County News, Cleveland Georgia - Walk For The Water participants from across the country and around the world, along with four American elders…"
A Timeless Message About the Environment
Respect for our environment is not a new phenomenon but something that has existed for thousands of years. Preserved in traditions, passed down though the ages, reverence was shown for all that natrure encompassed…"
A Timeless Message About the Environment
The second printing of this article in The EXTRA This Week, serving North Hastings and Madawaska Valley. The original printing appeared in the Highlands Weekender (see next listing)…"

2007

Not The Wild West
Theatre troupe explores historic native stereotypes in the performing arts… [Central Technical School] invited [Danny] Beaton to perform a sunrise ceremony to dedicate a First Nations-themed mural recently painted by students in their building…

2004

New Film Coming: The Second Thanksgiving
Two Native American films were shown in Toronto on May 27th. They feature respected Native Elders sharing their wisdom on respecting and protecting Mother Earth for our future generations…

2002

It's Common Sense - Film explores our relationship with the earth
With mining and oil and gas development speeding up, Danny Beaton's work couldn't be timelier…
Elders Speak About Mother Earth For Film-Maker
The words of four Iroquois Elders have been captured on film by Mohawk film-maker and activist Danny Beaton in hopes that their words of wisdom about mother earth will reach people and move them to action…
Documentary Explores Solutions To Global Warming
The documentary film,The Iroquois Speak Out For Mother Earth, by Danny Beaton carries the timely message for humanity confronted by enormous changes in the environment, climate, and its effects on and by human society…
Haudensaunee Elders Share Wisdom In Beaton Documentaries
A filmmaker's message can often be lost in the special effect and overbearing musical scores of commercial films. Danny Beaton (Mohawk, Turtle Clan) avoids this pitfall…
Iroquois Speak Out For Mother Earth
Can the ways of Aboriginal peoples help to teach our society a new repect for nature? The slow and relentless destruction of this planet's environment is perhaps the greatest tragedy in human society…
Documentary On Wisdom Keepers Refreshing Change From TV Fare
For the past 34 years, I have refused to have a television in my household. My wife and I agreed that the programming that we saw on TV did not reflect the values and methods of teaching which had been taught to us…
Local Flimmaker offers Wisdom Of The Elders
"We are guardians of this earth all our lives, for the generations of people who are coming, for the faces yet unborn." Audrey Shenandoah, Iroquois Elder and activist for environmental concerns, says these words without emphasis or urgency. Rather, seated quietly with a background of lush green, the green of trees and grass and plant life behind her, she stares meditatively into the camera and tells her audience what is simply truth…
» Text only copy of Wisdom Of The Elders
Aboriginal Filmmaker Offers Environmental Awareness
Danny Beaton is a Six Nation Mohawk Indian from the Turtle Clan who has been raising the awareness about indigenous people and Mother Earth, both through his photography and films that document the thoughts and traditions of Native Elders…
Seneca Elder Robertjohn Knapp Brings Powerful Message To Toronto
From May 26 to May 30th of this year, Seneca elder Robertjohn, brought a powerful native traditional message of peace and respect for earth…

2001

Mohawk Filmmaker Captures Elders' Stories
Filmmaker Danny Beaton is driven by one guiding force: to tell the Elder's stories. When recently informed that one of his films, Mohawk Wisdom Keepers, will be aired on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network this fall, he was pleased that his efforts have begun to pay off…

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