Contribute to this project and support the completion of our feature-length documentary, Pathfinder: The Untold Story of the “Indian Business”. The film provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Indigenous Sovereignty Movement told through the life and work of Dr. Rudolph C. Rÿser (Oneida/Cree/Swiss), an Indigenous leader who has shaped and defined some of the most formative events in national and global Indigenous Affairs during the past fifty years.

Standing up to some of the most powerful institutions in the world — the IMF, World Bank, and the U.S. government, among others, Dr. Rÿser’s life and work is intimately bound with the cause of Indigenous self-determination. Sadly, many of these stories are known only by those who were there, and only a handful of those leaders are still alive today.

We’re changing that!

In this film Dr. Rÿser, and others, recount the vision, goals, and battles for Indigenous sovereignty in the United States and worldwide; and the threat that losing this history poses for Indigenous struggles today.

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