Honoring where we are

Frozen River Film Festival acknowledges that our organization, based in Winona/Keoxa, is situated on the ancestral and traditional lands of the Ochethi Sakowin, Wahpeton, Sauk, and Meskwaki. These and the surrounding nations of the Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Potawatomie, and Dakota remain the original, current, and future protectors of the land on which we stand today. We recognize the colonial settlers that took this land through predatory treaties. We honor the histories of this land before colonization. FRFF recognizes that we must hold ourselves responsible for respecting the ancestral names and histories of this area and its original stewards, and we need to carry that respect forward by better supporting indigenous community members and artists in the film industry.