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Abstract
Distributed by The Video Project, 145 - 9th St., Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94103; 800-475-2638Produced by Lily GladstoneDirected by Daniel Glick, Ivan MacDonald, and Ivy MacDonald2024, Streaming, 85 mins Bring Them Home (Aiskótáhkapiyaaya) documents the efforts of Blackfeet on both sides of the Canadian/United States border to bring buffalo back to at least part of their traditional ranges, and back to their central role in Blackfeet culture. The parallels between the devastating effects that colonization had for both groups (buffalo and Blackfeet) are also seen in how each group can heal each other: restoring an important aspect of identity back to the Blackfeet and reintroducing the buffalo’s positive impact as a keystone species in their habitat. Attempts to re-introduce buffalo back to Blackfeet lands (in both the US and Canada) began in the late 1970s through to the 1990s, largely by tribal councils or individual council members. However, they were met with pushback and criticism by tribal members who largely relied on cattle ranching, and leasing grazing land, for income. Interviews highlight the conflict between the more western way of living (historically forced upon the tribe) and their traditional relationship with the buffalo. After three failed attempts at the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, the tribe began the Iinnii Initiative and the Blackfeet Buffalo Program to promote the cultural importance of the buffalo and host community events to celebrate their heritage and connection. This program also gave tribal members a chance to interact face to face with the buffalo, which had been absent from the area since the 19th century. These grassroots efforts led to a fourth attempt to release free roaming buffalo in the reservation in 2016, but it was not until 2023 that bureaucracy and political will led to the designation of grazing land dedicated to the buffalo, and their release. The film shows the struggle and dedication of the tribe to reconnect to their heritage and legacy after centuries of oppression and hostility by Europeans. And the ways they are finding to adapt to their modern circumstances (like cattle ranching) while making space for a cultural identity (the buffalo) that was purposefully denied to them. The process is not easy and not quick, but as is said in the documentary, “Indian time” means that a thing happens when it is supposed to happen. And the film ends with hope that the buffalo, and the Blackfeet, can return to at least part of their ancestral way of life. This film is highly recommended for high school and undergraduate courses. The quality of the documentary, both visually and in its dedication to current interviews and archival footage/images, makes it easy for the audience to engage with the story. It would be an excellent component of a variety of US history, sociology, cultural studies, political science, or even ecology/environment studies related courses. As an example, it could be a powerful way to start conversations on the consequences of colonialism, maintaining cultural identity, or habitat restoration. Awards:Big Sky International Film Festival, Big Sky Award; BlackStar Film Festival, Directing Award for Climate Storytelling; Nevada City Film Festival, Best Score; Weyauwega International Film Festival, Best Documentary; San Diego International Film Festival, Audience Choice Award / Special Indigenous Award; Palm Springs International Film Festival, Best of Fest, Audience Choice; Jackson Wild Media Awards, Honorable Mention; Montana International Film Festival, Best Documentary; Capital City Film Festival, Best Documentary
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.004 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.621 | 0.248 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".