Ernest M. Whiteman III is a Northern Arapa ho filmmaker\, artist\, writer and media educator at the University of Wis consin Parkside. He is currently working on a feature-length\, full-text\, contemporary adaptation of Hamlet which will include a full cast of Native American actors. \;Ernest is the Director of First Nations Film and Video Festival\, Inc. \;a non-profit film festival supporting Native American directors of all skill levels and finding venues to help them express their views and screen their films.
\nErnest continues to make films\, to write and make art. Ernest has also self-published a sh ort stories collection The Autobiography of Blue Woman. A Rez Tale is his second completed novel\, his first novel to be self-publ ished. He is from the Wind River reservation and currently lives in Skokie . Not bad for a nameless Arapaho from Wyoming.
\nNovember is Nationa l Native American Heritage Month. Pay tribute to the rich cultural traditi ons\, histories\, and contributions of Indigenous peoples in North America by participating in the \;Beanstack \;Reading Challenge.
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