August 2008
 Tracy
Rector (Seminole) is the executive director and co-founder
(with Annie Silverstein) of Longhouse Media and its youth media
project Native Lens, a partnership with the Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community. She and Silverstein collaborated with young filmmakers
to create Longhouse Media's feature-length production, March
Point. This environmental documentary received a All Roads
Film Project Seed Grant and was selected by UNESCO as an example
of indigenous grassroots mobilization in response to climate change.
Rector, co-producer of Teachings of the Tree People (director:
Katie Jennings) developed the film's educational curriculum, which
has been recognized as a Gold Standard Model by the Northwest
Folklife Council. As a consultant for the Seattle Art Museum,
she helped develop the permanent and traveling Coast Salish exhibits,
and developed curriculum materials for the exhibit "Song
Story Speech: Oral Traditions of Puget Sound's First People".
Rector has also created humanities and science curriculum for
Muckleshoot Tribal College. In 2006, she served as a juror for
the Northwest Indigenous Film Festival, the Seattle Arts Commission,
and the Seattle International Film Festival. Rector has served
on numerous community organizations in Seattle, including the
Mayor's Task Force Against Youth Violence. She received an MA
in Education from the First Peoples' Program, a partnership between
Antioch University Seattle and Muckleshoot Tribal College. She
received a BA in Native American Studies and Communications from
Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She lives in Seattle,
Washington, her hometown.
"I have learned from the Skokomish people that none of us
are able to succeed alone. Filmmaking is new to me so I surround
myself with humble experts of high integrity that have the ability
and strength to share their knowledge. When I give back to the
community it is my way of saying 'thank you' to everyone who has
mentored me and believed in me."
Screened by NMAI
Image credit: Tracy
Rector - photograph by Jack Storm
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