What if everyone spoke Mohican?

The documentary film How Do You Say Bagel in Mohican? explores the effort to revitalize the Mahican language and the relationship between language and identity formation.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Okin Khan and the film’s main protagonist, Brock Schreiber.

Okin Khan, also known as Jan Müller, is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Poughkeepsie.

Brock Schreiber is a member of the Mahican / Mohican Nation in Wisconsin, the People of the Waters that are Never Still. He is a Mohican language teacher and a driving force behind the tribe’s language revitalization efforts.

Sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty Office, American and Native American Studies Program, Department of Anthropology, Department of English, Department of Film, Department of History, and Media Studies Program.

This event is free and open to the public.