No Mans Land

1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/No Mans Land David Byars' 2018 documentary <a href="https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/no-mans-land/">No Mans Land</a> is an account of occupation of Oregon's Malheur Wildlife Refuge in 2016. It is the story of those on the inside of this movement, attempting to uncover what draws Americans — the ideologues, the disenfranchised, and the dangerously quixotic — to the edge of revolution. Coarse observations: - Aamon Bundy and several other activists occupying Malheur are compelling, intelligent and sympathetic characters. The film made little attempt to starkly contrast their self-perceptions with other local stakeholder's perspectives - Prayer is embodied in the vein of "soldiers" doing God's work. - Gender roles are distinct and stereotypical (for the most part) - After the trial, a Black interviewee stated: Bundy asserted that the USA is a white utopia. And the jury agreed...   Add'l resource: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/takeovers-and-occupations-a-survey-of-american-mini-rebellions-and-political-stands/">a brief survey of US mini-rebellions and political stands</a> with a notable section on the double-standards in the land-use war between Bundy's militia and the indigenous Paiute community in Burns, for whom Malheur is part of their sacred tribal lands:      Aside from seeing what they perceived to be a double standard when it comes to political and judicial repercussions from the standoff, Native Americans also paid attention to how their own priceless relics (an estimated <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/environment/3913963-151/4000-artifacts-stored-at-malheur-refuge" target="_blank">4,000 Paiute tribal artifacts</a> are kept at the refuge) were treated–and scorned at, as seen in No Man’s Land–by the Malheur protesters, even more so given how <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/11/22/502068751/the-standing-rock-resistance-is-unprecedented-it-s-also-centuries-old" target="_blank">Native American activists</a> (and supporters) <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/21/standing-rock-protest-hundreds-clash-with-police-over-dakota-access-pipeline" target="_blank">protesting the proposed pipeline at Standing Rock</a> were subsequently treated in comparison. (Long before it became a refuge in 1908, the Malheur was the traditional winter gathering area for Kennedy’s people. That was also long before they were moved to a 10-acre reservation near a landfill outside the small town of Burns.)   Links: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/hammonds-trump-pardon/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/hammonds-trump-pardon/index.html</a>   <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/ammon-bundy-helped-bolster-the-militia-movement-now-hes">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/ammon-bundy-helped-bolster-the-militia-movement-now-hes</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/28/ammon-bundy-breaks-with-trump-anti-migrant-rhetoric-its-all-fear-based/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/28/ammon-bundy-breaks-with-trump-anti-migrant-rhetoric-its-all-fear-based/</a>     rich