The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History continues its fall Movies@MNH series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, in Macbride Auditorium. This month’s film feature is Lost Nation—The Ioway in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. The movie series is a free family event open to the public.

Since its premier in October 2007, Lost Nation has been selected for inclusion in numerous film festivals and has received many awards, including a Bronze Telly Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Television Documentary and top documentary honors at the 2008 Iowa Independent Film Festival and the 2008 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.

The 56-minute film explores the dramatic true journey of two Ioway brothers who traveled to Washington, D.C., in 1824 to meet with the Superintendent of Indian Affairs. They both signed a treaty that ceded a large portion of their tribal land for Euro-American settlement. The documentary features commentary from an array of scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and Ioway elders. It also incorporates footage of historic sites, photographs, and documents from museums across the country as well as music, legends, dances, powwows, and reenactments.

For more information on the Lost Nation—The Ioway film series, visit docublogger.typepad.com/ioway/.

The UI Museum of Natural History features four permanent galleries exploring natural history and emerging environmental research in Iowa and beyond. For more information on the UI Museum of Natural History or Movies@MNH call 319-335-0606 or visit the website.