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Effigy Mounds Winter Film Festival screens "Lost Nation: The Ioway" Film Series March 7

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  Effigy Mounds National Monument is proud to bring back the annual Winter Film Festival in the Visitor Center Auditorium, 151 Hwy 56, Harpers Ferry, IA. The event is free to the public. On Saturday, March 7, 2026, 1P-4P Effigy Mounds will screen Fourth Wall Films' award-winning documentary series: Lost Nation: The Ioway - Part I (56 min) Lost Nation: The Ioway - Part II (55 min) Lost Nation: The Ioway - Part III (55 min) The films are available for purchase on DVD at https://www.fourthwallfilms.com/stream-buy

Mourning the loss of Pete Fee, Ioway Elder and a dear friend

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We are among the many mourning the loss of our friend and collaborator Pete Fee, a beloved Elder of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska . We had the great fortune to interview Pete on-camera for three historical documentary film projects including "Lost Nation: The Ioway 1", "Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 & 3", and "Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City". We will miss his gentle good humor and steady wisdom and counsel. We offer our most sincere condolences to his family, and all who knew and loved him. We don't ever think we will stop missing him. Clarence "Pete" Fee's Obituary: https://www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com/obituary/clarence-fee

"Lost Nation: The Ioway" series presented at Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat Nov. 6

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Notchininga - No Heart of Fear,  Ioway Leader  1850 Thursday, November 6th, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm US/Central Tammy and Kelly Rundle This forgotten story of American conquest and Native survival will come to light with these award-winning documentaries. Come see parts 1 and 2 of this documentary series:   Lost Nation: The Ioway (Part 1) In 1824, during the twilight of Native American dominion, two conflicted Ioway leaders met with William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) to sign a momentous treaty. White Cloud (Mahaska) saw cooperation as survival for his people, while Great Walker (Moanahonga) regretted the loss of their ancestral homeland. This pivotal moment led both men to different tragic destinies in their battle with epic change.  Ioway Elders join historians and archaeologists to tell the dramatic and true story of the small tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minnesota to St. Louis. Lost Nation: Th...

Welcome!

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Typepad, our website/blog host of more than 20 years is suddenly going out of business. Due to folks like us backing up two decades of blog posts, their system has collapsed prior to its September 30, 2025 termination. Check back again as we renovate this new website and blog, and add more exciting content. In the meantime, s tream the award-winning LOST NATION: THE IOWAY documentary series here: https://vimeo.com/fourthwallfilms/vod_pages You can order LOST NATION: THE IOWAY 1, 2&3 on DVD. Just email us for details. Thank you for your patience! We appreciate your interest and support! Tammy & Kelly Rundle Fourth Wall Films FourthWallFilms@aol.com

“Lost Nation: The Ioway-1” film re-master project awarded Humanities Nebraska grant

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The documentary “Lost Nation: The Ioway-1” produced by Emmy ®  Award-winning Moline-based filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films is getting an upgrade. Through its fiscal sponsor Truth First Film Alliance, Inc. , the award-winning documentary received a $2,000 Humanities Nebraska grant to partially fund re-mastering the 2007 film in high-definition (HD). “We are grateful to Humanities Nebraska for supporting this project,” said producer Kelly Rundle. “The grant award will help fund a portion of updating and re-editing the historical documentary in high-definition (HD), ensuring it has a viable future.” “Lost Nation: The Ioway-1” of the three-part series, begins in 1824, during the twilight of Native American dominion, when two conflicted Ioway leaders met with William Clark (of Lewis and Clark) to sign a momentous treaty.  White Cloud (Mahaska) saw cooperation as survival for his people, while Great Walker (Moanahonga) regretted the loss of their ancestral hom...