Stories have a way of carrying us forward.
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Join us for a screening of Remaining Native, a powerful documentary following Paiute runner Kutoven Stevens as he pursues his dream of competing at the collegiate level while honoring the legacy of his great-grandfather, who escaped an Indian boarding school as a child.
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We’ll gather for a community conversation about running, remembrance, identity, and the stories that shape our relationship to place. Come ready to listen, learn, and connect with fellow community members through an evening of shared reflection.
Remaining Native is a coming-of-age documentary told from the perspective of
Kutoven (Ku) Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggling to
navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his
great-grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect
past, present, and future
Ku Stevens (17) is the solo runner at his high school with no coach. Living on
the Yerington Paiute reservation in Northwest Nevada he needs more to be
seen by his dream school, the University of Oregon.
As Ku trains, unreconciled emotions unearth the memory of his great-
grandfather, Frank Quinn. At 8 years old, Frank ran 50 miles across the desert
to escape an Indian boarding school. Frank’s story becomes interwoven with
Ku’s journey to run a collegiate qualifying time.
Will Ku outrun his history or will he learn to run in parallel with it to achieve his
dreams?
