Submitted Photo On the red carpet at the LA SKINS FEST are, from left, Kathy Renault, Justin Deegan, Lynn Gourneau, Les Thomas, JT Shining Oneside and Trevor Gunville. A documentary on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa’s gifting of white buffalo to other tribes received first place in its category at the Native American film festival, held Nov. 19-23 in Hollywood.

A documentary on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa’s donation of five white buffalo calves to area tribal nations took first place in its Feature Documentary category at a Native American film festival in Hollywood, California, Nov. 19-23.

Les Thomas, tourism consultant for the Turtle Mountain tribe, said not only was last year’s white buffalo donation ceremony historic but first place in a national film festival is histo

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