Rotary Club Sponsors Remaining Native Screening at Yerington Movie House

Full-length documentary film “Remaining Native” was shown at The Yerington Movie House on July 12 & 13, 2025, circling back to the Yerington Paiute Reservation of Mason Valley, Nevada, where Kutoven Steven’s story began.

This was a free-to-attend screening paid for courtesy of the Rotary Club of Yerington, Nevada. After each screening, a Question & Answer session was held with Remaining Native Director Paige Bethmann; Kutoven, Misty & Delmar Stevens; Coach Lupe Cabada; and Moderator Amber Torres.

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Remaining Native describes itself as “a coming-of-age feature documentary told through the perspective of Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner from the Yerington Paiute Reservation in Northwest Nevada. The film follows Ku as he navigates his way to college athletics while the memory of his great-grandfather’s 50-mile escape from Indian Boarding School begins to connect past, present, and future.”

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Sunday morning, July 13th, the public was invited to join Kutoven Stevens at the Yerington Paiute Administration building off of Campbell Lane for a Remaining Native Community Fun Run and free t-shirt silk screening with Laika Press. Huge thanks to the SDPI grant and Joey Fanjul (Wellness Coordinator at Yerington Paiute Tribe) for partnering with Remaining Native and the Stevens Family! Running Strong for American Indian Youth and the Stewart Indian School also shared sponsorship in the Sunday morning festivities!

Photos shared from the Stevens Family:

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Laika Press (a cooperative printmaking space located at 136 Vesta Street in Reno focusing on education and increasing the accessibility of printmaking for artists of all ages) shared their knowledge in assisting participants in making their own shirt for the Remaining Native Fun Run.

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On July 14, 2025, Misty Stevens reflected:

“Remaining Native held two screenings in Kutoven Stevens’ hometown at the The Yerington Movie House over the weekend…

“Thank you to the Remembrance Run Triple Amber Torres for moderating our Q&A panels and for just being such a beautiful soul!

“Thank you to another Remembrance Run Triple Coach Lupe Cabada for bringing all those amazing high school runners to fly our Fun Run!

“Thank you Ana and Edith at Laika Press for the amazing T-shirt printing activation! You are so skilled and generous and we love the shirts!!!

“Thank you Joey Fanjul for hosting our event on the Yerington Paiute Tribe rez and for all the heavy lifting. You are always so willing to help anyone who asks and that is truly a blessing to the community!

“Thank you Rotary Club of Yerington, Nevada and Boys & Girls Clubs of Mason Valley for partnering with us to bring the film to Yerington! We had two great screenings, the second one at full capacity!! Special gratitude to Mary Snyder for instigating the extravaganza and Nick Beaton and Tommy Crowder for pulling it all together!! And to the hard working crew in the lobby for So Much Popcorn!

“Thank you to Nikki Loell and her fantastic elder crew for the delicious Indian tacos! People were so excited to hear they were on the menu!!

“Thank you to everyone who attended with an open mind, a good heart, and strong legs. We appreciate your courage to ask questions and share story!!”