Name: Ahyoka
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-09-19
Duration: 14 min
Cast: Schon Duncan

About

ᎠᏲᎧ is a portrait of Ahyoka Youngdeer, Cherokee culture bearer, teacher, and two-spirit activist. Weaving her own life with a traditional Cherokee story about a crooked-face boy, Ahyoka traces how exclusion was never a Cherokee value and reminds us what it truly means to be a Keetoowah person.

Budget

$20K

Director

Schon Duncan

Producers

Schon Duncan, Ahyoka Youngdeer

Studio

Gwanagisgi Productions

Original Title

ᎠᏲᎧ

Keywords

indigenous adoption football (soccer) adopted lgbt cherokee indigenous community trans woman conversion therapy queer indigenous women queer cinema cherokee nation eastern band of cherokee indians queer childhood