A coming-of-age documentary film by Paige Bethmann, Remaining Native, follows Ku Stevens, a Native American runner navigating his way to college athletics as the memory of his great grandfather’s escape from an Indian boarding schools connects the past, present, and future.
Ku Stevens, age 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 eight 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?
