Powwow at Duck Lake

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Released July 01, 1967

Overview

This powerful short documentary showing Indigenous youth resistance and emerging voices that will continue to define the landscape of Indigenous cultural and political activism for the next generation. Members of the National Youth Council, including Duke Redbird and Harold Cardinal, have a powerful exchange with a hostile white priest about the failures of the education system in relation to Indigenous people. The group tackles issues including segregated residential schools, the denial of citizenship rights, loss of language, and mass incarceration, many of which persist or continue to be stumbling blocks in the relationship between Indigenous people and the Government of Canada today.

Runtime

0h 14m


Origin Country

Canada


Original Language

English


Original Title

Powwow at Duck Lake


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Canada

Spoken Languages

    Production Companies

    • logo for ONF | NFB

      ONF | NFB

      Canada

    Crew

    Posters

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