Film about the Canadian government's residential school system as experienced by two children, their stories and the lasting after-effects.
WARNING: Contains disturbing content.
Duration: 83:05.
Accompanying Facilitators Guide.
To accompany We Were Children, a film about the damage caused by the residential school system in Canada.
Designed to support delivery of a four-hour workshop and Power Point presentation.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Winter, 2012, pp. 34-49
Description
Literary criticism of book, Solar Storms by Linda Hogan with a focus on intergenerational trauma and healing in the lives of three women and the pain, suffering, and psychological abuse they underwent.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 3-17
Description
Looks at the origins of names for the Indigenous people of the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska and explains the difficulties encountered when deciding which term is most appropriate.
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans In Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 187-203
Description
Looks at Buffalo Bills "Wild West" show which travelled across England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Holland and Belgium between 1886 and 1906.
American Antiquity, vol. 61, no. 1, January 1996, pp. 136-148
Description
Using the Pot Creek Pueblo, New Mexico digging site for a critical look at errors in obsidian hydration dates and limitations of this dating technique.
Journal of Historical Sociology, vol. 9, no. 2, June 1996, pp. [188]-212
Description
Argues that rather than being a case cultural differences, the crime was motivated by extreme hunger as well an act of resistance against federal government authority and policies.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 209-228
Description
Authors attempt to justify delays in the repatriation of human remains to the Indigenous Nations to which they belong, as mandated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) by arguing for the anthropological benefits of continued study of the remains.