Alaska Native Music and Dance: The Spirit of Survival
Theses
Author/Creator
Maria Del Pilar Williams
Description
Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1996.
Created to be used with the article Warp, Weft, Weave: Joining Generations published in vol. 53, Issue, 3, 2020 of British Columbia History magazine. Designed for students in Grades 8 to 12.
Documentary inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Thomas King explores historical attitudes and efforts to colonize Indigenous peoples and contemporary expressions of resistance.
Duration: 1h, 29 min.
Examines the past and present relationship between academics and the Aboriginal community and discusses the issue of repatriation of cultural property and human remains.
Using interviews from the Jasper Indigenous Forum (JIF) the authors examines the struggle for Indigenous representations into how their culture is presented.