Chelmsford Public Library

Dawnland., directors, Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip ; producers, Adam Mazo, N. Bruce Duthu ; produced by Upstander Project in association with Principle Pictures, Unrendered Films, Center for Independent Documentary, DVD/Widescreen

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videorecording

Dawnland.

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Filmed on Ckuwaponahkiyik ancestral lands

directors, Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip ; producers, Adam Mazo, N. Bruce Duthu ; produced by Upstander Project in association with Principle Pictures, Unrendered Films, Center for Independent Documentary

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"For decades, child welfare authorities have been forcibly removing Native American children from their homes to 'save' them from being Indian. [As of 1974, at least 1 in 4 Native American children nationwide had been separated from their families]. In Maine, the first official 'truth and reconciliation commission' in the United States begins an unprecedented investigation. Dawnland goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body deals with difficult truths, questions the meaning of reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations"--Container

1974, Washington D.C. -- Fundamental question -- Motahkomikuk -- "Ten little indians" -- The commission -- Statement gathering -- Sacred fire -- People of the dawn -- Thruth commissions -- Reach -- Slow progress? -- The vault -- 1974, part 2 -- Child welfare -- Culture -- Dawn -- Indian days -- Mi'kma'kik -- Sipayik -- Upstairs, downstairs -- 500 years -- White privilege -- Indian island -- Healing circle -- Commissioners pivot -- Statements -- Cultural genocide -- Fire keepers

live action

Dawn land

DVD/Widescreen