Indigenous Cinema Series In Missoula Features 'Indian Horse' Film
‘“Dawnland" follows the first government-created “truth and reconciliation commission” in Maine, which investigated the impact of the removal of native children from their homes.”
“Canada’s most popular film this year will be shown in Montana as part of an Indigenous Cinema Series in Missoula.
The film called "Indian Horse" is based on a novel written by Ojibway author Richard Wagamese. It tells the story of an Ojibway boy in Ontario, Canada torn from his family and placed in a notorious Canadian Catholic residential school.
The movie follows Saul Indian Horse throughout three decades of his life starting in the 1950s. After he’s separated from his family, Saul finds hockey and uses it to rise above his circumstances.
Producer Paula Devonshire says this film was made to shed light on a suppressed history in North America of native children being removed from their homes and placed in boarding schools.”
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Dawnland Documentary Shows How the U.S. Government Took Indigenous Children From Their Homes — and Placed Them With White Families
"They were taught that being Indigenous was wrong, and this happened to generations of kids."
“Dawn Adams was only a child when her mother’s parental rights were terminated by the U.S. government; two years later, her adoption process began. Then, at age 15, Adams, a child of the Wabanaki community in Maine, was taken from her home and placed in foster care. Like other Indigenous children throughout the U.S., Adams, who was named Neptune prior to her adoption, was led to believe that her people didn’t want her and was placed with a white family to live out the remainder of her childhood.
The Maine resident is just one of the many Indigenous people profiled in the new documentary film Dawnland, which puts a spotlight on the U.S. government's history of systematically taking Native American children from their homes and placing them with white families.”
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Wabanaki Seek Healing and Justice in 'Dawnland'
“A new documentary follows the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission as it explores the legacy of forced child relocation policies.”
“As Indigenous tribes fight new challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and their own voting rights, a documentary highlights one recent attempt to reckon with the genocidal policies that led to the act’s creation.
“Dawnland,” which airs on PBS tonight (November 5), takes viewers inside the groundbreaking Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)—the first TRC to address Indigenous tribes’ relationship with child welfare institutions in the United States. After being signed into existence by five Wabanaki chiefs and Governor Paul LePage (R-Maine), the TRC began cataloging testimonials from Wabanaki tribal members who survived forced child relocation.”
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Monday’s TV highlights: ‘Happy Together’ on CBS
““Dawnland” documents the first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the U.S., which investigates the impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on Native American communities.”
“Independent Lens The new episode “Dawnland” documents the first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the U.S., which investigates the impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on Native American communities. 10 p.m. KOCE”
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TV This Week, Nov. 4-10: ‘Red Sparrow,’ ‘Outlander’ and more
“The decimation of Native American families by child-welfare agencies and foster-care programs is charted in the poignant documentary “Dawnland.”
“The decimation of Native American families by child-welfare agencies and foster-care programs is charted in the poignant documentary “Dawnland” on a new “Independent Lens.” 10 p.m. KOCE”
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Leandro’s Don’t Miss List: November 2018
“Independent Lens has a fresh batch of Monday night documentaries as enthralling as any scripted drama.”
“You will be thanking THIRTEEN for giving us a feast of shows this November!
WNET’s very own Leandro Mejia, a self-proclaimed public media superfan, writes a monthly column of his must-see recommendations on THIRTEEN. Check out his suggestions for new and encore programs you won’t want to miss. And if you want to expand your vocabulary, click on the hyperlinked words for a definition.
Independent Lens has a fresh batch of Monday night documentaries as enthralling as any scripted drama. Dawnland (Monday, November 5 at 10 p.m.) examines the egregious abuse of Native American children by the child welfare system. Consider this episode supplementary learning alongside a different PBS program – Native America (November 13 from 8-10 p.m.) – which concludes with the episodes “Cities of the Sky” and “New World Rising” this month.”
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“See how a group of Native and non-Native leaders in Maine came together to acknowledge and address the abuses suffered by Native children in the hands of the child welfare system, illuminating the ongoing crisis of indigenous child removal.”
“See how a group of Native and non-Native leaders in Maine came together to acknowledge and address the abuses suffered by Native children in the hands of the child welfare system, illuminating the ongoing crisis of indigenous child removal.”
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INDEPENDENT LENS: Dawnland
“The untold story and devastating impacts of Indigenous child removal in the U.S.”
““Dawnland” reveals the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the United States through the first government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the nation, tasked with investigating the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on Native American communities.
With exclusive access to this groundbreaking process and never-before-seen footage, “Dawnland” bears witness to intimate, sacred moments of truth-telling and healing.
Directed by Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip, the film premiered on INDEPENDENT LENS in November 2018 as part of Native American Heritage Month programming.
For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families.”
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