Waasa-Inaabidaa---We Look in All Directions (2002)
Directed by Lorraine Norrgard
Genres - Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Biography, Natural Environments, Race & Ethnicity, Social History, Social Issues |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
The Ojibwe survival system is described through interviews with historians, tribal leaders and elders. Also: the impact of treaties and land loss on the Ojibwe; the economic reforms of the 1960s; and contemporary court decisions that have reaffirmed rights for the Ojibwe.
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archival-footage, casino, economics, entrepreneur, fishing, gathering, Great-Lakes, hunting, interdependence, Native-American, nature, Ojibwa, seasons, self-determination, sovereignty, sustainability, treaty, tribe