What was ours / Independent Lens ; ITVS and Vision Maker Media present ; an Alpheus Media production ; a film by Mat Hames ; directed and produced by Mat Hames ; executive producer Beth Hames.
Publisher:
Alpheus MediaInc. ;
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Wide screen presentation. Originally broadcast in 2017 on Independent Lens. Bonus features: A Shoshone childhood ; Memories of Viet Nam ; Looking outside is like a museum ; Prejudice off the reservation ; St. Michael's Mission ; The dance rattle ; Scout River ; Blood memory : the Ziibiwing Center.
Summary:
Like millions of indigenous people, many Native American tribes do not control their own material history and culture. For the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes living on the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, new contact with lost artifacts risks opening old wounds but also offers the possibility for healing. What Was Ours is the story of how a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, traveled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago's Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.