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Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises
UNITED STATES · 2006

Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises

Alanis Obomsawin
Indigenous history Cultural displacement Community resilience First Nations identity Homecoming
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Synopsis

Having dedicated nearly four decades to chronicling the lives of Canada's First Nations, Alanis Obomsawin returns to the village where she was raised to tell her own people's history of prosperity, displacement, endurance, and revitalization.

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