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Hidden legacies

Jackson, Lisa, (director.). Dennehy, Clancy, (editor.). Simon Fraser University, (production company.).

Summary: Profiles young people whose parents and grandparents attended government-initiated, church-run, Indian Residential Schools. In their own words, these inter-generational survivors -- a rapper, a mother, a boxer, a social work student, and others -- share their stories of struggle, resistance and resilience. They show how land, spiritual practice, and family have been sources of strength and transformation.

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (24 min.)) : digital, sound, color and black and white segments
    remote
  • Publisher: [Burnaby, B.C.] : Simon Fraser University, [2014]

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Creation/Production Credits Note: Director, Lisa Jackson.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (McIntyre, viewed May 26, 2020).
Subject: Residential schools -- Canada -- History

Summary: Profiles young people whose parents and grandparents attended government-initiated, church-run, Indian Residential Schools. In their own words, these inter-generational survivors -- a rapper, a mother, a boxer, a social work student, and others -- share their stories of struggle, resistance and resilience. They show how land, spiritual practice, and family have been sources of strength and transformation.

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