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Price: $210.00 Code: 1566 |
This documentary portrait of a small Native American tribe struggling to retain what is
left of its culture focuses on 77-year-old Marie Smith, the last of Alaska's Eyak Indians
to speak the language of her people. The video follows Marie on an emotional journey
back to her childhood home along the cost of Prince William Sound, where she presides
over a traditional Potlatch ceremony, during which tribal members discuss ways to revive
and redefine their threatened culture.
Directed by Laura Bliss Spaan
1995, 60 minutes
Purchase: $210 Classroom Rental: $85
* Honorable Mention, American Indian Film and Video Festival
* Bronze TELLY Award
"...belongs in school libraries where Native American history and present day culture are
studied, in academic libraries, and where Native American documentaries are in
demand." - School Library Journal