This film is an album of Native womanhood, portraying a proud matriarchal society that for centuries has been pressured to adopt different standards and customs. All of the women featured share a belief in the importance of tradition as a source of strength in the face of change.
Alanis Obomsawin
Narrator (voice)
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September 18, 1977
58m
8.0
Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin
4
ONF | NFB
CA
