First Nation in the Fifties

Circle of the Sun

Colin Low
Canada 1960 | 30 Min.
CIRCLE OF THE SUN first cap­tures the sun dance ritual of the Kainai Nation or Blood Tribe in South­ern Alber­ta. Wor­ried that the tra­di­tion­al cer­e­mo­ny might be dying out, the … read more

The Exiles

Kent Mackenzie
USA 1961 | 62 Min. | original
Like many others of her gen­er­a­tion of Native Amer­i­cans, Yvonne grew up in a reser­va­tion before moving to Los Ange­les. She shares a two-room apart­ment with her hus­band Homer and … read more