Urban Elder
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Audio Visual and Multimedia Materials
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada, Canada
Tags
Films for the hearing impaired, Ontario -- Toronto, Documentary films, Vern Harper, Cree -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography, Indigenous peoples -- Urban residence -- Ontario -- Toronto, Cree -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Social life and customs, Cree, Cree -- Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples -- Urban residence -- North America, Ontario, Elders (Indigenous leaders) -- Ontario, Elders (Indigenous leaders)
Abstract
"Cree Indian Vern Harper tells how he reaches into the past to integrate traditional native culture into city life, including the tradition of elder. Follows Vern to sweat lodge purification ceremony, ballet rehearsal of his daughter, healing ceremony, political march and counseling sessions with native prisoners at Warkworth Federal Prison."--WorldCat.org.
Number of Copies
1
