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DVD

Native spirit and the Sun Dance way

Call Number

  • DVD 970.00497 N278 (CEN)

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Edition

Full screen version.

Performers

Narrators, Gordon Tootoosis, Tantoo Cardinal.

Publication Information

[Bloomington, Ind.] : World Wisdom, c2007.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (195 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

In Native Spirit, Cree Indian actress Tantoo Cardinal and others convey the heartbreaking story of their people's oppression and their ultimate triumph of the spirit. In Sun Dance Way, the words of Thomas Yellowtail, a revered Sun Dance chief of the Crow Indian tribe, are brought to life by the internationally known Cree Indian actor, Gordon Tootoosis. Unique photographs and video footage of Sun Dances from as far back as 1903 reveal the symbolism and mystical beauty of the ancient ceremony which remains at the center of the Plains Indians' lives today.

Notes

"As told by Thomas Yellowtail"--Container.

Contents

  • Disc 1. Native Spirit ; special features: Elders speak ; So my people may live
  • Disc 2. The Sun Dance way ; special features: Sweat lodge ; Vision quest
  • Prayer with the pipe ; Yellowtail biography.

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