Dawnland

Dawnland

#A documentary about cultural survival and stolen children


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1h 26m 2018 HD

They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, depriving them of their culture and erasing their identities. Can reconciliation help heal the scars from childhoods lost? "Dawnland" is the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation's first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Ben Pender-Cudlip
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