Beyond Being Silenced: Gyaa Isdlaa (2022)
• August 25th, 2022 • 0h 22min
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Overview
Filmmaker Charles Wilkinson gives viewers an immersive look at that potlatch, a jubilant gathering that finds the members of many Haida clans celebrating the revitalization of their cultural traditions as caretakers of the land.
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