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What Was Ours

What Was Ours

Documentary
2016, Movie, 1h 19min
Like millions of indigenous people, many Native American tribes do not control their own material history and culture. For the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes living on the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, new contact with lost artifacts risks opening old wounds but also offers the possibility for healing. What Was Ours is the story of how a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, travelled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future.
Country: United States
Director:
Mat Hames
Cast:
Jordan Dresser,
Mikala SunRhodes,
Philbert McLeod
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Mat Hames
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Jordan Dresser
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Philbert McLeod
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Nathan Halpern
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Chris Ruggiero
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In "What Was Ours," a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess from the Arapaho tribe join a Shoshone elder on a journey to reclaim their ancestral artifacts from the depths of Chicago's Field Museum. As they uncover a treasure trove of lost objects, they begin a powerful quest to heal old wounds and build a brighter future for their community. Set against the backdrop of the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, this documentary tells a moving story of cultural rediscovery and resilience.

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