| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 36 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2014. |
| Summary |
Tracing Roots is a portrait of an artist and a mystery. The film follows master weaver and Haida elder Delores Churchill on a journey to understand the origins of a spruce root hat found with Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi, the Long Ago Person Found, a 300-year-old traveler discovered in Northern Canada in a retreating glacier. Delores's quest crosses cultures and borders, involving artists, scholars and scientists, raising questions about the meaning of connection, knowledge and ownership. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Haida artists -- British Columbia -- Biography.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- British Columbia -- Tatshenshini-Alsek National Park.
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Forensic anthropology.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Frankenstein, Ellen, editor, producer, film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1143654 Kanopy |
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