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Dawnland

"A documentary about cultural survival and stolen children"

2018-06-14
6
en 86m
Documentary
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.

Director

Ben Pender-Cudlip

Director

Adam Mazo

Producer

N. Bruce Duthu

Producer

Adam Mazo

Executive Producer

Heather Rae

Executive Producer

Beth Murphy

indigenous adoption native american maine interracial adoption usa history neo-colonialism child welfare forced assimilation cultural genocide

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