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Tracing Roots.

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 r...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Frankenstein, Ellen (Editor, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
Subjects:
Haida artists > Biography > British Columbia.
Excavations > British Columbia > Tatshenshini-Alsek National Park.
Forensic anthropology.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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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.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 36 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.