Description
| Summary: | Kinzua Dam was a flashpoint in history for the Seneca Nation of Indians. Completed in 1965, it created a reservoir that inundated vast tracts of their ancestral lands. This was in breach of the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794 signed by President George Washington which had guaranteed them their lands "forever." Set against a backdrop of tha federal Indian termination policy, pork-barrel politics, and undisclosed plans for private hydropower, the Seneca fought the federal government and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to defend their sovereignty. Lake of Betrayal explores an untold story from American history about a one-sided battle pitting an impoverished Native American nation against some of the strongest political, social and commercial forces in the country.
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| Item Description: | "Produced by Toward Castle Films and Skipping Stone Pictures for a presentation of Vision Maker Media with major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Produced in association with the Center for Independent Documentary. Additional funding was provided by the Seneca Nation of Indians and on-line contributors."--Container. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Format: | DVD region 1; NTSC. |
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| Audience: | Rated TV-G. |
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| Production Credits: | Music by Brent Michael Davids; editor Chris Bove; story consultant Chana Gazit; executive producer for Vision Maker Media Shirley Sneve; associate producer Caleb Abrams; content advisors Martin Doyle, Michael Frisch, Donald Grinde, Jr., Randy John. |
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