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Hi-Ho Mistahey!
20131 h 39 min 37 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Inspired by the life of the late teen activist Shannen Koostachin, children and community members from Attawapiskat created Shannen’s Dream, a national campaign to provide equitable access to education in safe and suitable schools for First Nations children. Hi-Ho Mistahey! follows the grassroots movement from northern Ontario to the United Nations in Geneva, where the children’s voices calling for a new school were finally heard, prompting a response back home in Canada.
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Children's Rights
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > EducationSocial Problems
- Health/Personal Development > Careers & Education
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
- Social Studies > Social Policies and Programs
- Roles & Relationships > Children & Youth
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > CreeSwampy Cree
- Law, Legislation & Government Policy > Human Rights Law & Policy
- Education > Indigenous Education
- Indigenous Governance General (Modern, Contemporary) > Protests, Activism, Popular Political Movements, Resistance, Conflicts
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
Awards
- EDA Award for Best female-directed documentaryFilm Festival