Starblanket

197327 min 20 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Donald Brittain

Production: Donald BrittainJohn N. Smith

Script: Donald Brittain

At twenty-six, Noel Starblanket is one of the youngest Indigenous chiefs in North America--twice elected chief of the Starblanket Reserve, and also elected vice-president of all-Saskatchewan Indigenous organization. His great-grandfather's advice was to "learn the wit and cunning of the White man." That he did. Here he is seen in action, a chief with a briefcase, working with government officials for grants, running for public office, talking down his opposition, and solving the domestic problems of his reserve.

Subject categories


  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > PortraitsPrairies

Credits


director
Donald Brittain
producer
Donald Brittain
script
Donald Brittain
executive producer
John N. Smith
photography
Douglas Kiefer
sound
Hans Oomes
editing
John Kramer
sound editing
Bernard Bordeleau
re-recording
Michel Descombes