Hi-Ho Mistahey!

Collaborators : Clarke, Annette | Din, Ravida | Obomsawin, Alanis | Office national du film du Canada
Attawapiskat Indian Reserve No. 91 (Ont.)Indigenous peoples -- Education -- Canada.Right to education.Children and Youth -- Children's Rights.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Education.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) -- Social Problems.Documentary films.Show 2 more

Fourteen-year-old Shannen Koostachin launched a campaign to build a suitable school for the children of the Cree community of Attawapiskat in 2008. Two years later, tragedy struck when Shannen was killed in a car accident. Her campaign became a national movement, bringing people from all walks of life together to make Shannen's Dream-the dream of fairness in education for First Nations children, in schools that are safe and welcoming-a reality. With the documentary Hi-Ho Mistahey!, Alanis Obomsawin brings together the voices of those who have taken Shannen's Dream across Canada and all the way to the United Nations in Geneva, in a larger-than-life adventure. In February 2012, a motion on education for First Nations children passed unanimously in the House of Commons. The voice of the children had been heard, and construction of a new school in Attawapiskat could finally begin.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (59 min., 59 sec.)Language : AnglaisYear of publication : ©2013

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