Searching for a Native American Identity Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris

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Summary: This program features the late Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich, a husband-and-wife team who collaborated as writers before his untimely death. They attribute their beliefs in family, community, and place to their Native American heritage: she is half Chippewa, he is half Modoc. As Native Americans, their writing reflects the difficulties of American Indians today. In this program with Bill Moyers, Erdrich and Dorris discuss faith and the search for a Native American identity in a pluralistic society.

Record details

Physical Description: 1streaming video file (30 min.) :
remote
electronic resource (video)
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c1988

Content descriptions

General Note:	Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 24, 2012. Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction (1:06) -- Sponsors: Searching for a Native American Identity: Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris (0:23) -- Dorris and Erdrich (0:59) -- Cultural Diversity (2:15) -- Toll of Disease (2:17) -- Political Situation (2:39) -- Victim-Oppressor Relationship (1:49) -- Dark Humor (2:30) -- Violations of Religious Freedom (1:54) -- Indians and Christianity (1:38) -- Mixed-Race Identity (2:10) -- Reservation as Cultural Preservation (2:11) -- Call to Return Land (1:33) -- Learning From Indian Cultures (2:51) -- Credits: Searching for a Native American Identity: Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris (1:37)
Target Audience Note:	9 & up.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description.