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• Title:Singing our stories / produced by Full Regalia Productions and Omni Film Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Henry, Annie Franziér.
  Full Regalia Productions.
  National Film Board of Canada.
  Omni Film Productions.
  Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:Vancouver, B.C. : Video Out [distributor], 2009.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY audio-visual Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DVD WM F73 S56 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects: Indigenous Peoples--Music--Women.
  Indigenous Peoples--Musicians--Women.
  Indigenous Peoples--Culture.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America
  Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.
  Indigenous women--North America
  Women musicians.
  
• Genre/Form:Films.
  Interviews.
  
• Description:1 videodisc (49 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segments ; 4 3/4 in.
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: Site license - UBC faculty, staff & students only.
  
• Credits:Director/writer, Annie Franziér Henry ; producers, Annie Fraziér Henry (Full Regalia Productions), Michael Chechik (Omni Film Productions), George Johnson (NFB), narrator, Shirley Cheechoo.
  
• Cast:Ulali, Monk-Sanders Family Singers (Tuscarora Nation, N.C.) ; Women Singers & Drummers of Old Agency (Blood Reserve, Blackfoot Confederacy, Alberta) ; Namgis Traditional Singers, Nanakwala Dancers and Singers (Namgis Kwakwak'wakw Nation, Alert Bay, B.C.) ; Zuni Olla Maidens (Zuni Pueblo, N.M.) ; Walela (Rita and Priscilla Coolidge, Laura Satterfield : Cherokee Nation).
  
• Summary:Using archival footage and personal interviews, examines the role of Indian women in the preservation and transmission of traditional songs and music. Celebrates the power and long tradition of song in North American native cultures with performances from Tuscarora, Blackfoot, Namgis Kwakwak'wakw, Zuni and Cherokee Nations.
  
• Notes:Originally produced in 1998.
  DVD video.
  Some dialogue in native languages with English subtitles.