Kewekapawetan: Return After the Flood

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dc.contributor.advisorHoffman, Philip J
dc.creatorDysart, Jennifer Faye Leigh
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-11T17:41:56Z
dc.date.available2014-07-11T17:41:56Z
dc.date.copyright2013-12-11
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T16:18:22Z
dc.degree.disciplineFilm And Video
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractThe people of South Indian Lake Manitoba are slowly leaving behind a long period of social crisis brought on by the damming of their namesake lake in the 1970’s. The environmental devastation still exists, but the community returns to their original village site once a year for a gathering called Kewekapawetan, meaning “going back” or “looking back” in the Cree language. My film documents my interactions with family members at this gathering in 2008, and uses archival and found footage spanning fifty years, to show how this yearly event represents a positive cultural change for the community. As the filmmaker, I am not only documenting these subtly monumental events; I am also tracing my own disconnected personal history to this place. Central to the story is my father’s unwillingness to return to his family home that he left a long time ago, and my own desire to forge new bonds with this “home” where I have never resided. For the community, revisiting the place where our grandparents lived brings hope for the future after a long period of despair. In parallel, my film documents my personal hope that I will be one day be able to unite my family.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27594
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectFilm studiesen_US
dc.subjectFine artsen_US
dc.subjectNative American studiesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWater resource managementen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDocumentaryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPersonal storyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsReunionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCulture
dc.subject.keywordsCultural gatheringen_US
dc.subject.keywordsHydroen_US
dc.subject.keywordsHydro-electric projecten_US
dc.subject.keywordsManitobaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFirst Nationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmenten_US
dc.subject.keywordsSouth Indian Lakeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFishingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental destructionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNorthen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNorthern Manitobaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCanadaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNelson Riveren_US
dc.subject.keywordsChurchill Riveren_US
dc.subject.keywordsDiversionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsExperimental filmen_US
dc.subject.keywordsProvince of Manitoba Archivesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCBCen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMercury poisoningen_US
dc.subject.keywordsReturn to original villageen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCreeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMega-projectsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFlooden_US
dc.subject.keywordsFloodingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDamen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDammingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDisplacementen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity traumaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNorthern Flood Agreementen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLakeen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPost-colonialen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDysarten_US
dc.subject.keywordsGoing backen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLooking backen_US
dc.subject.keywordsReturnen_US
dc.subject.keywordsVideoen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFilmen_US
dc.subject.keywordsArchiveen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFound footageen_US
dc.subject.keywordsWateren_US
dc.subject.keywordsResourcesen_US
dc.titleKewekapawetan: Return After the Flooden_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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