Heritage
A young man grapples with the weight of ancestral traditions and expectations, as he endures both physical and emotional trials imposed by his grandfather.
I am the Warrior: A Residential School Story
"I Am the Warrior: A Residential School Story" depicts the struggling relationships between a mother and daughter fox after the mother has suffered through residential school and has passed the trauma on to her daughter.
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