What Was Ours (2016)
Like millions of indigenous people, many Native American tribes do not control their own material history and culture. For the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes living on the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, new contact with lost artifacts risks opening old wounds but also offers the possibility for healing. What Was Ours is the story of how a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, travelled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future.
Director: Mat Hames
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 79 min
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Cast
- Jordan Dresser - Self
- Philbert McLeod - Self
- Mikala SunRhodes - Self
Music: Chris Ruggiero, Nathan Halpern
Cinematography: Wilson Waggoner, David Layton
Editing: Ginny Patrick, Sandra Guardado
Language: English
Original Language: en
Keywords
repatriation
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is What Was Ours about?
- Like millions of indigenous people, many Native American tribes do not control their own material history and culture. For the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes living on the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, new contact with lost artifacts risks opening old wounds but also offers the possibility for healing. What Was Ours is the story of how a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, travelled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future.
- Who directed What Was Ours?
- What Was Ours was directed by Mat Hames.
- Who stars in What Was Ours?
- What Was Ours stars Jordan Dresser, Philbert McLeod, Mikala SunRhodes.
- How long is What Was Ours?
- What Was Ours has a runtime of 1h 19m (79 minutes).
- What genre is What Was Ours?
- What Was Ours is a Documentary film.