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SNAKEBITE: Chief wants residential school film on the curriculum – Penticton Herald

by ahnationtalk on January 31, 202543 Views

Jan 31, 2025

An Oscar-nominated documentary about deaths, abuse and missing children at a former British Columbia residential school should be shown in schools across Canada, says a First Nations leader.

The film “Sugarcane,” directed by Secwépemc artist Julian Brave NoiseCat from Williams Lake in the B.C. Interior, and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie, received an Academy Award nomination this week for best documentary feature.

Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars, whose nation encompasses the Sugar Cane Reserve and the former St. Joseph’s Mission Residential school said the nomination stirred conflicting emotions of joy, trauma, and validation among members of his community.

Read More: https://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/article_57198f0c-df4b-11ef-b1c2-673eec0df1c5.html

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