Movies: Tlingit

  • 2009
    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska (2009)

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska

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    In 1867, when the United States purchased the Alaska territory, the promise of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights didn't apply to Alaska Natives. Their struggle to win justice is one of the great, untold chapters of the American civil rights mov...

    For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska
  • 2015
    Tsamo

    Tsamo (2015)

    Tsamo

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    In the 1860’s Alaska and Finland are simultaneously parts of the Russian Empire. A Finnish mining engineer Simon buys a Tlingit girl named Tsamo and decides to bring her to Finland. The child, Tsamo, is baptized and Simon starts to teach her Europea...

    Tsamo
  • 1999
    Kusah Hakwaan

    Kusah Hakwaan (1999)

    Kusah Hakwaan

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    In a dark, fire-lit Clan House, a Tlingit Elder moves moves between the contemporary and spirit worlds as he reveals the centuries-old legend of Kusah Hakwaan. He tells a gripping story of evil, heroism, brotherly rivalry, and the ancient Trickster ...

    Kusah Hakwaan
  • 1969
    Hunting in Wartime

    Hunting in Wartime (1969)

    Hunting in Wartime

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    Hunting in Wartime profiles Tlingit veterans from Hoonah, Alaska who saw combat during the Vietnam War. The veterans talk about surviving trauma, relating to Vietnamese civilians, readjusting to civilian life, and serving a government that systematic...

    Hunting in Wartime