Kainayssini Imanistaisiwa: The People Go On
In this feature-length documentary, filmmaker Loretta Sarah Todd takes viewers on a visually lush journey, exploring the significance of land, memory, and knowledge to the Kainai Blood Nation of Southern Alberta. The catalyst for this expressionistic journey is the return of belongings of the Kainai, collected by Europeans during colonial times and kept in distant museums. As the community's elders examine the objects and share stories first-hand, they reveal how the rich threads of Kainai life thrive from one generation to the next.
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In this feature-length documentary, filmmaker Loretta Sarah Todd takes viewers on a visually lush journey, exploring the significance of land, memory, and knowledge to the Kainai Blood Nation of Southern Alberta.
The catalyst for this expressionistic journey is the return of belongings of the Kainai, collected by Europeans during colonial times and kept in distant museums. As the community's elders examine the objects and share stories first-hand, they reveal how the rich threads of Kainai life thrive from one generation to the next.
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writerLoretta Todd
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directorLoretta Todd
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participantRosie Day RiderLouise Crop Eared WolfAnnabel Crop Eared WolfFrank Weasel HeadLouis SoopLeroy Little BearNarcisse BloodJosh Mountain HorseJonathan KingMary Stella Bare Skin BoneArni BrownstoneAdam DelanayAlfreda DelanayWinston Day ChiefCelina GoodstrikerRufus GoodstrikerRosie Red CrowPete Standing AloneBruce Wolf ChildKirsten BuckskinAlyssha Cross ChildBrandy Little BearTasha No Runner
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drummerBilly WadsworthJarett Panther boneBueford Plaited HairAndy Wolf ChildJames Wells
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prayerAlvin Many ChiefLeroy Little BearRosie Day RiderLouise Crop Eared Wolf
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narrationAmethyst First Rider
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traditional Blackfoot music performerLeroy Little Bear
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actorNadine TailfeathersGarret TailfeathersCammie FoxKeelie Goodstriker
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director of photographyRené Sioui Labelle
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editorShirley Claydon
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original musicWesley Lowe
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sound recordistDon HowellIgal Petel
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additional photographyRandy TomiukAlistair CameronArnell Tailfeathers
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segment editorJohnny Darrell
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composite imagingJohnny Darrell
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editorial consultantLouis SoopAmethyst First Rider
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production managerAmethyst First Rider
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key gripMorton Molyneux
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gripNevin Merells
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additional soundJohn AveryPer Asplund
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assistant editorColleen SmithBrian Reilly
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online editorSevé Schelenz
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post-production soundShirley Claydon
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re-recording mixerIain PattisonKelly Cole
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still photographyDon HowellMorton Molyneux
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transcription typistBridget Toms
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music programmingWesley LowePhil Robertson
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additional musicRussell Wallace
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musicianPhil RobertsonJim WoodyardCameron Wilson
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music mixingCreation Sound
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music recordingCreation Sound
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production assistantClaudette BretonFaye YonedaKirsten Priebe
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unit clerkGinette D'Silva
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production supervisorKelly Isaac
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program administratorDarin Clausen
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producerBonnie Thompson
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executive producerGraydon McCrea
This film is ideal for introducing students to the significance of land, memory and knowledge in relation to the Kainai Nation. Why were anthropologists in a rush to confiscate Blackfoot cultural items? How are Kainai cultural items more than just aesthetic artistic objects? Research the spiritual significance that the repatriated items hold and consider how the forced severing of ties to these items is reflective of the disregard for Indigenous human rights. What is repatriation and how can repatriation contribute to healing and reconciliation? Who is entitled to have ownership over cultural items that were stolen, forcibly removed or confiscated? Research the influence the Indian Act may have had on the confiscation of cultural objects. Research the significance of the relationship Kainai have to land as a way of being.
