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The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony (2008)

ALL 07/01/2008 (en) Documentary 69 Min
  • Release
    07/01/2008
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
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  • Original title
    The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the Mi'kmaq. Nevin learned from Elder Keith Chiefmoon of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta. Under the July sky, participants in the Sundance ceremony go four days without food or water. Then they will pierce the flesh of their chests in an offering to the Creator. This event marks a transmission of culture and a link to the warrior traditions of the past.

  1. Brian J. Francis

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Kent Martin

    Producer



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The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony (2008) 69 Min

ALL 07/01/2008 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 07/01/2008
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Original title The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

This feature-length documentary chronicles the Sundance ceremony brought to Eastern Canada by William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation of the Mi'kmaq. Nevin learned from Elder Keith Chiefmoon of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta. Under the July sky, participants in the Sundance ceremony go four days without food or water. Then they will pierce the flesh of their chests in an offering to the Creator. This event marks a transmission of culture and a link to the warrior traditions of the past.

  1. Brian J. Francis

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Kent Martin

    Producer



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