The Honor of All: The Story of Alkali Lake (1985)(no video link)
Title
The Honor of All: The Story of Alkali Lake (1985)(no video link)
Subject
First Nations
Canada
Alcoholism
Description
Content description from Worldcat.org (https://www.worldcat.org/title/honour-of-all-the-story-of-alkali-lake/oclc/789282051):
Native Indian culture and religion guided the Shuswap people long before the white man's history in British Columbia began, but by the year 1940, several generations of the Shuswap people had been subjected to the culture breaking process of residential schools, while being forced to live in an artificial town created around a church building. Stripped of their native culture and religion, the Alkali Lake people were left with a void in their lives that begged to be filled. Thus they were ripe for the introduction of the devastating force of alcohol. This story of heartfelt recovery from almost complete cultural and spiritual destruction is true. All the incidents depicted occurred between 1940 and 1985.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Handwritten note on folder: Indians-Shuswab. Culture Change. Alcoholism. Note on Beta tape label: Brit. Col. overcome alcoholism.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Native Indian culture and religion guided the Shuswap people long before the white man's history in British Columbia began, but by the year 1940, several generations of the Shuswap people had been subjected to the culture breaking process of residential schools, while being forced to live in an artificial town created around a church building. Stripped of their native culture and religion, the Alkali Lake people were left with a void in their lives that begged to be filled. Thus they were ripe for the introduction of the devastating force of alcohol. This story of heartfelt recovery from almost complete cultural and spiritual destruction is true. All the incidents depicted occurred between 1940 and 1985.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Handwritten note on folder: Indians-Shuswab. Culture Change. Alcoholism. Note on Beta tape label: Brit. Col. overcome alcoholism.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Tommy Harry, Roland Harry, and Richard Dick (performers)
Peter von Puttkamer (director of photography)
Ian Schildt (composer ad arranger)
Peter von Puttkamer and Phil Lucas (editors)
Publisher
Alkali Lake Indian Band
Chief Dan George Memorial Foundation
Four Worlds Development Project
Date
1985
Citation
“The Honor of All: The Story of Alkali Lake (1985)(no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/110.