SOSC 1800 Lecture Notes - Hard Hat, Alcoholism
11 Jun 2013
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Most of this film focuses on the area of sheshatshiou. Innu nomads for 10,000 years: were hunters, followed the caribou. Lives were turned upside down 50 yrs. They were told to stay in a community so children could attend school. 2 generations have struggled to find a balance between the old ways and the new. 3rd generation is coming of age and the struggle continues. Shows 2 innu men hunting during the spring caribou migration. Men talking to reporters says stays in country for about 9 months of the year: man says all he does there (in the country) is drink. Man discusses that he doesn"t understand what is wrong with their (presumably innu) young people. Young man speaks about how he tried to commit suicide jumped off a bridge, but didn"t die. Michael (giant) speaks: unemployed, only had one job in the community, no girlfriend, has a daughter: never sees her because he is an alcoholic.
