Our Lives in Our Hands - PREVIEW

Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/our-lives-in-our-hands.html Our Lives In Our Hands examines the traditional Native American craft of split ash basketmaking as a means of economic and cultural survival for Aroostook Micmac Indians of northern Maine. This documentary of rural off-reservation Indian artisans aims to break down stereotypical images. Basketmakers are filmed at their craft in their homes, at work on local potato farms and at business meetings of the Basket Bank, a cooperative formed by the Aroostook Micmac Council. First person commentaries are augmented by authentic 17th century Micmac music.

a film by Harald Prins and Karen Carter
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Micmac
• Aroostook
• Maine
• native
• american
• basket
• weaving
• craft
• art
• ceremony
• anthropology
• documentary
• film

[JandelJuanGonzales]

my son did an ancestry search and found my maternal grandmother's ancestors were Micmac Indians. I am so proud to know I have Native American Indian in my family. I wish I would know more about my ancestors other than they sailed from Nova Scotia to the bayous of Louisiana and settled in Lafourche Parish. PEACE to all. her name was Alexina Rose Plaisance - her mother's maiden name was Savoie.

[CrazyNative4]

cool

[MySoccerman17]

mic mac

[MultiMudskipper]

Yessuh!

[bead51]

i was trained to clean..i want to go to maine to live this is my goal..but no family there ..daganais?

[dtilley4]

GO MAINE

[josephmsark]

What a beautiful video. Old school is cool.