Long Road Home Trailer

In 1907 the Canadian Federal Government passed an Order in Council for the creation of "Jasper Forest Park"—enforcing the evacuation of all the Métis families in the Athabasca Valley. By 1909 guns were seized causing the community to surrender their homeland--including Jacco's grandson and descendants. Six Métis families made their exodus from Jasper in 1909 and 1910. Long Road Home is a HD documentary that focuses on the Jasper National Park story and the 14-day return trip of the descendants of the evicted families. The forty-five minute production features a Centennial Commemorative Journey in 2009—the Long Road Home after 100 years. Stories are shared through the voices of the descendants as they reveal their fight to preserve traditions, culture and a way of life, as Mountain Métis

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Mountain
• Metis
• Jasper
• National
• Park
• Willmore
• Wilderness
• Foundation
• Mountain Metis
• fur trade
• Métis

[badi1955]

interesting