Club native :

"In Club Native, filmmaker Tracey Deer uses Kahnawake, her hometown, as a lens to probe deeply into the history and contemporary reality of Aboriginal identity. Following the stories of four women, she reveals the exclusionary attitudes that divide the community and many others like it across Canada. Deer traces the roots of the problem, from the advent of the highly discriminatory Indian Act through the controversy of Bill C31, up to the present day, where membership on the reserve is determined by a council of Mohawk elders, whose rulings often appear inconsistent. And with her own home as a poignant case study, she raises a difficult question faced by people of many ethnicities across the world: What roles do bloodline and culture play in determining identity?". - From NFB website

Call Number: 
E99 .M8 C58 2008 DVD
Title Responsibility: 
produced by Rezolution Pictures Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
Author Information: 
Tracey Deer is an award-winning Mohawk filmmaker, producer, writer and director in both documentary and fiction. Her credits include One More River: The Deal that Split the Cree, Mohawk Girls (film and tv show), Club Native, and Working it Out Together, seasons I & II.
Production Place: 
[Montréal] :
Producer: 
Rezolution Pictures : National Film Board of Canada,
Production Date: 
c2007, 2008.
Participant Performer Note: 
Narration, Tracey Deer, Hilda Nicholas, Akwiratekha Martin.
Band Tribe Geography Time: 
Mohawks; Kahnawake; Kahnawá:ke; Québec
Catalogue Key: 
6734089