Cree Way (1977)

Overview : This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree folklore, photographs, artifacts, and books that were written and printed in the community. Made as part of the NFB’s groundbreaking Challenge for Change series, Cree Way shows that local control of the education curriculum has a place in Indigenous communities.

Release Date : January 1, 1977

Runtime : 26m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : ONF | NFB

Countries : Canada

Keywords : indigenous, education, community, language