Title: Tracing roots /
Authors: Frankenstein, Ellen,; Churchill, Delores,; Clements, J.,; Autry, Jamie,; Thompson, Shirley, 1963-; Rubin, Dave,; Zahnley, Paul,; Disher, Tom,; Artchange, Inc.,; New Day Films
Year: 2014
Subjects: Churchill, Delores.; Haida artists British Columbia Biography.; Archaeology Methodology; Weaving Material culture.; Ice mummies British Columbia Tatshenshini-Alsek National Park.; Kwädąy Dän Ts'ìnchį (Ice mummy); Hats British Columbia Tatshenshini-Alsek National Park.; Excavations (Archaeology) British Columbia Tatshenshini-Alsek National Park.; Human remains (Archaeology); Indians of North America Material culture.; Forensic anthropology; Cultural property Canada.
Abstract: "Tracing Roots is a portrait of an artist and a mystery. The film follows master weaver and Haida elder Delores Churchill on a journey to understand the origins of a spruce root hat found with Kwädąy Dän Ts'ìnchį, the Long Ago Person Found, a 300-year-old traveler discovered in Northern Canada in a retreating glacier. Delores's quest crosses cultures and borders, involving artists, scholars and scientists, raising questions about the meaning of connection, knowledge and ownership."--Container.