Title: Club native how thick is your blood? /
Authors: Bainbridge, Catherine; Webb, Ernest, 1966-; Deer, Tracey; Nicholas, Kanerahtenháwi Hilda; Martin, Akwiratekha; Ludwick, Linda; Fon, Christina; Symansky, Adam; National Film Board of Canada; Rezolution Pictures Inc.; Women Make Movies (Firm)
Publisher: Rezolution Pictures : National Film Board of Canada ; Distributed by Women Make Movies,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Indigenous women Canada Ethnic identity.; Mohawk women Québec (Province) Ethnic identity.; Kahnawake Indian Reserve (Québec) Social life and customs.
Abstract: "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?"--http://www3.nfb.ca/webextension/club-native/