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The Thick Dark Fog

Reclaiming Native American Identity

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Walter Littlemoon attended a federal Indian boarding school in South Dakota sixty years ago. The mission of many of these schools in 1950, was still to “kill the Indian and save the man.” The children were beaten, humiliated or abused if they spoke their language or expressed their culture or native identity in any way. The trauma led many to alcoholism and violence in adulthood. At age 58, Walter began writing his memoirs as a way to explain his own abusive behaviors to his estranged children, but he could not complete the project without confronting the “thick dark fog” of his past so he could heal.

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English
  • child abuse
  • boarding school
  • native american

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    • PremiereAmerican Indian Film Festival - world premiere - Best Documentary5 Nov 2011
    • PhysicalDVD28 Mar 2012
    • TVPBS World29 Jun 2012

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The Thick Dark Fog was released on 5 November 2011.

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