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Dawnland

A documentary about cultural survival and stolen children

6.0(2)20181h 26m2

They were forced to assimilate into white society: children ripped away from their families, depriving them of their culture and erasing their identities. Can reconciliation help heal the scars from childhoods lost? "Dawnland" is the untold story of Indigenous child removal in the US through the nation's first-ever government-endorsed truth and reconciliation commission, which investigated the devastating impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on the Wabanaki people.

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Released
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Language
English
  • indigenous
  • adoption
  • native american
  • maine
  • interracial adoption
  • usa history
  • neo-colonialism
  • child welfare
  • forced assimilation
  • cultural genocide

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical14 Jun 2018
    • TVIndependent Lens (PBS)5 Nov 2018

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Dawnland was released on 14 June 2018.

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