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202684 minPG-13documentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Ceremony

202684 minPG-13documentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Nuxalk Nation's efforts to reclaim their ooligan fishery intertwine with their history of smallpox and land claims, transforming their radio station into a site of cultural revival.

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Nuxalk Nation's efforts to reclaim their ooligan fishery intertwine with their history of smallpox and land claims, transforming their radio station into a site of cultural revival.

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Banchi Hanuse

Banchi Hanusedirector

Megan F. Moodycast

Qwaxw Siwallacecast

Snuxyaltwa Deric Snowcast

Nuskmata Jacinda Mackcast

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When the Nuxalk trace the vanished ooligan to a land claim filed the very day smallpox arrived, their radio station becomes courtroom, confessional and conjuring ground; an older law insists: the fish return when the people do.

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