Where the Spirit Lives 1990

Synopsis:

In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.

Directed by: Bruce Pittman
Written by: Keith Ross Leckie
Release date: 1990-06-06
Runtime: 96 minutes
Tagline: A moving tribute to a young girl's courage and indomitable spirit...
Cast:
Michelle St. John
Michelle St. John
Komi / Amelia 
Kim Bruisedhead Fox
Kim Bruisedhead Fox
Anataki 
Marianne Jones
Marianne Jones
Komi's Mother 
Gus Chief Moon
Gus Chief Moon
Ka - moos - ee 
Clayton Julian
Clayton Julian
Pita / Abraham 
Margaret Cozry
Margaret Cozry
Grandmother 
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