Mikwendaagoziwag / They Are Remembered

Screened at FCFF 2018

Film Synopsis

Brief history of Sandy Lake tragedy and story of memorial ceremony from this past summer. The Sandy Lake tragedy is the story of how 450 Ojibwe people died in 1850 waiting for the Federal Government to distribute annuity payments and food.

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