Mohawk filmmaker documents preservation of Indigenous traditions

Mohawk filmmaker documents preservation of Indigenous traditions

For many Indigenous communities, cultural traditions such as food, art and language have been passed down from one generation to the next. But centuries of land displacement and forced assimilation in Indigenous boarding schools have interrupted that transfer of knowledge. This left some traditions—ranging from cultural ceremonies to art—less prolific in modern community life. Akwesasne-based filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox documented an emerging gen…