The Obomsawin Is A Canadian Film Maker Who Is Well Known...

Alanis Obomsawin is a Canadian film maker who is well known for directing numerous documentaries on the plights of the Indigenous people. Alanis Obomsawin was born August 31, 1932 outside of Lebanon in New Hampshire but raised in Quebec. Obomsawin is a member of the Abenaki Nation but left there when she was just a baby â€Å"returned with her family to the Odanak reserve near Sorel, Quà ©bec, at the age of six months. Her father was a guide and a medicine maker, and her mother ran a boarding house.† (historica) Alanis lived happily on the reserve â€Å"She recalls those times as beautiful because of the colors of the brilliant ash wood splints used in making baskets, the smell of the sweet grass in everyone s homes, and the fond memories of beloved relatives.† (collections) until the age of 9 when her parents decided it was time to move and packed the family up and moved to Trois-Rivià ¨res, located only 48 kilometres from their Reserve. According to the articles thi s was a difficult move for Obomsawin and adjusting to being the only native child was to be a struggle. As Alioff and Levine are quoted in the Celebrating Women s Achievements â€Å"as she was the only Native child at school and was not fluent in French or English. As well, she experienced prejudice and racism on a daily basis and was regularly beaten up by her schoolmates. In history classes she was forced to listen to teachings about martyred priests being tortured to death by Indians.† (collections) Obomsawin struggled