I just saw this film in DC September 21—the eve of Pope's Francis' Tour de USA and canonization of Junipero Serra, maestro of the golden age of Indian destruction in California. Not that it necessarily will, in itself, by sharing deep research into the obscure(d) roots of Canadian and US Indian law as a tool for ethnic cleansing and subjugation based on core religious hubris, change anything; but as another tool for analysis and critique, hits deeper than the more common discourse. These include usual discussions and case law involving treaties, land claims, current gaming issues, etc. Being native myself, with the first American Indian saint entombed in my village church, the one where many family members were christened, baptized, married, and eulogized since the last 15th century, contradictions arise as the Pope arrives, seemingly turning a deaf ear to these issues amid soaring popularity for statements on environmentalism, economic inequality, and the social contract. But in deeper issues, the film makes perfectly clear the Holly See's tin ears are still oddly, blind. Russ, Kahnawake Mohawk
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