Lydia Charles healing spirit, embracing change

Poizner, Susan. (Added Author). ThinkStock Inc. (Added Author). Marlin Motion Pictures. (Added Author). Canadian Learning Television. (Added Author). Book Television. (Added Author).

Summary: Lydia Charles and her husband Matthew were trappers, like many others in their Woodland Cree community in La Ronge, Northern Saskatchewan. But Lydia also had a special role in her community with her sacred duties as the midwife, medicine-woman, and mortician. Lydia would lose her livelihood and her status in society with the arrival of European culture and economy. She would also experience great personal tragedy. Nevertheless, she taught her children and grandchildren that the only way to cope with change is to embrace it.

Record details

Physical Description: dvd
videodisc
1 videodisc (ca. 23 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + teacher's notes.
Publisher: [Toronto, Ont.?] : ThinkStock Inc. ; Mississauga, Ont. : Marlin Motion Pictures [distributor], c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Produced in association with Canadian Learning Television and Book Television. New June 2015. An episode of the television program, Mother tongue.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Single site license only. Not available for interlibrary loan.