Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

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Director :

Carol Geddes

Stars :

Gail Valaskakis

Genre :

Documentary

Release :

1986-01-01

Story :

A tribute to Indigenous women everywhere, this short documentary focuses on 5 women from across Canada. Of varied ages and backgrounds, they have achieved success in a variety of careers: as the Yukon legislature's first Indigenous woman minister (Margaret Joe),as a deck hand on a fishing boat (Corinne Hunt),as a teacher (Sophie MacLeod),as a lawyer (Roberta Jamieson),and as a band council chief (Sophie May Pierre - St. Mary’s Indian Band of the Ktunaxa Nation off the Ktunaxa Nation).