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Older Than the Crown

Movie"We are Sinixt and we are still here"
Older Than the Crown
NR 56 minDocumentary
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Older Than The Crown follows the trial of Sinixt tribal member Rick Desautel who in 2010 was charged with hunting as a nonresident and without a proper permit in Canada Rick harvested an elk on the ancestral land of the Sinixt people in Vallican British Columbia Canada To the Sinixt hunting on ancestral land is an aboriginal right gifted to them by Creator Its a right that has legally been denied to the Sinixt people since 1956 when the Canadian government unjustly declared them extinct in Canada despite the nearly 3000 members existing on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State Now with the Desautel Hunting Case the Sinixt people have a chance to not only bring light to their unjust extinction by the Canadian government but also to abolish the declaration completely
DirectorDerrick LaMere

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Derrick LaMere, Francene J. Blythe-Lewis, Vision Maker Media
Production Companies:Vision Maker Media a War Pony Pictures
Older Than the Crown on the Web:Official Website