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Lost Songs
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

Video
Contributors
Tourangeau, Clint; Moyah, Elaine; Krepakevich, Jerry D.; National Film Board of Canada.
Description
"The Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton closed its doors in 1995, after 50 years as an aboriginal treatment centre for tuberculosis. This film provides a Native perspective on an era of Canadian medical history. In the early 20th century, a disastrous outbreak of tuberculosis wreaked havoc on the Aboriginal communities in Canada. First Nations filmmakers Clint Tourangeau and Elaine Moyah explore attempts to treat the disease and examine the life-long personal impact on thousands of patients. With TB at critical levels in the 1950s, patients were uprooted from their surroundings and relocated to recovery facilities far from home."

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Statement of Responsibility
National Film Board of Canada ; director, Clint Tourangeau ; producers, Elaine Moyah, Jerry Krepakevich.
Publication Information
[Montréal] : National Film Board of Canada
Physical Description
1 videodisc (26 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced in 1999.
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