Native Silence is a solemn account of the legacy of forced adoption on Native American children, torn from their tribal communities and placed in foster care and boarding schools. Joyce, is a recovered drug-addict and now mental health worker, and Paulette, a mother who ‘doesn’t associate’ with the Natives in her town. Their stories reflect the struggle that they and many others faced growing up as Native American within larger non-Indian culture.AWARDS
*Official Selection, Red Nation Film Festival, 2013
*Official Selection, American Indian Film Festival, 2013
*Aspen Shortsfest, Official Selection, 2014
*Finalist, National Short Film Competition, USA Film Festival, 2014
"An unsparing look at the modern struggles of Native Americans, Native Silence is an eye opening documentary" Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News
"Powerful and well done, It brought tears to my eyes. We are a dying people (according to the US census) and nobody knows. This film is what WE need. On behalf of my people, who didn’t have a voice or chance to speak - I say you are doing a good thing for us." Lynnette Grey Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux band of Sitting Bull Social Worker TRUST, Arizona (training and resources united to stop trafficking)
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