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About this episode

Moccasin Flats, the 16mm film documentary originally released in 1972, re-mastered for DVD in 2008, is about the Metis community, of that name, on the outskirts of Chetwynd, BC.Written and narrated by Patrick Watson. These families were up-rooted from their homes to make way for the Chetwynd Airport. Through the collective efforts of all levels of government, various Aboriginal organizations, these Metis families and their friends, a new subdivision was built for them on Wabi Crescent.This project signified a weather change in the government funding of off-reserve and Metis housing.Interviews with Aboriginal leader, Lawrence Gladue, and Frank Oberle, mayor of Chetwynd, BC, provide an in-depth perspective.

• Release Date

  Feb 14, 2009

• Runtime

  30:31