On June 2, 2009, a year after its launch at the quai Branly Museum, Sorosoro proposed a public screening of the movie “One of Many” with Sally Tisiga, whose story is depicted in the movie.

The movie

In 1964, when she was only 4, Sally Tisiga was taken from her parents who lived in the Lower Post reserve, in Canada. She got to know five different host families and lived in more than twenty-five houses.

40 years later, she tries to recreate the story of her family whose members are dispersed. She also tries to understand how this tragedy occurred. From Yukon to Southern Alberta, she looks for pieces of her past and received, in the reserves, a lot of testimonies from Indians who speak of their painful childhoods.

Indeed, her story fits in with those of several generations of Indian children from Canada, taken from their families during childhood by Canadian authorities and placed in Church run boarding schools.

“One of Many”, produced by Jo BÈranger and Doris Buttignol, won the Public Prize and the Best full-length documentary at the Film Festival of CrÈteil (France) in 2004.

A bit of History

Created in the 1880s and practiced throughout the 20th century, the aim of the violent policy of forced assimilation was to deprive Indians of their identity and then to put an end to the “Indian question”.

Today, Sally Tisiga fights for the dignity of her people and the recognition of their culture.

The debate

The screening was followed by a debate with Sally Tisiga, member of the Kaska nation, member of the wolf group, “a survival of the Canadian integration laws, one of many.”

Watch the video of the debate >