Film Debut & Review – I’m Not an Indian
(Documentary – Orville Smoke)
From Residential School to alcoholism to Dakota governance, it was all a learning process. As leader of the community of Dakota Plains, he had spent 40 years educating the Canadian government on Dakota issues.
Orville Smoke is on a mission to pull his people out of poverty and he has a plan. Join Craig Blacksmith for a unique opportunity to view this award-winning documentary, followed by a discussion of the film.
Orville Smoke was dying from pulmonary fibrosis at the time of the filming.