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Obomsawin, Alanis
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1983-1998 (Creation)
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(1925-2005)
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This file contains information about Alanis Obomsawin, a Wabanaki woman from Odanak, Quebec who became well-known for her story-telling and singing. This file contains several articles, documents, and letters which make reference to her project in Manouane, commentary to accompany her music, her role with the National Film Board of Canada, her work with children, her work with Canadian Indian Marketing Services and the Dresdner Bank in Cologne, and biographical details of her life. File also includes a letter written to Obomsawin from Penny Petrone in 1983. Contains some French documents, and some articles which make reference to the Oka Crisis in Kahnestake and Kahnawake, 1990. Finally, contains one photo of Obomsawin.