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Starblanket

  • January 1973
  • 27mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Donald Brittain,

    John N. Smith,

    Starring

    Noel Starblanket,

    At twenty-six, Noel Starblanket was one of the youngest Indigenous chiefs in North America--twice elected chief of the Starblanket Reserve, and also elected vice-president of all-Saskatchewan Indigenous organization. His great-grandfather's advice was to "learn the wit and cunning of the White man." That he did. Here he is seen in action, a chief with a briefcase, working with government officials for grants, running for public office, talking down his opposition, and solving the domestic problems of his reserve.