Tracing Roots: A Weaver's Journey

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Tracing Roots is a portrait of an artist and a mystery. The film follows master weaver and Haida elder Delores Churchill on a journey to understand the origins of a spruce root hat found with Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi, the Long Ago Person Found, a 300-year-old traveler discovered in Northern Canada in a retreating glacier. Delores's quest crosses cultures and borders, involving artists, scholars and scientists, raising questions about the meaning of connection, knowledge and ownership.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
11/25/2015
11 p.m.
11/28/2015
5:30 a.m.
10/23/2016
4 p.m.
11/13/2016
3:30 p.m.
11/23/2016
3:30 p.m.
11/20/2017
6:30 p.m.
11/21/2017
11/1/2018
11:30 a.m.
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