Metis filmmaker Gil Cardinal's TIKINAGAN is a provocative account of the native child welfare system. Tikinagan, the Cree word for the cradleboards on which native parents once carried their babies, is the name of a revolutionary native run child care agency operating out of Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario. Tikinagan workers realize that the welfare of children on their reservations is in peril - gas sniffing and alcoholism are major problems -, but they must confront the residue of bitterness and distrust left by years of conflict with provincial child welfare agencies.

Part of AS LONG AS THE RIVERS FLOW series