The Thick Dark Fog

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The Thick Dark Fog

Walter Littlemoon is a 69-year-old Lakota man born and raised in Wounded Knee, South Dakota. At the age of five, he was removed from his family to attend a Federal government boarding school where his culture, language and spirituality were suppressed.

The Thick Dark Fog profiles Walter's journey to heal himself and his community while reclaiming his heritage. The film's title comes from Walter's own self-diagnosis of the state-of-mind that he lived in for so many years until he began to tell his story and heal from his childhood trauma.

As time has passed, more positive accounts have surfaced from Native Americans about their school experiences such as being saved from poverty and making life-long friends.

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The Thick Dark Fog Viewer Discussion Guide
The Thick Dark Fog Viewer Discussion Guide (PDF - 981.13 KB)
The Thick Dark Fog Education Guide The Thick Dark Fog Educational Guide (PDF - 4.13 MB)
To Remember from The Thick Dark Fog
 Video Chapter 1: To Remember
 Water & Jane  Video Chapter 2: Water & Jane
 Memories & History  Video Chapter 3: Memories & History
 Causes & Effects  Video Chapter 4: Causes & Effects
 Westerns & Sumer  Video Chapter 5: Westerns & Summer
 Life After School  Video Chapter 6: Life After School
 Towards Peace  Video Chapter 7: Towards Peace
 The Return  Video Chapter 8: The Return

AudioProducer Profile with Randy Vasquez and Jonathan Skurnik, Producers, The Thick Dark Fog (MP3 - 25.8 MB)

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Subject: 
Ethnic Studies, Health & Fitness, Native American Studies, Reading & Language Arts, Social Studies
Grade Level: 
Grades 9-12, Higher Ed, General