Friends/Niiji Tune in tonight for the special documentary Why Treaties?, and hour documentary on Lakeland Public Television 8 PM on Channel 9 Bemidji, Channel 22 in Brainerd, on your cable systems on Channel 9 or HD Channel 509. Watch it on-line at LPTV.org after the show tonight and anytime after. Repeated on Tuesday 6/17 at 7 p.m., Thursday 6/19 at 1 a.m., Sunday 6/22 at 7 p.m., and Tuesday 6/24 at 1 a.m. Synopsis below; Filmmaker and host John Parsons brings viewers on a journey of understanding as he strives to grasp the differing world views that motivated tribal leaders, settlers, and the United States government of the 19th Century. Why Treaties? focuses on the 1863 “Old Crossing Treaty” in which the Red Lake and Pembina bands of the Chippewa ceded some 11 million acres of land to the United States Government.
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 21:14:18 +0000
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