Indie Films

Older Than The Crown

OLDER THAN THE CROWN follows the trial of Sinixt tribal member Rick Desautel who in 2010 was charged with hunting as a non-resident and without a proper permit in Canada. Rick harvested an elk on the ancestral land of the Sinixt people, hunting on ancestral land is an aboriginal right gifted to them by Creator. A right that has legally been denied to them since 1956.

Older Than the Crown

56m 50s

In 1956 the Canadian government unjustly declared the Sinixt people extinct in Canada. Cutting them off nearly 80% of their aboriginal territory. Now with the Desautel Hunting Case, the Sinixt people have a chance to not only bring light to their unjust extinction, but also abolish the declaration completely.

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    Older Than the Crown

    56m 50s

    In 1956 the Canadian government unjustly declared the Sinixt people extinct in Canada. Cutting them off nearly 80% of their aboriginal territory. Now with the Desautel Hunting Case, the Sinixt people have a chance to not only bring light to their unjust extinction, but also abolish the declaration completely.

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