The old people were concerned that because we were putting their oral stories into another form, I was taking their spirit away. They thought it would damage or even kill the oral tradition. (Alanis Obomsawin)

The old people were concerned that because we were putting their oral stories into another form, I was taking their spirit away. They thought it would damage or even kill the oral tradition.

Alanis Obomsawin

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