I was taken from my home and raised as a “nice Jewish girl,” but I’m Indigenous
Taken from her Manitoba home as a child and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal, Nakuset recounts her struggle to reclaim her Indigenous identity.
An intimate, kinetically edited portrait of a Sixties Scoop survivor finding her way home to herself.
As a small child, Nakuset was taken from her home in Thompson, Manitoba and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal. The story of how she reclaimed her Indigenous identity, with help from her Bubby. #CBCShortDocs #Becom
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