Say Brother | State Recognition After 400 Years: Who and Why ?

State Recognition After 400 Years: Who and Why ?
Program 705
Original Airdate: 11/12/1976

Subject Keywords
Australian aborigines - Ethnic identity
Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North American - Urban residence - Boston - Massachusetts
Indigenous peoples

Subject Genre
Public Affairs: Current Events

Personal Names
Saunders, Clif

Program Description
Barbara Barrow discusses the recent executive order issued by Massachusetts legislature recognizing Native Americans with Clif Saunders, Director of the Boston Indian Council. Topics include the implications that recognition will have for Native Americans, the services Native Americans requested of the state before the executive order was issued (both socioeconomic and legal), the hopes for federal recognition, the still unacknowledged issues of Native Americans in the Boston area despite the executive order, issues raised on a recent Today show about Native Americans not wanting their land back, the "paternalism" of the the United States government, and the desire for self-determination. Additional segments include a 1974 interview with an unnamed aboriginal man from Australia conducted by Dighton Spooner, commentary by David Crippens from Say Brother program 103 and the "Community Calendar."

Producer
Barbara Barrow

Associate Producer
Melvin Moore

Director
Conrad White

Cinematographer
Henry Johnson

Writer
Dighton Spooner

Host
Barbara Barrow

Guests
Clif Saunders

Others
Tom Balhatchet (audio editor)
Ron Buccheri (switcher)
Basil Chigas (stage manager)
Brian Clarke (assistant to the producer)
Vern Coleman (audio)
June Cross (production assistant)
Leo Demers (videotape recordist)
Bill Fairweather (video)
Rebecca Hill (fashion consultant)
Dick Holden (camera)
Dave Hutton (videotape editor)
Pat Kane (videotape editor)
Sharon Kramer (graphic designer)
Greg MacDonald (camera)
Fran Mahard (scenic design)
Huntley Nicholas Jr. (film sound)
John Sullivan (lighting)

Formats
Master (WGBH program)	2" videotape	A2-03326
Preservation master	beta SP cassette	AB-00453
Preservation master	D3 cassette	AD3-00538
Viewing copy	3/4" cassette	3558-30
Viewing copy	3/4" cassette	(item number not yet assigned)