'Blood Memory' explores American Indian 'Adoption Era' and how reclamation can heal indigenous communities

Sandy White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota) (center) and Marlies White Hat (right) welcome adopted and fostered relatives of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. (Benedict Baldauff [Osage])

This month, World Channel’s “America Reframed” series celebrates and highlights indigenous communities with several films, one of which is “Blood Memory,” which looks at America’s Indian adoption era, historical injustices done to indigenous people and how they’re preserving their culture today. “City Lights” producer Summer Evans was joined by the film’s director Drew Nicholas to talk about the practices of family separation and harm endured by Native American children for over a century.

Interview Highlights:

An era of indigenous displacement and cultural erasure: