America ReFramed

Blood Memory

Season 8 Episode 7 | 56m 9s | WETA Passport

For Sandy White Hawk, the story of America’s Indian Adoption Era is not one of saving children but of destroying families and tribes. As an adoption survivor, Sandy sets out to reclaim the missing pieces of her stolen past only to discover that her’s was not an isolated case. BLOOD MEMORY explores the communal healing that is sparked by the return of this stolen generation.

Aired: 11/17/20 | Expires: 11/16/23 | Rating: TV-PG

Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Wyncote Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Reva & David Logan Foundation and the Park Foundation.

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• Blood Memory | Promo

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• Blood Memory | Trailer

  Preview: S8 Ep7 | 1m 27s

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