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Without a Tribe

This film unlocks clandestine social, economic and political conditions of the late 1600s when Native youth and women were stolen from homelands and imprisoned, then ransomed into domestic servitude, hard labor and military training, only to be labeled with the lowest-class identity—as Genizaro Indians. Today, Genizaro descendents continue the struggle to maintain their communal homelands and recognize this Genizaro heritage.

Courtesy Cynthia Jeannette Gomez
Produced by
Cynthia Jeannette Gomez
Albuquerque, NM
Total CPB Investment
$25,000
Made possible by CPB's
Television Programming: Native American Public Telecommunications Subgrant