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Bury My Heart with Tonawanda

Bury My Heart with Tonawanda

Finding hope and courage became possible in the most unlikely place

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A historical film about the Seneca culture featuring the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Bury My Heart with Tonawanda tells the story of a developmentally disabled boy with Downs Syndrome who is rejected by his own family but is accepted and nurtured by the Tonawanda Seneca Nation.

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English

Runtime

69 mins

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Release Date

01 January 2013

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