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Thief of Time
(2003, 116 min.) US
Director: Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho)
Executive Producers: Robert Redford and Rebecca Eaton
Producer: Craig McNeil for PBS' Mystery!
Actors: Adam Beach (Saulteaux), Wes Studi (Cherokee), Tantoo Cardinal
(Métis), Peter Fonda, Sheila Tousey (Menominee), Alex Rice
(Mohawk), Graham Greene (Oneida), Kelly Byars (Choctaw), and Gary
Farmer (Cayuga)
In the latest episode of Mystery! to be based on a Tony
Hillerman novel, Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn go into action again.
This time the Navajo tribal policemen's search for a missing archeologist
puts them squarely in the sights of Anasazi pot pickers. The story's
events revolve around a serious issue for indigenous peoples:
illegal excavations of sacred sites. The film's title refers to
a sign outside of Chaco Canyon, a major center of ancestral Puebloan
cultures, which reads "Thief of Time: Pot Hunters Destroy
America's Past."
Image credit: Both A Thief
of Time
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