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The two directors opened up to Erica Commanda from MUSKRAT Magazine about their thoughts on their own journeys towards decolonization and what inspired them to make Warrior Women.

They made them proud to be an Indian.”  During the Wounded Knee occupation, Janis worked to gather food and supplies to be sent inside the occupation. Fighting for something bigger than yourself. 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When we were shooting there with Madonna Thunder Hawk, she looked around and said what’s going on here is decolonization, referring to the camp. One thing that I often don’t identify with is when I see stories about Indigenous people that leave out the community. To pull people out of that community and isolate them in singular interviews didn’t make any sense. ONTARIO CULTURE DAYS CELEBRATES CRAFT YEAR 2015! . That’s the European thing.”  Thunder Hawk and Young look to the future and towards their continued involvement in the struggle as elders.