The Ballad of Crowfoot

Synopsis

Released in 1968 and often referred to as Canada’s first music video, The Ballad of Crowfoot was directed by Willie Dunn, a Mi’kmaq/Scottish folk singer and activist who was part of the historic Indian Film Crew, the first all-Indigenous production unit at the NFB. The film is a powerful look at colonial betrayals, told through a striking montage of archival images and a ballad composed by Dunn himself about the legendary 19th-century Siksika (Blackfoot) chief who negotiated Treaty 7 on behalf of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The IFC’s inaugural release, Crowfoot was the first Indigenous-directed film to be made at the NFB.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Willie Dunn
Production	Producer	Barrie Howells
Writing	Writer	Willie Dunn
Sound	Music	Willie Dunn
Department	Role	Name

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