“WE SHALL REMAIN is a music video that was created to address the effects of historical trauma in our tribal communities. Many times, these untended wounds are at the core of much of the self-inflicted pain experienced in Native America. Much like fire, this pain can either be devastatingly destructive or wisely harnessed to become fuel that helps us to rise up and move forward in life with joy, purpose and dignity.” — Coeur d’Alene Tribal Youth
This video was created by Coeur d’Alene Tribal Youth with funding support from the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections and the Millennium Fund.
Almost two decades ago, members of a tiny Ojibway reserve on the shores of Lake Winnipeg chose to bring offenders home to face justice in a community healing and sentencing circle.
After the brutal slaying of her teenage son, Janet Connors reachs out to her son’s killer to offer a chance at forgiveness. They team up with a group of mothers of murdered children to help young people in their community break the chain of violence and revenge.