Aboriginal filmmaker. Agency - English program:.Quebec Centre. Study guide available.

Director, Alanis Obomsawin ; writer, Alanis Obomsawin ; editor, Alison Burns ; director of photography, René Sioui Labelle ; sound recordist, Glenn Hodgins ; animation, David Barlow-Krelina ; original music, Alain Auger ; music recording, Alain Auger ; sound editor, Don Ayer ; mix, Jean Paul Vialard ; foley, Stéphane Cadotte ; research, Alanis Obomsawin, Katherine Kasirer ; producer, Alanis Obomsawin ; executive producer, Ravida Din, Annette Clarke.

Narration, Alanis Obomsawin.

Recorded 2013.

Fourteen-year-old Shannen Koostachin launched a campaign to build a suitable school for the children of the Cree community of Attawapiskat in 2008. Two years later, tragedy struck when Shannen was killed in a car accident. Her campaign became a national movement, bringing people from all walks of life together to make Shannen's Dream-the dream of fairness in education for First Nations children, in schools that are safe and welcoming-a reality. With the documentary Hi-Ho Mistahey!, Alanis Obomsawin brings together the voices of those who have taken Shannen's Dream across Canada and all the way to the United Nations in Geneva, in a larger-than-life adventure. In February 2012, a motion on education for First Nations children passed unanimously in the House of Commons. The voice of the children had been heard, and construction of a new school in Attawapiskat could finally begin.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).