What Was Ours

Overview

Many Native American tribes struggle to reclaim their cultural heritage and history. On the remote Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes confront the complexities of reconnecting with lost artifacts. What Was Ours follows a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess from the Arapaho tribe as they join a Shoshone elder on a quest to uncover missing treasures at Chicago’s Field Museum. Their expedition reveals a wealth of ancestral items, igniting a transformative journey to reclaim their past and inspire hope for the future.