What Was Ours
2016, English. Directed by Mat Hames.
Like millions of indigenous people, many Native American tribes do not control their own material history and culture. For the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes living on the isolated Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, new contact with lost artifacts risks opening old wounds but also offers the possibility for healing. What Was Ours is the story of how a young journalist and a teenage powwow princess, both of the Arapaho tribe, travelled together with a Shoshone elder in search of missing artifacts in the vast archives of Chicago’s Field Museum. There they discover a treasure trove of ancestral objects, setting them on a journey to recover what has been lost and build hope for the future.
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- 1h 19m
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- English
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- 22 February 2016
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What Was Ours runs 79 minutes (1h 19m).
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What Was Ours isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free or rent it or buy it online. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked What Was Ours, try Come See Me in the Good Light, A Toxic Love Story, My Mom Jayne.
Who directed What Was Ours?
What Was Ours (2016) was directed by Mat Hames and stars Jordan Dresser, Philbert McLeod, Mikala SunRhodes.