The story of Amos Blackhawk
With the TRC report taking centre stage this week, APTN reporter Jorge Berrera discusses why he chose to tell one Amos Blackhawk's story. Before he died of TB in 1941, Berrera says Amos was caught caught in a power struggle between the Federal Government and the Catholic Church.
With the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report taking centre stage this week, APTN reporter Jorge Berrera discusses why he chose to zoom in on one child's story in his detailed story about the short life of Amos Blackhawk who died of tuberculosis in 1941. In the last few years of his life, Berrera says Amos became a pawn in a power struggle between the Federal Government and the Catholic Church.