Why Wild Roses Have Thorns

Long ago wild roses had no thorns, and the rabbits and other creatures ate them until only a few bushes were left. The last rose-bushes ride the wind to find Nanahboozhoo, who is angry because his own rose hedge has just been eaten. He gives them thorns to protect themselves, and they have had them ever since.

This film was made together with collaborators from the Lakota, Inuit, Tohono O'odham, Diné, Sámi, Finnish and Estonian peoples.