About the film
Our Spirits Don't Speak English (2008) is a documentary film about Native American boarding schools attended by young people mostly from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. It was filmed by the Rich Heape company and directed by Chip Richie. Native American storyteller Gayle Ross narrated the film.
Ross is a descendant of John Ross, chief of the Cherokee Nation in the Trail of Tears period.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).