Williams Lake First Nation

Portrait of a wise Shuswap woman and her views of the world. Accompanying study guide entitled, Exploring Likenesses and Differences with Film. Duration:16:33.

Describes how First Nations leaders utilize colonial stereotyping to transform the cultural performance of the rodeo into a vehicle of political power.

Statistics based on responses of 2,476 individuals from 36 First Nations.

Summary of results and findings. Sample consisted of 712 adults, 566 youth and 666 children.

Brief overview of organization's history and functioning.

Summary of study involving eight First Nations communities selected on the basis of innovative approaches to promoting home ownership and developing support programs. A minimum of six interviews was conducted at each site with community leaders, housing professionals and home owners.

Describes initiative undertaken by Twin Fish and urban ink theatre groups in Williams Lake, British Columbia. Project involved youth in the development of a short play entitled Damed if You Do, What it Don't as part media and performance training.

Historical background and submission to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding what lands the Bands occupied around Missioner Creek and Williams Lake in 1861 and if Canada had an obligation to protect the settlement. ICC held that the village sites should have been set aside for the Band and that Canada should accept the claim. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]