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Creating a Market for Inuit Art: 1949-1967
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Susan Rowley
Description
Speaker uses examples from the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia to illustrate talk which focuses on federal government's involvement in creation and marketing of Inuit art.
Duration: 1:13:11.
[Episode 8. Part 2: Calvin Helin]
Alternate Title
David Berner: Ending the Dependency Trap ; episode 8, part 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Calvin Helin
David Berner
Description
Continuation of an interview with the author of two books which discuss First Nations reliance on the government and the need for self-sufficiency.
Duration: 14:13.
Part I.
"For Future Generations": Tlingit and Haida Leadership in the CCC Totem Parks
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Emily Moore
Kathy Dye
Sarah Dybdahl
Donald Gregory
Michael Obert
Rico Worl
Description
Speaker discusses the program of preservation and conservation undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the New Deal era. Also features screening of newsreel, Timber and Totem Poles by the Forest Service.
Duration: 45:34.
[Is There a Traditional Perspective of Truth and Reconciliation?]
Alternate Title
[Indigenous Knowledge Seminar Series, University of Manitoba]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission speaks about background, mandate and approach of Commission. Also explains the history of governments' attempts to eradicate Aboriginal culture by forced assimilation of children through the residential school system.
Duration: 1:39:29.
[James Bartleman on Challenges Faced by Aboriginal Kids]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cheryl Jackson
James Bartleman
Description
Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant-Governor and author of the book As Long As the Rivers Flow discusses the legacy of residential schools.
Duration: 18:57.
Land Claims [Part One]
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip: A Claim Against the Crown
The Need for a Unique Métis Claims Process - Minister's Special Representative Report (2016) on Métis Section 35 Rights
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Zachary Davis
Description
Two presentations: "The Need for a Unique Métis Claims Process - Minister's Special Representative Report (2016) on Métis Section 35 Rights" and "Métis Scrip: A Claim Against the Crown". Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:54:44.
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights & Scrip Conference
“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Description
Key note presentation entitled "“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base." Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:28:35.
Scrip and the History of the Métis Nation of Alberta
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip and Alberta Métis
Understanding the Legacy of Métis Scrip: The Alberta Métis Perspective
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jason Madden
Audrey Poitras
Description
Two presentations: "Métis Scrip and Alberta Métis" and "Understanding the Legacy of Métis Scrip: The Alberta Métis Perspective" followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:27:15.
Tribal Land Claims: A Generation of Federal Indian Law on the Edge
Alternate Title
Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Arlinda Locklear
Description
Explains the doctrine of discovery and the Oneida land claim case.
Duration: 1:02:12.