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Author/Creator
Naadweechige-Gamig Wikwemikong Health Centre
FirstTel TV5
Bobby Osawabine
Thecla Neganegijig
Marie Eshkibok-Trudeau
Mark Eshkawkogan
Brian Peltier
Description
In ten videos, Knowledge keepers from Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island) share thoughts and advice about staying physically and spiritually strong during the COVID pandemic. Six of the ten focus on identification and harvesting of plants for food and medicines.
Building a Tipi: Video Series
Alternate Title
Gr K-12: The Tipi
Tipi Camp: Virtual Tour
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Miriam Thomas
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Description
Six videos explain the steps in the construction of the traditional buffalo hide tipi which was created for the First Nations Gallery of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. They are: preparing the hides, tanning the hides, sewing the hides, setting up the tipi, blessing the tipi, and tipi living.
Accompanied by a virtual tour of the tipi camp in the First Nations Gallery.
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
COVID-19 in Indigenous Populations: Not Repeating the Past
Alternate Title
COVID-19 Indigenous: Are We Pandemic Ready?: A National Lens
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Diane Longboat
Rodney Haring
Isadore Day Wiindawtegowini
Description
Duration: 1:28:50.
[Cree Star Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilfred Buck
Description
Science facilitator from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (Manitoba) tells stories associated with stars, discusses how culture and spirituality are intertwined with Indigenous knowledge, his ideas about gathering together Elders from all nations to share their people's star stories, and his mission to distribute portable planetariums.
Duration: 1:14:20.
Decolonizing Research: Collecting Two-Spirit Data in Culturally Affirming Ways
Alternate Title
KT Connects
Two-Spirit in Health Research
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Harlan Pruden
Description
Webinar presenter discusses Two-Spirit identity and the differences between that and non-Indigenous concepts and understandings of LGBTQI, the Two-Spirit Dry Lab, practical advice on best practices, and recently published guidance.
Duration: 47:52.
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
The Future of Indigenous Health in the Time of COVID-19
Alternate Title
Developing a Strategy to Re-Open during Wave 2 of COVID-19
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Evan Adams
Lisa Richardson
Description
Webinar.
Duration: 1:00:01.
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
Martin Shulman
Calvin Racette
Lorna Payne
Peter Myo
Description
Brief video discusses the life of the Metis leader and his role in the 1885 Resistance. Duration: 7:25.
Related Material: Transcript; Teacher's Guide.
Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel
Alternate Title
Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel Video Response: Grades 6-8 Teacher Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Description
In a series of videos Elder Hazel Dixon discusses the seven principles underlying the Indigenous approach to life: wisdom, love, respect, courage, honest, humility and truth.
Accompanying material: Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel Video Response: Grades 6-8 Teacher Package.
The Highway of Tears
Alternate Title
VPRO Documentary
[Where Women Go Missing in Canada]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Emy Koopman
VPRO
Description
Documentary about the dozens of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls who have disappeared on the stretch of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Focuses on the family of Ramona Lisa Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after twenty-five years.
Duration: 50:10.
History of Métis Lands in Alberta
Alternate Title
Families on the Move: Scrip and Stories of Migration
Métis Archaeology, Land, and Rights in Alberta
Métis Land: Rights & Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip and the Edmonton River Lot Inhabitants
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kisha Supernant
Alice Glaze
Leah Hrycun
Description
Three presentations: "Métis Archaeology, Land, and Rights in Alberta", "Families on the Move: Scrip and Stories of Migration", and "Métis Scrip and the Edmonton River Lot Inhabitants". Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:39:37.
How Raven Steals the Sun: Retold and Drawn by Quentin Harris
Alternate Title
Indigenous Education Films
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Harris
Description
Salish artist retells the traditional story while drawing step-by-step visual interpretation.
Duration: 1:30:23.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic/Syndemic on Indigenous Peoples in Canada & USA
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Niigaan Sinclair
Kiera Ladner
Valerie Gideon
Evan Adams
Bonnie Healy
Courtney Skye
Kim Pate
Julliette Nicolet
Megan Minoka Hill
Damien Lee
Description
Online conference consists of two panels which address the questions "How might data better help us understand the unequal effects of COVID-19 and ensure Indigenous capacity, preparedness and resilience?' and 'How has the community experienced COVID-19?'.
Duration: 3:04:32.
Indigenous Architecture and Placekeeping: Roundtable Webinar
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Cardinal
Tamarah Begay
Daniel Glenn
Description
Panel members discuss their participation in the Unceded: Voices of the Land exhibit, how they incorporate Indigenous worldviews into their practice, the importance of consulting with communities, and furthering decolonization when designing buildings.
Duration: 1:44:25.
[James Bay Cree Experience Dramatic Change]
Alternate Title
The National ; November 11, 1985
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Kennedy
John Claccia
Billy Diamond
Albert Diamond
Georges Filotas
Teddy Moses
Harry Tulugak
Description
Discussion of the benefits and disadvantages of the James Bay Project, including polluted drinking water and future northern development. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section.
Duration: 4:33.
[Loggers Confront Haida Blockade]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Georges Tremel
Saturday Report
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Description
Discusses a confrontation between the Haida and loggers in British Columbia.
Duration: 3:29
Moose Hide = Golǫdhéh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Media » Film and Video
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes the process of preparing and curing moose hide.
National Indigenous Justice Summit - Panel 3 - Community-Based Calls for Action
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Drew Lafond
Judith Sayers
Beverly Jacobs
Niigaanwewidam Sinclair
Michelle Audette ... [et al.]
Description
A virtual summit to discuss the need for a mobilization effort by Indigenous communities for judicial reform.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Shorter Version]
Alternate Title
A young Cree man's death raised disturbing questions of racism in our legal system
CBC Docs POV
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
Description
A shorter version of the documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooting of Cree man Colton Boushie.
Duration: 44:03
Related Material:
Full Version
Plant Wisdom = Dechı̨tah t’ahsı́ı nezheh met’áhodéɂá
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes uses of moss and the soapberry bush.
Spruce Tree = Ts’u
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Brief description of some of the uses of the tree.
Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories
Alternate Title
Atima Atchakosuk: The Dog Stars (Ursa minor)
Achakapis: Little Spirit (Moon)
Makinak: The Turtle
Sisikwun: The Rattle
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilfred Buck
Description
Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.
Ziizibaakwadgummig: The Sugar Bush
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Doug Williams
Barbara Wall
Phil Abbott
Paradigm Pictures
Gabriel Maracle
Description
Series of five short videos: Stories; Collecting Maple Sap; Language; Maples Trees; and Maple Sugar.