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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.
Martha of the North
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marquise Lepage
Martha Flaherty
Description
Documentary about federal government's relocation of Inuit families to the High Arctic and the hardships they endured.
Duration: 47:40.
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.