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[Aboriginal Peoples of Canada]
Aboriginal Title
The Bear Facts
Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 3:58.
[Big Bear's Story]
The Birch Bark Canoe: Navigating a New World
Discusses the importance of the Indigenous invention in the development of Canada.
Additional Material: The Birch Bark Canoe: Navigating a New World: 21st Century Curriculum Connections and Video Resource for Manitoba Teachers (Grades 5-9).
Birth of a Family [Educational Version]
Building a Tipi: Video Series
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
[Canadian History and the Indian Residential School System]
Cree Code Talker
Short documentary about Charles "Checker" Tomkins, a Métis from Grouard, Alberta, and his service during his attachment to the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
Duration: 13:31.
Crisis on Tap: First Nations Water for Life
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
Engaging Native American Youth in Learning
Engaging Youth with Indigenous Material in Libraries and Classrooms
First Nations and the Resource Future: The Path to Economic Partnership
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
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.
The Gift of Language and Culture Project: [Interviews with] Elders; Albert Ross Interview
God's Lake Narrows
Grandfather Teachings with Elder Hazel
Herb Rice: Master Carver
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
History of Modern Aboriginal Law
How People Got Fire
How Raven Steals the Sun: Retold and Drawn by Quentin Harris
Salish artist retells the traditional story while drawing step-by-step visual interpretation.
Duration: 1:30:23.
[How to Make a Coast Salish Drum]
I Am But a Little Woman
I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik
Identity
Indigenous Storytelling with Elder Hazel
Indigenous Voices
Indigi-Genuis
Series of 13 videos (each approximately 5 minutes long), geared toward children, explore how Indigenous knowledge and traditions have contributed to the modern world.
The Invisible Nation
Justice for Aboriginal Peoples: It's Time
Kidnapped Stó:lō Boys
Video tells the story of Sto:lo boys who were taken from their homes by prospectors for the purpose of using them as labourers in the California goldfields and the community's commemoration of the event.
Duration: 19:38.
Kiuguyat: The Northern Lights
Indigenous Alaskans discuss their experience of the aurora borealis. Duration: 25:25.
Land of the Long Day
Film shows daily activities of an Inuit community during an Arctic summer on Alukseevee Island in 1953. Duration: 37: 57.
Related material: Documentary Lens Lesson Plan.
Lumaajuuq
Making "nawacahikan" with Daniel Cook [Part 1]
The Man and the Giant: An Eskimo Legend
Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
Marie's Dictionary
Medicine Wheel Teachings by Napos, Menominee Nation
Moose Hide = Golǫdhéh
Describes the process of preparing and curing moose hide.
Muin: The Celestial Bear: A Hight Sky Story from the Mi'kmaw Nation
Story describes the movement of stars associated with the cycle of the seasons.
The Mystery of the Bell
Documentary looks into the disappearance and re-appearance of the 'The Bell of Batoche' which was proported to have been seized by soldiers during the North-West Resistance. Duration: 45:09.
Related Material: Teacher Resource Guide.
Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail
Members of Blackfoot, Mandan, Hidatsa, Shoshone, Salish, Nez Perce, Yakama, and Chinookan nations speak about their history and culture. Duration: 35:50.
Related material: Teacher Guide.