Search
Media » Film and Video
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.
The Code Breakers
Alternate Title
The Nature of Things ; 2010-2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Niobe Thompson
Tom Radford
Description
Presents new archaeological discoveries about when the first humans entered the new world.
Episode of The Nature of Things which was broadcast January 13, 2011.
Duration: 45:13
[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.
Crisis on Tap: First Nations Water for Life
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
University of Victoria Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Description
Documentary takes a critical look at the environmental public health challenge as expressed by First Nations peoples living in Canada.
Duration: 30:15.
Douglas Talks About ... The National Museum of the American Indian: Part One
Alternate Title
Stories from the Douglas Cardinal Collection
[Douglas Cardinal Archive Project]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Cardinal
Elizabeth Paradis
Description
Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal talks about the process of being commissioned for the project and the development of his design.
Duration: 19:26.
Douglas Talks About ... The National Museum of the American Indian: Part Two
Alternate Title
Stories from the Douglas Cardinal Collection
[Douglas Cardinal Archive Project]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Cardinal
Elizabeth Paradis
Description
Douglas Cardinal talks about the issues that arose during construction of the building and the events which ultimately led to termination of his participation in the project.
Duration: 15:59.
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.
Intangible Heritage: The Cosmology of a Cultural Landscape
Alternate Title
St. Thomas Native Awareness Days ; 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maureen Matthews
Description
Speaker discusses Pimachiowin Aki, a project involving six Aboriginal communities and two provincial parks that are lobbying for 4.3 million hectors of land in Northern Manitoba and Ontario to be designated a UNESCO world heritage site.
Part 1: 30:42.
Part 2: 26:44.
Kate Hennessy-Repatriation, Digital Media, and Culture in the Virtual Museum
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessay
Description
Discusses two perspectives on repatriation of cultural property in relation to virtual repatriation and associated community media projects by the Doig River First Nation and the Inuvialuit community in the western Arctic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Duration: 40:36
Medicine Walk with Elder Betty: Beginning of the Growing Season Outside Moose Jaw
Alternate Title
[Early Spring Medicine Walk with Elder Betty McKenna]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Betty McKenna
Description
Elder explains the identification, harvesting, preparation and uses of plants found in south central Saskatchewan.
Duration: 11:27.
Medicine Walk with Elder Betty: Early in the Growing Season Outside of Moose Jaw
Alternate Title
[Late Spring Medicine Walk with Elder Betty McKenna]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Betty McKenna
Description
Elder explains the identification, harvesting, preparation and uses of plants found in South Central Saskatchewan.
Duration: 8:17.
Medicine Walk with Elder Betty: Late in the Growing Season Outside of Moose Jaw
Alternate Title
[Early Fall Medicine Walks with Elder Betty McKenna]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Betty McKenna
Description
Elder explains the identification, harvesting, preparation and uses of plants found in South Central Saskatchewan.
Duration: 11:27.
Medicine Walk with Elder Betty: Middle of the Growing Season Outside of Moose Jaw
Alternate Title
[Summer Medicine Walk with Elder Betty McKenna]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Betty McKenna
Description
Elder explains the identification, harvesting, preparation and uses of plants found in South Central Saskatchewan.
Duration: 11:23.
Medicine Walk with Elder Walter: Beginning of the Growing Season
Alternate Title
[Medicine Walk with Elder Walter Lavallee]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Walter Lavallee
Description
Elder explains the identification, preparation and uses of plants indigenous to the area around the Piapot First Nation.
Duration: 11:38.
Native Science and Western Science: Possibilities For a Powerful Collaboration
Alternate Title
Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Leroy Little Bear
Description
Looks at bringing together current fields of learning with Indigenous worldviews.
Duration: 1:32:51.
People of a Feather
Alternate Title
People of a Feather: Educational Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
The Arctic Eider Society
Sanikiluaq Running Pictures
Joel Heath
Community of Sanikiluaq
Description
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.
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.
The Real Avatar
Alternate Title
The Nature of Things ; season 2010-2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roberto Verdecchia
Mike Hanna
Description
Documentary investigates the resource boom's effects on the Indigenous people of Peru.
Episode of The Nature of Things which aired July 7, 2011.
Duration: 1:22:47.
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.
Uncharted Territory: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Zimmer
Mary DeCesare
Description
Comments on a British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor and map-maker who travelled 90,000 kilometres and mapped 4.9 million square kilometres of North America.
Duration: 58:14.
Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Community members take part in a scheme to help keep a family from moving to the big city in this feature length stop-motion animation film.
Duration: 72:11.
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.