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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.
At the Autumn River Camp: Part 1
Alternate Title
At the Autumn River Camp: Part One
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Documentary shows traditional way of life for nomadic Netsilik Inuit moving to river valley in late autumn and, fishing, and building shelters out of snow and skins.
Duration: 26:18.
At the Autumn River Camp, Part 2
Alternate Title
At the Autumn River Camp, Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional way of life for nomadic Netsilik Inuit as they move again. The men construct an igloo and build a sleigh of skins, frozen fish and caribou antlers.
Duration: 33:06.
At the Caribou Crossing Place: Part 1
Alternate Title
At the Caribou Crossing Place: Part One
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows the traditional way of life for nomadic Netsilik Inuit at camp in early autumn. A woman works on caribou hides, men return from hunting caribou and a boy is picking berries.
Duration 30:17
At the Caribou Crossing Place: Part 2
Alternate Title
At the Caribou Crossing Place: Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit at camp. In anticipation of the caribou hunt, they build a row of inukshuits, to aid in the hunt.
Duration: 29:26
At the Spring Ice Camp: Part 3
Alternate Title
At the Spring Ice Camp: Part Three
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. Lone hunter travelling with sled dogs, snares a squirrel and uncovers hidden fish. Community packs up and moves to shore for the summer.
Duration: 26:33.
At the Spring Sea Ice Camp: Part 2
Alternate Title
At the Spring Sea Ice Camp: Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. Men hunt seal to skin, polar bear dries and people eat raw fish.
Duration: 36:35.
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 1
Alternate Title
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part One
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. A family travels with dogs and sleds stopping to make camp. The men cut blocks and the women shovel the site for the igloo. One of the men gets a seal.
Duration: 35:42.
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 2
Alternate Title
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. Children at play, fixing of igloo, making clothes and a seal catch for the day. Duration: 36:16.
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 3
Alternate Title
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part Three
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. A large community igloo is constructed, women work and play games with children. Seal cut up and distributed.
Duration: 30:14.
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 4
Alternate Title
At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part Four
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Young
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows traditional nomadic life of the Netsilik Inuit. In a community igloo, women and men gamble at spear-the-peg game. The day ends with drumming and singing.
Duration: 34:40.
Aviators of Hudson Strait
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
William Weintraub
Description
Documentary looks at early Canadian aviation with Thomas A. Lawrence talking about an expedition to Ungava Bay and Hudson Strait.
Duration: 28:20.
Building a Kayak, Part 1
Alternate Title
Building a Kayak, Part One
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows the traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit depicting men building a kayak on the shore.
Duration: 32:20.
Building a Kayak, Part 2
Alternate Title
Building a Kayak, Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Shows the traditional nomadic way of life of the Netsilik Inuit. Men finish building the kayak.
Duration: 32:46.
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.
Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 2: Rama Indian Reserve
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Peter Pearson
Description
Writer and community organizer challenges several young Native men to organize their reserve communities in an effort to change the Indian Act.
Duration: 32:06.
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part 1
Alternate Title
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part One
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Film chronicles life at the isolated community depicting the reinforcement of the weir before commencing fishing.
Duration: 30:20.
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part 2
Alternate Title
Fishing at the Stone Weir: Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Fishing continues and is completed for the women to process the catch and cook some in a stone pot.
Duration: 26:54.
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.
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.
Group Hunting on Spring Ice: Part 1
Alternate Title
Group Hunting on Spring Ice: Part One
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Film explores the kinship that exists during a spring seal hunt in this remote Inuit community.
Duration: 34:15.
Group Hunting on Spring Ice: Part 2
Alternate Title
Group Hunting on Spring Ice: Part Two
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Film follows Nelsilik men hunting on the sea ice and women preparing a mean and previously caught game.
Duration: 27:56.
Group Hunting on Spring Ice: Part 3
Alternate Title
Group Hunting on Spring Ice: Part Three
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Chronicle of spring seal hunt on the sea ice and the return to camp where the women process the catch.
Duration: 33:00.
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.
The Inconvenient Indian
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michelle Latimer
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
90th Parallel Productions
Stewart Henderson
Justine Pimlott ... [et al.]
Description
Documentary inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Thomas King explores historical attitudes and efforts to colonize Indigenous peoples and contemporary expressions of resistance.
Duration: 1h, 29 min.
Indian Memento: Indians of Canada Pavillion - Expo 67
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michel Régnier
Description
A montage of film, without commentary, taken of the artifacts within the pavillion along with the placards which tell the story of the Indian in North America.
Duration:18:12.
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.
Jigging For Lake Trout
Alternate Title
Netsilik Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Film documents springtime in the Canadian arctic as a Netsilik family camps on the ice and endures a blizzard.
Duration: 31:56.
Labrador North
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roger Hart
Description
Film explores the impact of forced relocation on the Labrador people to larger communities.
Duration: 37:33.
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
The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Co Hoedeman
Description
Animated short uses puppets to enact the story of how the raven got its black feathers.
Duration: 6:39.
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.
PowWow at Duck Lake
Alternate Title
Challenge for Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Hughes
Description
Documentary filmed during a community discussion of Aboriginal issues such as residential schools, lack of employment, and economic opportunism.
Duration: 14:30.
Some Natives of Churchill
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Scott
Description
Documentary film narrated by local inhabitants that stayed even after the town's boom was over.
Duration: 27:21.
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.
Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice: Part 2
Alternate Title
Netsilik Series
Stalking Seal on the Spring Ice: Part Two
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Quentin Brown
Description
Documents the activities of a Netsilik family unit hunting seal on the spring ice floes. Shows techniques of stalking, killing, skinning, butchering and preparing the hide and internal organs for use. Also depicts the division of labour between the men and women.
Duration: 33:45.
Starblanket
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Donald Brittain
Description
Indian chief Noel Starblanket is seen in action, from talking to government officials for grants, to solving the domestic problems of his reserve.
Duration: 27:20.
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.
Tuktu and the Ten Thousand Fishes
Alternate Title
The Stories of Tuktu
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Laurence Hyde
Description
Tuktu, a fictional elder, recalls a fishing trip to the ancient stone weir.
Duration: 14:13.
Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
Alternate Title
The Stories of Tuktu
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Laurence Hyde
Description
Tuktu, a fictional elder, recalls the Inuits' strength in hunting and other activities including the drum dance.
Duration: 14:18.