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Our Generation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sinem Saban
Damien Curtis
Description
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide
Promising Practices in Indigenous Communities in Saskatchewan
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jake Hanna
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on AIDS initiatives developed by and for Aboriginals such as the Cree Haven Treatment Centre located on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation and the All Nations Hope organization.
Duration: 21:50.
Qalupalik
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ame Papatsie
Description
Animated short of legend about a half-human sea monster who traps disobedient children if they venture too close to shore. Accompanying material, Qalupalik: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 5:34.
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Igloolik Isuma Productions
Kunuk Cohn Productions
Zacharias Kunuk
Ian Mauro
Norman Cohn
Stéphane Rituit ... [et al.]
Description
Leaders, Elders and hunters speak about the social and ecological impact of warming in the Arctic. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Duration: 54:07.
Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ole Gjerstad
Joelie Sanguya
Description
Documentary examines the controversy surrounding the decline in the sled dog population between 1950-1970. Many Inuit believe that dogs were killed as part of government policy, while officials deny this claim.
Some images may be disturbing to viewers.
Duration: 68:08.
Re-Visioning Teacher Education: Understanding the Calls to Action
Alternate Title
Revisioning Teacher Education: Responding to the TRC Calls to Action
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kevin Lamoureux
Murray Sinclair
Ry Moran
Anne Lindsay
Description
Panel discussion relates the call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Duration: 1:41:18.
Reconciliation and Its Discontents: Settler Governance in an Age of Sorrow
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
Description
Speaker argues that in the context of the violent history of dispossession in State-Indigenous interactions, the residential school truth and reconciliation process privileges only one form of violation, and allows for absolution without accountability for crimes or true changes in government behaviour.
Duration: 1:22:38.
Reconciliation and the Métis of Canada
Alternate Title
Reconciliation and the Métis Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nicholas Vrooman
Kerry Sloan
Nathalie Kermoal
Description
Presenters discuss Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa of Montana's struggle for federal recognition, British Columbia Métis' perspectives on harvesting rights, and Canative Housing Corporation located in Edmonton, Alberta.
Duration: 1:31:39.
Reconciliation in Mission
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bear Paw Image Productions
Cyril X. Pierre
Dallas Yellowfly
Joe Ginger
Siwal Si'wes
Description
Focuses on the personal narratives of two survivors of St. Mary's Indian Residential School.
Duration: 37:30.
Reconciliation: The Children's Version
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Speaker talks about need for continued advocacy for First Nations children's right to the same level of services as other Canadian children and the human rights complaint against the Federal government.
Duration: 55:04.
Reconciliation: What Needs to Happen Next?
Alternate Title
Visionary Conversations Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nahanni Fontaine
Tina Keeper
Lenard Monkman
Ry Moran
Description
Panel discussion about moving from theory to action in reconciliation.
Duration: 1:30:11.
Reconciling Ethical Research with Métis, Inuit, First Nations People
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lynn Lavallée
Description
Indigenous researcher and chair of the Research Ethics Board at Ryerson University discusses past examples of unethical behaviour and analyzes Chapter 9 of Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS), which contains federal guidelines specific to research with Indigenous populations.
Duration: 58:49.
[Red: A Haida Manga]
Alternate Title
[Robson Reading Series]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Yahgulanaas
Description
Question and answer period with the artist who combines Haida artist conventions with Japanese animation and Chinese brush-painting techniques to tell traditional stories.
Duration: 46:15.
Regional Practitioners Colloquium
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Description
Presentations and roundtable discussion by several different professionals including architects and interior designers; Beverly J. Diddy, Paul Fragua, Tamara Gay, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Duration: 58:26.
Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rebel Sky Media
Brad Leitch
Adrienne Leitch
Mennonite Central Committee Saskatchewan
St. John's Lutheran Church
Description
Documentary about the Federal government's seizure of the Young Chippewayan Band's land and the subsequent sale of it to settlers and the relationship which develops between the Band and the people of Laird, Saskatchewan as they work together to resolve the issue.
Duration: 32:33.
Richard Wagamese 1: Performance Storytelling
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Description
Video clip from the performance storytellling presentation An Evening with Richard Wagamese. In the video Richard, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller, expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Richard Wagamese 2: Performance Storytelling
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Description
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese, an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip, Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Richard Wagamese 3: Performance Storytelling
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Description
Video clip from An Evening with Richard Wagamese an Ojibway columnist / novelist / storyteller. In the clip Richard expresses his views on language, orality and storytelling.
Rim First People: Participatory Design
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Fredericks
Description
Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.
Round Up
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Narcisse Blood
Description
Traces Pete Standing Alone's last round up of his horses and how his life has changed in the last twenty years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Duration:18:02.
The Secret Path
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gord Downie
Jeff Lemire
Mike Downie
Description
Animated film about Chanie Wenjack who died in 1966 trying to get back to Ogoki Post from Cecilia Jeffrey residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Includes post-show live panel on the road to reconciliation. Melanie Nepinak Hadley introduces panel that speaks to the video and reconciliation at large.
Video duration:46:15.
Panel discussion starts at 59:45.
Shaunee Casavant - Backstory: Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains and the Work of Ki-Ke-In
Alternate Title
Global Encounters Initiative, University of British Columbia
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame March 4-6, 2010 University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Media » Film and Video
Description
Chief Councilor of the Hupacasath Nation shares her story, place of being and knowledge about ceremonies, designs on Ceremonial Curtains and her own Ceremonial Curtain.
Duration: 1:03:13.
Sherman Alexie: Poet and Author
Alternate Title
UCSD Guestbook ; 6190
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ross Frank
Sherman Alexie
Description
Ross Frank interviews author, poet, and screenwriter of Smoke Signals Sherman Alexis. Discusses being an Indian artist in both worlds.
This program contains mature language and themes. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 27:39.
Sky City Cultural Center and Haaku Museum: A Community-Based Project
Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Barbara Felix
Brian Vallo
Description
Brian Vallo, looks at the history of the Acoma Pueblo and the Tourist Center. Barbara Felix discusses the design proposal and the Tourist Center's redevelopment.
Duration: 56:11.
Stepping into Governance, Chapter 4
Alternate Title
[Implementing the Vision] ; Chapter 4
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Description
Chapter four of series looks at the Tripartite First Nations Health Plan.
Duration: 9:57.
System of Wellness, Chapter 1
Alternate Title
[Implementing the Vision] ; Chapter 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Description
Chapter 1 of series explaining issues in First Nations health and the efforts to address them.
Duration: 7:39.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Chief Delbert Wapass
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Delbert Wapass
Description
Speaker discusses the treaty right to education and what it means for educators.
Duration: 24:23.
[Think Indigenous 2016: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Conference Opening]
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Blaine Favel
Bobby Cameron
Robert Doucette
Michelle Prytula
Curtis Peeteetuce
Johanna Angus
Chris Scribe
Description
Welcoming remarks and keynote presentation by artistic director of the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre and a participant in the theatre's Circle of Voices program.
Duration: 1:09:19.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Curtis Miller Jo
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Curtis Miller Jo
Description
Winner of Coast Mental Health's 2013 Courage to Come Back Award in the category of Social Adversity speaks about his work with youth at risk and special needs children.
Duration: 21:01.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Dallas Perry
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dallas Perry
Description
Speaker talks about community gardens as a way to decolonize food systems and reconnect with the land.
Duration: 17:25.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: [Edwin Tootoosis]
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Edwin Tootoosis
Description
Speech by Cree Elder (entirely in Cree).
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Genivive Killulark
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Genivive Killulark
Description
Inuit educational counsellor speaks about Nunavut Sivuniksavut program in Ottawa and what inspires her in her work.
Duration: 18:49.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon SK, Treaty 6 Territory: [Jeremy Thompson]
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jeremy Thompson
Description
Noted lacrosse player speaks about the importance of the game in his community's cultural traditions and beliefs, and his personal life.
Duration: 24:30.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon SK, Treaty 6 Territory: [Kathleen Bird]
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kathleen Bird
Description
Speaker talks about the importance of passing on knowledge of traditional medicines and healing practices.
Duration: 22:38.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Kenisha Tootoosis
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kenisha Tootoosis
Description
Young woman speaks about her personal story of healing and empowerment, and her time as the representative for missing and murdered women.
Duration: 22:58.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Kimberly Knight
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kimberly Knight
Description
Indian Teacher Education Program student speaks about education, how teachers can balance Western and Indigenous knowledge, and the importance of self-care.
Duration: 11:19.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Neal McLeod
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Neal McLeod
Description
Speaker discusses ideas for reviving Cree and incorporating it into everyday use.
Duration: 33:12.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Norman Fleury
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Norman Fleury
Description
Métis Elder speaks about the importance of culture, language, and pride in heritage.
Duration: 21:28.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Ryan McMahon
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ryan McMahon
Description
Opening remarks for symposium on Indigenous education.
Duration: 15:33.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Sharon Venne
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sharon Venne
Description
Lawyer speaks about the importance of knowing your Indigenous culture and being grounded in traditional teachings.
Duration: 23:12.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK Treaty 6 Territory: Shauneen Pete
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shauneen Pete
Description
Speaker discusses the importance of Indigenizing and decolonizing post-secondary education with particular reference to the University of Regina.
Duration:21:21.
This Is a Stereotype: [Misconceptions of the Native American]
Alternate Title
Visiting Artist: Cannupa Hanska Luger: Lecture and Film Screening
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Dylan McLaughlin]
Cannupa Hanska Luger
Description
Film combines archival footage with commentaries by contemporary artists, scholars and activists about identity.
Preceded by brief introduction by artist whose work inspired the film.
Duration: 40:21.
This River
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Katherena Vermette
Erika MacPherson
Alicia Smith
Iris Ng
David Christensen
Description
Short documentary focuses on the organization Drag the Red which searches the Red River for clues relating to missing members of the Indigenous community in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Duration: 19:00.
Tłı̨chǫ Ekwǫ̀ Nı̨hmbàa: The Dogrib Caribou Skin Lodge Project
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Description
Film looks at a project that used 75 caribou skins to make 2 replicas of the original lodge.
Duration: 28:07.
Accompanying materials.
Tomson Highway
Alternate Title
Rockburn Presents
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tomson Highway
Ken Rockburn
Description
Interview with a critically-acclaimed Canadian playwright and author.
Duration: 28:31.
Towards Forever ... An Indigenous Art Historical Worldview
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Steven Loft
Description
First National Trudeau Fellow discusses the Canadian art establishment's failure to recognize continuum of Aboriginal art or its aesthetic.
Duration: 1:08:05.
Traditional Use of Tobacco in Aboriginal Cultures
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alberta Health Services
Description
Brief animated video outlines traditional use in Alberta's Indigenous cultures and talks about misuse of commercial tobacco products. Classroom resource.
Duration: 5:30.
Treaties as a Bridge to the Future
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Block
Description
Looks at the benefits and interests of treaties for all people in Saskatchewan.
Duration: 11:59.
[Treaties: Pimacihowin ... the Future]
Alternate Title
Framing the Future
[Growing Saskatchewan Conference; 2010]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Milton Tootoosis
Description
Video of representative from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner speaking at the 2010 Growing Saskatchewan Conference.
Five parts. Viewer is automatically sent to next part.
Total duration: 59:10.