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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
Overview and Big Questions: Invited Speakers
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Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Peter Hutchins
Description
Presenter wraps up the conference by asking the big question: where is the rule of law and is it still applicable in state indigenous relations, not only common law, but international law, and indigenous law?
Duration: 31:50.
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
National Film Board (NFB)
Ravida Din
Description
Documentary examines the housing crisis facing Attawapiskat First Nation, which precipitated Chief Theresa Spence's declaration of a state of emergency.
Duration: 50:14.
The Perspective of the Crown: Impacts of the Cases on Constitutional Duties and on the Law of Consultation and Accommodation
Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Julie Blackhawk
Description
Presenter highlights of some of the implications of the two decisions, Grassy Narrows and Tsilhqot'in, on aboriginal rights and the management of natural resources from the perspective of the federal crown.
Duration: 52:14.
A Place in the Middle
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kumu Hina Wong-Kalu
Dean Hamer
Joe Wilson
Description
Film about the Hawaiian approach to gender diversity and a true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school. For grades 6-12.
Duration: 24:41
Discussion Guide.
[Prayer and the Spiritual in Health Ways]
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[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 04]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tom Belt
Description
Webcast of a presentation at the Health and Wellbeing Symposium by a teacher of Cherokee grammar.
Duration: 34:48.
[Priscilla Settee]
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TEDx Talks : U of S (University of Saskatchewan)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Priscilla Settee
Description
Priscilla Settee talks about her book, Strength of Women: Ahkamlyimowak. A collection of powerful stories about the resilience of women.
Duration: 17:20.
[Q & A]
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[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 05]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Tom Belt
Beverly Cook
Louise McDonald]
Description
Webcast of a question and answer period with three speakers from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing symposium.
Duration: 33:24.
Qalupalik
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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.
[Rande Cook Studio Visit]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rande Cook
Description
Artist talks about his upcoming solo show at the Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Duration: 23:17.
Re-Imagining and Indigenizing the Library's Role in Educating New Teachers
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Naslund
Sarah Dupont
Description
Looks at the support offered by the library to the teacher education program, the integration of First Nations history, content and world-views, and the commitment to inquiry and research oriented education.
Duration: 1:08:10.
(Re)Presenting America: The Evolution of Culturally Specific Museums
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Hurst Thomas
Description
Speaker discusses the history of the relationship between the disciplines of anthropology and natural history, and the treatment of American Indians as specimens and a "vanishing" race.
Duration: 26:23.
Reconciliation and the Honour of the Crown? The Queen's Obligation to Act Equally
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Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Aimée Craft
Description
Presenter speaks about what can be taken from the two cases, Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in, both in a positive light and from a critical perspective.
Duration: 30:14.
Reconciliation Here on Earth: Shared Responsibilities
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Environment, Sustainability and Society Lecture Series
MacKay Lecture Series
Reconciliation: Responsibility for Shared Futures
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Tully
Description
Discusses the how reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous peoples is linked to environmental sustainability.
Duration: 1:37:16.
[Reconciliation in an Era of Globalization]
Alternate Title
Annual ANU Reconciliation Lecture ; 2012
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tim Flannery
Description
Presenter discusses how people are adopting global solutions to global problems and how the nature of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and other Australians is influenced by these trends.
Duration: 47:06.
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Course Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Description
Goal of the course is to help educators think about how they can center or re-center Indigenous ways of knowing into their work.
Duration: 13:18.
Reconciling Injustices in a Pluralistic Canada [Chief Robert Joseph]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robert Joseph
Description
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Discusses ways to reconcile.
Duration: 27:04.
Reconciling Injustices in a Pluralistic Canada [Dara Parker]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dara Parker
Description
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society.
Speaks about reconciliation with queer communities in Canada.
Duration: 11:23.
Reconciling Injustices in a Pluralistic Canada [Henry Yu]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Henry Yu
Description
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society.
Speaker discusses the "real" history of Canada including residential schools and the head tax.
Duration: 12:00.
Reconciling Injustices in a Pluralistic Canada [Maryka Omatsu]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maryka Omatsu
Description
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Discusses the Japanese/Canadian Redress Settlement in 1988 as a template for reconciliation.
Duration: 12:49.
Reconciling Injustices in a Pluralistic Canada [Naveen Girn]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Naveen Girn
Description
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society.
Speaks about the intercultural interaction.
Duration: 7:36.
Reconciling Injustices in a Pluralistic Canada [Robbie Waisman]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robbie Waisman
Description
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Presents a speech by a holocaust survivor.
Duration: 15:11.
[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.
Red Skin, White Masks
Alternate Title
Annual Critical Race and Anticolonial Studies Conference: Unsettling Conversations, Unmaking Racisms & Colonialism ; 14th
R.A.C.E. Network’s 14th Annual Critical Race and Anticolonial Studies Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Glen Coulthard
Description
Author presents thoughts on where decolonization should take us. Podcast from the 14th Annual Critical Race and AntiColonial Studies Conference, Unsettling Conversations, Unmaking Racisms and Colonialisms.
Duration: 57:22.
Redefining Indigenous Perspectives Through Art and Dialogue with Bob Haozous
Alternate Title
Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community; 9th, 2012
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Haozous
Description
Noted sculptor speaks about specific works and the meaning behind them.
Duration: 01:08:21.
Regional Practitioners Colloquium
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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.
The Reindeer People
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National Geographic Live!
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Erika Larsen
Description
Photographer who lived with the Sámi for several years speaks about her experiences.
Duration: 22:40.
Remembering the Past: A Window to the Future: Stained Glass Window in Parliament Artist Description of Giniigaaniimenaaning
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Christi Belcourt
Description
Artist explains the elements in her work commemorating residential school survivors.
Duration: 13:32.
[Rhiannon Johnson: 2012 Trent University Indigenous Women's Symposium Spoken Word]
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[Trent University Indigenous Women's Symposium ; 2012]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rhiannon Johnson
Description
Author recites three poems written by herself.
Duration: 5:07.
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.
The River of Healing
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jody Cotter
Union of Ontario Indians HIV/AIDS Program
Regan Pictures
Description
Video discusses harm reduction programs for drug users, nature of addiction, therapies for treatment, and the Niigan Mosewak youth initiative. Launched in conjunction with the Little Spirit Moon Conference
Duration: 33:08.
[Rooting Our Lives in a Sustainable Paradigm]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Evon Peter
Description
Evon Peter speaks at a Food and Seed Sovereignty Symposium held in Tesuque, NM.
Duration: 21:16.
Rougarou
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marjorie Beaucage
Description
Presents a story about the spirit of a traditional Métis shapeshifter who transforms people's lives.
Duration: 5:31.
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.
[Roundtable Discussion on Youth Engagement]
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Boosho! Brandon
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Ironside
Shari Decter Hirst
Charlotte Larocque
Murray Sinclair
Leah La Plante
Greg Monias
Description
Discussion with the panel regarding inclusion, engagement, and the future of youth.
Duration: 38:38.
The Sacred Space of Womanhood: Mothering Across the Generations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health
Description
Highlights of a two-day gathering of over 160 participants held January 24-25, 2012 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Duration: 17:14.
Accompanying report.
Saskatchewan First Nations and the Province's Resource Future: The Path to Economic Certainty
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Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy Public Lecture
JSGS Public Lecture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations outlines Canadian First Nations governance structure and highlights major events, legislation, and court decisions which form the framework for future negotiations.
Duration: 1:31:59.
Presentation Slides
Saskatoon HIV/AIDS Reduction Program (SHARP)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Riley Moynes
Jordan Haaland
Sheila Mann
Description
Brief video contains description of program and interviews with some participants.
Duration: 11:21.
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience: Panel 1-Q and A. Joe Clark, Andrew Lee]
Alternate Title
Institute for the Study of International Development Conference 2014
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Question and Answer Period]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joe Clark
Andrew Lee
Description
Remarks by Joe Clark and Andrew Lee regarding the important role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission followed by a question and answer period facilitated by the Commissioners.
Duration: 1:10:48.
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience. Wilton Littlechild]
Alternate Title
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
[Setting the Stage: Canada's Experience]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Webcast focuses on discussing three points: where the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission is situated on the international stage, the special visit to Canada by the UN Special Rapporteur, James Anaya, and the interim report recommendations on the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples.
Duration: 18:25.
Shapeshifting: Inviting Change Through Exhibiting Native American Art
Alternate Title
Hybridity: Objects, Trade, and Transformation: A Mini-Symposium
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Karen Kramer Russell
Description
Curator of Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art, mounted at the Peabody Essex Museum in 2012, speaks about the exhibition.
Duration: 27:48.
Sharing the Creative Spirit: Indigenous Community Art Projects
Alternate Title
Indian Arts Research Center at the School of Advanced Research 2014 Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Christi Belcourt
Sherry Farrell Racette
Dylan Miner
Douglas Miles
Description
Three projects are discussed: Walking with Our Sisters, Anishnaabensag Biimskowebshkigewag (Native Kids Ride Bikes), and Apache Skateboards.
Duration: 1:13:53.