Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 36, no. 3, 2006, pp. 293-309
Description
Compares the original film from 1914 to the restored 1973 version arguing that the reconstruction still attempts to make a manipulate melodrama into an ethnographic piece.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 58-74
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Describes a program that records the narratives of youths who were bullied, the films were shown to non-Aboriginal youth in an effort to address racism and its effects.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 97-118
Description
Looks at films as social barometers of attitudes and ideologies; films discussed: Dances With Wolves, Black Robe, Thunderheart, Clearcut, Loyalties, Company of Strangers, Where the Spirit Lives, Spirit Rider, and Powwow Highway.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 29-42
Description
Discusses the Traditional Pathways to Health (TPTH) project in which students choose a health topic of interest and produce a video to present to their community; emphasis is placed on a holistic approach to wellness.
American Anthropologist, vol. 108, no. 2, June 2006, pp. 376-384
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Highlights several of the films shown at the First NationsFirst Features: A Showcase of World Indigenous Film and Media festival in terms of both onscreen and offscreen impact.
Visual Anthropology , vol. 19, no. 3-4, 2006, pp. 201-222
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Discusses director Robert Flaherty's methodology, which combined aspects of a documentary with a fictional storyline, and his portrayal of the Inuit in film.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 153-189
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Paper focuses on responses to Westerns, explains why controlling their public image is important to Native Americans and discusses use of how they are using film and video documentaries to re-present themselves.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 265-286
Description
Summarizes research project, Traditional Pathways to Health developed in partnership with teachers to help Aboriginal youth identify factors impacting their health and wellness using video as a tool of understanding.
Examines early Native American cinematic representation in photography and film and discusses how Native filmmakers are reclaiming their stories and retelling them in their own voices.
Art Journal, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 1995, pp. 48-52
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Reviews and discusses work of Hopi video and filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Jr. who integrates experiences of traditional American Indian world with Native American media.
Viewers guide to 13 films, by eleven Canadian Aboriginal directors, spanning the years 1987-2002 and produced by/in association with the National Film Board of Canada.
Films include:
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance by Alanis Obomsawin (writer, director) - 1993, 119 minutes.
No Turning Back: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Greg Coyes (director) - 1996, 47 minutes.
How the Fiddle Flows by Greg Coyes (director) - 2002, 48 minutes.
Singing Our Stories by Annie Fraziér Henry (director) --1998, 49 minutes.
Hands of History by Loretta Todd (direct
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 43-57
Description
Discussion of a Culturally Based Education (CBE) program, which combined student technology and interviews of community members, presentations and meetings.