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"The Cross-Heart People": Race and Inheritance in the Silent Western

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Journal of Popular Film and Television, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter, 2003, pp. 181-[?]
Western films from 1908 to 1916 depict popular attitudes toward interracial romance and government policies of the time in areas such as the military, land use, Indian assimilation and boarding schools.
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Crossroads: A Conversation with Sherman Alexie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Purdy
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 4, Series 2; [Special Issue on] Sherman Alexie, Winter, 1997, pp. [1]-18
Interview with the acclaimed author conducted in October 1997. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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"A Cuchi Moya!" - Star Trek's Native Americans

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katja Kanzler
American Studies Journal, no. 49, Special Edition: The Best of ASJ, 2007, p. [?]
Looks at the representation of multiculturalism in the science fiction show.
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Decolonization through Collaborative Filmmaking: Sharing Stories from the Heart

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Carlson
Gladys Rowe
Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot
Sarah Story
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. [23]-49
Explores collective documentary filmmaking as an instrument of decolonizing storytelling, describes the consensus-based work of a diverse group including both Indigenous and settler artists involved in the Stories of Decolonization project's first short film Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement.
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Desire, Settler Colonialism, and the Racialized Cowboy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beenash Jafri
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 2, The Settler Complex, 2013, pp. 73-86
Examines the film Indian Cowboy to demonstrate how the desire to access settler subjectivity is expressed by racialized subjects.
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Developing Indigenous Visual Arts Transnationally and Across Genres

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Birgit Daewes
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 263-271
This review essay uses Visualities 2: More Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art edited by Denise K. Cummings to discuss the recent developments in Indigenous films and visual texts.
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Diabetes Film Series Focuses on Prevention

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 2, June 2002, p. 17

Review of film The Sweetness In Life: A Diabetes Story an award-winning TV series produced by Doug Cuthand, hosted by Monica Goulet and Tasha Hubbard; looks at diabetes awareness, treatment and prevention.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.41.

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DIAMA: Digitizing the Inuit and Aboriginal Media Archive

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
DIAMA (Digitizing the Inuit and Aboriginal Media Archive)
DIAMA preserves archives by cleaning, reformatting, digitizing and uploading materials collected since the 1970's. The website is searchable by language/culture, topic and location.
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Dionne Brand and Alanis Obomsawin: Polyphony in the Poetics of Resistance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Lúia Milléo Martins
Ilha Do Desterro, no. 56, Jan./June 2009, pp. 151-164
Looks at Dionne Brand's poetry and documentaries, Sister in the Struggle and Long Time Comin' and Alanis Obomsawin documentaries, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance and Rocks at Whiskey Trench.
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Edward Curtis Meets the Kwakwaka'wakw: In the Land of the Head Hunters

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
Website developed as part of the project to restore the famous silent film, the first to exclusively star Aboriginals. Contains links to the project, information on the film, score and dances, and photo exhibits.
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Eekwol: Too Sick

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eekwol
Video by Aboriginal hip-hop artist Eekwol.
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Engaged Resistance in American Indian Art, Literature and Film

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean Rader
Peace Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2003, pp. 179-186
Discusses how communication is linked to Aboriginal histories, cultures and beliefs. Uses Louise Erdrich's poem Dear John Wayne and the film Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie as an examples.
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Enunciation: Urban Indigenous Being, Digital Storytelling and Indigenous Film Aesthetics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Angela Salamanca
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 183-207
This project examines a collection of digital stories created by urban Indigenous youth, parents and educators; using theories of self-determination, sovereignty and survivance article argues that urban living can contribute to the strength and endurance of Indigenous identities and ways of being.
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Ethnic Cleansing, Homestyle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jace Weaver
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1994, pp. 27-39
Examines images of Indigenous peoples in the American musical on stage and film, from the past to the present.
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Eufrosina's Revolution

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sophie M. Lavoie
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 2, 2016, pp. 205-207
Film review of: Eufrosina's Revolution by H. Hofmann, L. Pardo, K. Bukantz (Producers), and L. Kaplan (Director). Film about women who overcome barriers in Mexico.
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The Exiles: Native Survivance and Urban Space in Downtown Los Angeles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Liza Black
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 155-182
Author argues that the film The Exiles is the first in which Indigenous people are able to represent their own urban experience.
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Fact or Fiction? (Genre) Boarder Crossing in American Indian Film

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Schweninger
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 94-[?]
Discusses various documentary and narrative fiction films and shows how embedded historical and cultural information is meant to educate the viewer and undermine the notion of fixed genre.
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Family Tremors: Margot Nash's Call Me Mum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Marsh
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Marriage; Family and Kinship in Australia:The Persistence of Life and Hope, 2013, pp. 103-116
Film looks at three troubled mothers in protagonists life: his birth mother, foster mother and foster grandmother.
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[Filmmaker Lisa Meeches Gives Back to the Storytelling Circle]

Alternate Title
Trailbreakers ; Episode 300079755
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Don Kelly
Lisa Meeches
Former reporter and host of Sharing Circle discusses her previous experiences and her latest production, We Were Children, which deals with residential schools. Episode of Trailbreakers which aired August 21, 2012. Duration: 27:30.
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Films: Edward S. Curtis: An Old Picture in a New Frame

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ira Jacknis
Visual Anthropology Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring-Summer, 2000, pp. 88-92
Review of the film: Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians directed by Anne Makepeace.
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Finding Our Way: Discussion Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leone Sandercock
Scott Graham
Film about conflict between the Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation (Burns Lake Band) and the Village of Burns Lake. In 2000 the municipality cut off water and sewage services to the reserve, which led in turn to the Band taking the Village to the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
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