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Now Is the Time

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin L Dowell
BC Studies, no. 207, Autumn, 2020, pp. 130-131

Reviews Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter short film Now Is the Time. The films acts as a sequel to the 1970 National Film Board of Canada short film This Was the Time documenting the raising of the first totem pole on Haida Gwaii. To view article scroll down to page 130.

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Old Cowboys, New Indians: Hollywood Frames the American Indian

Alternate Title
Old Cowboys, New Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. V. (Thomas Vernon) Reed
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 75-96
Reviews and evaluates documentary and fictional Hollywood movies from the 1960s and 1970s, in relation to how the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the United States is portrayed.
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On-Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Intent is to provide decision-making guidelines for communities, content creators, funding bodies, and industry partners; share best practices; educate industry about cultural practices; and encourage informed, respectful dialogue by participants in productions.
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Onyx Film a Disappointment

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Beatty
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 3, March 1974, p. 27
Review of the film Alien Thunder, based on a true story written by W.O. Mitchell about Almighty Voice (Beardy and Okemasis First Nation).
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Our Children Are Our Future

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald J. Bougeois
Harry S. Coblentz
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 1982, pp. 391-394
Two reviews of the film: Our Children Are Our Future produced/directed by Tony Snowsill.
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Out in the Cold

Articles » General
Promotional and background information dealing with the film Out in the Cold which was inspired by the freezing deaths of First Nations men dropped at isolated locations by police. Includes writer's statement and short biographies of key personnel.
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Page 5 Chatter

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 5

Article presents three different news reports: A television series for the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN), Native American veterans who were illegally taxed, and the latest proroguing of the federal government causing concerns for registration as status Indians.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Pathways to the International Market for Indigenous Screen Content: Success Stories, Lessons Learned from Selected Jurisdictions and a Strategy for Growth

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maria De Rosa
Marilyn Burgess
Consists of results of literature search, survey of Indigenous festivals and distribution networks, case studies of popular productions (including box office receipts, audience reach, sales and awards when possible), and interviews with thirty-one stakeholders.
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The Place of Falling Water

Alternate Title
Video Reviews
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Paci
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 159-161
Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.
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Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification: Seems You Have to Play Indian to be Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosy Simas
Sam Aros Mitchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 133-140
Two Indigenous dancers who discuss the ongoing trend on non-Indigenous people "playing Indian" and how this trend reinforces stereotypes and could lead to the erasure of Indigenous culture over time.
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“Poetry [Film] = Anger × Imagination”: Intermediality, the Synthesis of Poetry and Film, and Cross- Cultural Belonging in Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine N. Meyer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 36-73
Cultural and artistic criticism piece; considers Alexie’s film as an adaptation and as a poetry film. Discusses artistic tools of referencing, trans media adaptation, and genre defiance; and considers the social and political statements made about identity formation, cross cultural relationships, and the centering of Indigenous narratives.
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Policing Resource Extraction and Human Rights in The Land of the Dead

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shawaano Chad Uran
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 77-93
Film criticism article in which the author conducts a “Red Reading” of George Romero's 2005 zombie film, Land of the Dead using Frederick Jackson Turner's (1986) “Frontier Thesis” as lens.
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The Politics of the Camera: Visual Storytelling and Sovereignty in Victor Masayesva's Itam Hakim, Hopiit

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Channette Romero
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 49-75
Looks at the connection between images and stories in the documentary and exposes the politics associated with American Indian filmmaking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 49.
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Powwow Highway

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Randy Pitman
Library Journal, vol. 114, no. 15, September 15, 1989, p. 146
Review of film: Powwow Highway, based on the novel by David Seals.
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Pre-Occupied

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heid Erdrich
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018
An experimental video/art poem and accompanying text that examines issues including land rights, resource extraction, environmentalism, the Occupy Movement and the activism of Indigenous peoples.
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Protecting Indigenous Cultural Property in the Age of Digital Democracy: Institutional and Communal Responses to Canadian First Nations and Māori Heritage Concerns

Alternate Title
Protecting Indigenous Cultural Property in the Age of Digital Democracy: Institutional and Communal Responses to Canadian First Nations and Maori Heritage Concerns
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deidre Brown
George Nicholas
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 17, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 307-324
Discussion on the social and legal measures employed by Aboriginal and Māori peoples in the protection, preservation, repatriation and promotion of their digital cultures.
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Pushing the Line: Art without Reservations: Educational Resource

Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Teacher's guide to accompany the documentary by Lisa Jackson about contemporary West Cost artists, including Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Dempsey Bob, Andrew Dexel and Marianne Nicolson.
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Questions about Questions: Law and Film Reflections on the Duty to Learn

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Johnson
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 83-108
Authors considers different ways that Canadian lawyers and Canadian law can engage with Indigenous law in the interest of working towards reconciliation. Discusses a process of self-questioning and self-reflection tied to film and cultural studies.
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Rabbit Fall Headlines APTN Fall Lineup

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 11, November 2007, p. 2
Comments on the shooting of a television show in Saskatchewan, for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, which features some local talent. Article located by scrolling to page 2.
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Racism, Popular Culture, and the Everyday Rosebud Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 77-110
Discusses the intricacies and nuances of Lakota performances of popular culture. Challenges perspectives which dismiss Indigenous engagement in contemporary culture as mimicry or assimilation, and that portray contemporaneity as opposed to indigeneity.
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Raymond Boisjoly in Conversation With Marcia Crosby

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Raymond Boisjoly
Marcia Crosby
Conversation between Vancouver based artist and art historian in conjunction with exhibition, (And) Other Echos which is inspired by the 1961 film, The Exiles. Duration: 1:15:21
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"Re-Creation Stories": Re-Presencing, Re-Embodiment, and Repatriation Practices in Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's "How to Steal a Canoe"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Vellino
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 129-152
Article offers artistic/literary criticism of Simpson’s video poem; discusses new possibilities for human relationships with our more-than-human relations, and calls on settlers to take up “intergenerational responsibility” for settler colonial violence.
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Re-imagining Nature and American Indian Identity in Film

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ulrike Wiethaus
Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture, vol. 10, no. 2, 2016, pp. 189-207
Comments on the theme of boarding-schools, and the films The Only Good Indian directed by Kevin Wilmott, and The Education of Little Tree directed by Friedenberg and Older Than America directed by Lightning.
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Re-representing Indigeneity: Approaches to History in Some Recent New Zealand and Australian Films

Alternate Title
New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Janet Wilson
Discusses six films: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Rabbit Proof Fence, Once Were Warriors, Whale Rider, Ten Canoes and The Feathers of Peace. Chapter in book: New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past edited by Alistair Fox, Hilary Radner and Barry Keith.
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[Recensions/Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 371-374
Review of Au Pays des Inuit: Un Film, un Peuple, une Légende (Atanarjuat, La Légende de l'Homme Rapide) by Bernard Saladin D'Anglure and Igloolik Isuma Productions. Review in French.
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Reconstituting Indigenous Oceanic Folktales

Alternate Title
Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Steven Edmund Winduo
Discusses how scholars use tradition to view culture, society and events. Chapter four from Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema a symposium held in Honolulu, September, 2010.
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