Film

Examines two Australian books, Master of the Ghost Dreaming by Narogin Mudrooroo and Indigo: Mapping the Waters by Marina Warner and two films, Aguirre: The Wrath of God and Babakiueria. Article encourages readers to envision colonial contact from the Indigenous perspective.

Discusses Language Keepers project which includes the development and production of a new dictionary, audio recordings, and a video archive of natural group conversations.

Examines how different perspectives, not who is behind the camera impacts a person's visual structure of the world.

Looks at Native Americans as active subjects in Indigenous documentary rather than the object of outsiders' knowledge.

Comments on disrespectful and disparaging remarks made in movies and the use of social media to rid racist imagery from a variety of platforms.

Discusses the films Kissed by Lightening, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, and Mesnak.

Looks at motion picture development and the history of the American West.

Describes the impact of a locally produced interactive video on sexual attitudes and behaviour in Tanzania.

The 22.17 minute video, titled 'La Ronge Indian Days', records the visit to La Ronge of a number of well-known Indian performers including singers Shannon Twofeathers and Winston Wuttenee, hoop-dancer Billy Brittain, and Vic Thunderchild and his Pow Wow Dancers.

Historical note:

A video made by La Ronge Community Television recording the 1978 La Ronge Indian Days.

Focuses on the experiences of an Aboriginal film star and her memories of film making.

The file contains a presentation by Doug Wilkinson. Wilkinson discusses his experiences with the High Arctic Relocation both in Ottawa and the Arctic during the early 1950s. Wilkinson was a film-maker with the National Film Board of Canada who lived amongst the Inuit in the High Arctic.

Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Claremont Graduate University, 2006.

Discusses a film produced by the student television station at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), Sacred Salmon: A Gift to Sustain Life, that has received national acclaim. The film is about the health of the Columbia River salmon and the Yakama Nation.

Examines a documentary exploring the lives of different types of sex trade workers.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

Examines the restoration of film about the decline of the native culture from within the context of complex anthropological cultural collection of the past and the rise of archival reconstruction of today.

Describes the creation process of a 9 minute instructional video aimed at improving foot care among the Australian Aboriginal community.

Examines the film Saskatchewan, noting several errors in landscape (the movie was filmed in Alberta and contains a scene in the Rocky Mountains), provincial culture, costuming (the uniforms of the NWMP), and portrayals of the Sioux who sought refuge in the Cypress Hills following the Battle of Little Big Horn and the defeat of General Custer. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 28.

Looks at four talented graduates, trained in writing, singing and acting, about to enter the film industry. Article located by scrolling to page 16.

Discusses how Romantic music is used when portraying the "noble savage" and "native" music is used to portray the "otherness" of Indigenous characters.

Review of the video: Sayisi-Dene First Nation: Nu Ho Ni Yeh (Our Story) produced by Alan and Mary Code. This video is about the relocation of the Duck Lake, or Churchill, Band of Caribou-eater Chipewyan (the Sayisi-Dene) from the bush to the port town of Churchill, Manitoba in 1958.

Discusses how the Inuit in Canada and Aboriginals in Australia have used television, video and film as vehicles to create programs and features relevant to their communities. Chapter from Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain edited by Faye Ginsburg, Lila Abu-Lughod and Brian Larkin

Discusses two documentaries with thematic similarities, Navajo Talking Picture and Cry Rock.

English Language and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Chicago, 2002.

Study guide for Grades 7-12 looks at Aborigines in films until 2002, the year five award-winning films were released.

Looks at the necessity of screening programs to combat cancer and promotes a documentary film entitled One of the One Percent - The Sandy Ahenakew Story. Article located by scrolling to page 8.

Writing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Swinburne University of Technology, 2016.

English and Film Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2005.

Discusses imagery in the films, It Starts with a Whisper and Honey Moccasin.

Film reviews of: Sober Indian/Dangerous Indian directed by John Maisch. Thunder-Being Nation: The Oglala Sioux of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation directed by Steven Lewis Simpson. The Battle for Whiteclay directed by Mark Vasina.

Film criticism essay which examines the first film of the Hopi filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Hopiit (1981). Authors discuss the Indigenous perspective in the film and the effect that it has on how the film is viewed.

Focuses on the works of Sherman Alexie.

Presents a series of public service announcements promoting self government. Duration: 11:12.

Reviews twelve well known movies about Native Americans from 1964 to 1998.

Podcast of interview with the director of the documentary Angry Inuk. Duration: 44:22.

Film Thesis (MFA)--York University, 2014.

Looks at the way diasporic experience builds and represents identities in the documentary video project entitled Taraspanglish Shorts/Cortos Tarasplanglish.

Language & Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of Brussels, 2013.

Brief discussion on the life and work of Shirley Cheechoo.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2000.

Construction and Representation of Cultural Identities Thesis (M.A.)--University of Barcelona, 2012.

Book review of: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan.

Looks at the creation of a instructional video designed to reduce the number of Indigenous infants who are lost to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Australia.

Discusses the role of Ely S. Parker in the film Lincoln.

Women Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.

Article compares areas of ethnography, film review, oral history and the writing of J. Edward Chamberlin to analyze the film, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen by Igloolik Isuma.

Discusses the courses offered by the Salish Kootenai College (SKC), the job prospects (including a potential partnership with Disney Studios in California), and the hope that graduates will be able to find work in their own community.

Satirical article examines issues of identity and authenticity. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 69.

Liberal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2010.

Contends that author Sherman Alexie, through humour and satire, challenges stereotypes and the status quo by portraying the complex and humanizing image of contemporary Native Americans.