Film

Comments on three projects which represent the power of imagining and bringing into existence alternative realities and alternative futures.

Review essay on the film: Dances With Wolves produced and directed by Kevin Costner.

The 18-minute video, titled 'Commercial Fishing', records the activities of the industry on Lac La Ronge in the 1970s, including interviews with commercial fishers Sam and Jane McKenzie, George Bird, and Matthew Charles. The commentary is by James Halkett, who produced the program with Robert Halkett, John Halkett, and Maureen Matthews.

Historical note:

A video made by the La Ronge Communications Society for La Ronge Community Television about commercial fishing on Lac La Ronge in the 1970s.

Film criticism which discusses Lightning’s movie as an act of resistance to colonial backlash to reconciliation, and to settler narratives regarding Indian Residential Schools.

Focuses on the development of a relationship between researchers, the community and its culture.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, 2011.

Goal of project was to analyze, explore and make recommendations about considerations such as citizenship and membership in community, connections and accountability to community, reconnecting to community, appropriate supporting documents, approaches to reviewing applications, and processes for identifying and remedying fraudulent claims.

Argues that teaching the works The Owl's Song and Smoke Signals can achieve standards-oriented objectives and inform students of relevant literary, historical, social, and cultural topics.

Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, 2012.

[Psychology] Thesis (M.Sc.)--Arizona State University, 2013.

Examines how an Inuit photographer and filmmaker have attempted to dispel common stereotypes about the Inuit people and preserve and enhance Inuit culture.

Interview with the actor/writer focuses on his role in the film version of Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Case study indicates that Native American viewers interpret a western genre film very differently than non-Native viewers.

Discusses stereotypical portrayals of Aboriginals in the American entertainment industry. Originally published in Fall 1997 issue of Native Peoples.

Looks at a female Native American filmmaker who is reaching Native American youth through film.

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.

Interview with the acclaimed author conducted in October 1997. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 2014.

Media and Visual Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Bilkent University, 2008.

Presents a conversation with Kathryn Shanley regarding the film Powwow Highway Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Focuses on two films, They Died with Their Boots On and Little Big Man, that best represent the range of interpretations of Custer and the battle. Entire issue on one pdf. Article located by scrolling to page 44.

English Thesis, (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2007.

Discusses death and authenticity in Sterlin Harjo's film in relation to the philosophical ideas of Martin Heidegger.

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2003.

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.

Looks at images and filmic representations found in global media and the issues surrounding culture, identity and ethnicity.

American Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2012.

Book review of: Decolonizing the Lens of Power by Kerstin Knopf.

Comments on three Indigenous films, based on the road metaphor which speaks against a dominant Western viewpoint.

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.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2016.

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.

Comparative Literature and Women's Studies Honors Thesis (B.A.)--Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College, 2013.

Discusses impact two women filmmakers have had on the National Film Board of Canada's productions and their re-imagining of western cinematic traditions.

Book review of: Germans and Indians: Fantasies, Encounters, Projections edited by Colin G. Galloway, Gerd Gemünden and Susanne Zantop.

Media Study Thesis (M.F.A)--State University of New York [SUNY] at Buffalo, 2010.

Investigates how the implementation of film censorship in British Columbia complements established legislation regarding Indigenous and Asian populations during the early twentieth century. Censorship was used to advance and maintain British-influenced values.

Article describes the authors’ use of writing workshops as a way of teaching students about multiple ways of knowing; technique involves repositioning the author as a participant in the text focusing on ethical engagement with the material and ideas that make up the text.

Examines the value of Powwow Highway and how it attempts to avoid polarities and stereotypical images within the film. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Introductory article previews articles contained in this issue related to the discipline of critical Indigenous studies.

Video by Aboriginal hip-hop artist Eekwol.

Brief profile of the filmmaker and musician. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 16.

Literary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Quebec at Montreal, 2006.

Looks at the revitalization of Inuit culture and oral traditions in the films Before Tomorrow, Uvanga, and Sol.

Review of Engaged Resistance by Dean Rader. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 125.

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.