War & Conflict

Film reports on the 1969 demonstration and confrontation on the St. Regis Reserve (Akwesasne) and the international bridge between Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario. This film contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised. Duration: 36:48.

Book review of: You Are What You Make Yourself to Be by Phillip Pepper. Article located by scrolling to page 153.

Interview with Vizenor reflects on the White Earth delegation, their constitution and influence on two of his novels.

Discusses the unique situation regarding health care needs and sociocultural experiences of Aboriginal veterans in hopes of providing better services and programs.

Looks at the circumstances surrounding the Battle of Wounded Knee and the repercussions for native religion.

Book review of: Your Fyre Shall Burn No More" by José António Brandāo.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1994.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 16 (pp475-485).

Account of the eviction process that the community of Yva Poty suffered as their lands became targets of individual and national development projects.

Image of a zareba at Batoche, showing soldiers sleeping behind walls of fortification. Visible are several Snider-Enfield rifles used by the soldiers.

Historical note:

A zareba is an encampment used as a base of attack and defense.

Image of the zareba at Batoche; men shown on horseback with supply packs on the ground.

Historical note:

A zareba is a stockade made of bushes: an outdoor enclosure, especially one made of thorn bushes and used as protection around a campsite or village.

Conversation with the daughter of Carl Gorman, one of the original Code Talkers, conducted while she was on a cross-Canada lecture tour. Duration: 34:43.

Heritage Edition.