Inuvialuit and Vuntut Gwichin filmmaker Dennis Allen accompanied the Kahso Go'tine, a North Slavey Dene group of people, as they reconnected with their traditions through an historic trek over a traditional walking trail unused for 30 years.
A Canadian mother and daughter travel the 4,000-year-old Jewish diaspora and find the key to an unknown past.
This episode of the Chiefs and Champions series profiles Water Polo sensation, Waneek Horn-Miller.
A mathematically ordered restructuring of two seconds (48 frames) of stock newsreel footage, primarily concerned with the frame as information unit and the change in formation between frames.
A visit to the University of Waikato reveals more information about the terms of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi in relation to Maori Water Rights in New Zealand.
In keeping with the cultural belief that water is "taonga"--a precious cultural treasure--the Maori believe they are guardians, or "kaitiaki" of the environment. The McGuire family, members of the Pahutiki Marae in Hawks Bay, New Zealand are struggling to restore a river system for a formerly abundant species of flounder and "tuna", or eel.
Other explorations at restoring river systems can be found in the question: how do people mitigate the damage caused by dams and de-forestation?
Marianne Jones and Jeff Bear travel from Canada's west coast to New Zealand where they meet with Maori leaders. The Maori explain the sacred relationship they have with water. Their migration to New Zealand in the 13th century predated that of settlers, or "infinite others" as the Maori call them, by 500 years; and in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, the Maori were granted rights for control of land, water and self-determination.
Water Stories provides an overview of the series, the significance of water for Indigenous people and why society takes it for granted. It introduces host Severn Cullis Suzuki, the next generation environmental storyteller.
North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.
North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.
North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.
North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.
North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.
A woman recalls the intense, complex relationship that she shared with her maternal grandmother.
This inspiring documentary explores the rich and extraordinary life of storyteller, sage and activist Wayson Choy through his own words.
People from the Kwakwa'kawakw's 'NAMGIS First Nation take a canoe trip through their traditional territory on Vancouver Island. They reflect on their connection to the land-- the core of their lifeblood and culture, and on their intent to negotiate a modern-day Treaty with the government of British Columbia and the government of Canada.
In this collaboration between Marilyn Simon Ingram (IRS survivor and advocate), Barb Martin and Outreach Productions, Indian Residential School survivors in Atlantic Canada reflect on their experiences with the Shubenacadie Residential School in central Nova Scotia.
While the media too often focuses on Inuit youth struggling with solvent abuse and suicide, We Don't Live in Igloos goes beyond the stereotypes to ask teens in the Canadian North about their real experience.
In the late 1970s, Raymond Yakeleya travelled to five communities in the Mackenzie Delta in the Northwest Territories. He talked with elders, some of them his relatives, from the Slavey and Loucheux tribes about their memories of the past and their thoughts for the future. With the help of camera operator Bob Charlie and editor Bill Stewart, Yakeleya created a 60 minute documentary in two parts--a significant time capsule that reflects on the history of these people whose their lives were forever altered by the influx of Europeans into their traditional territories.
Introducing Cree vocabulary to young children, featuring words related to the weather.
WebCam Girls profiles some of the early female pioneers in cyberspace who, with a modem and some moxie, take on old ideas about fame and shame and open up a space for new kinds of art, erotica, pornography, celebrity and branding on the internet.
In this fast-paced documentary, celebrated Canadian filmmakers consider the question--Just what is Canadian film?
This introduction to Haida art from the Haida perspective follows five themes-formline, ceremony, function, preservation, songs and language. The artists and themes featured here are more fully explored throughout the series.
Against a backdrop of oppression and civil war in Guatemala, three women's groups of the Kaqchikel Presbytery are using micro-credit loans for businesses that include agricultural products and textiles.
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