2000-54, 40 minutes, 2008 Features films Walking Alone, Two Spirited, His Guidance and Hooked Up: NDNs Online by emerging filmmakers Gerald Auger, Sharon A. Desjarlasi, Duane Linklater and Jennifer Dysart. Request

2000-53, 93 minutes, 2007 This eye-opening documentary presents a gripping history lesson and paints an alarming portrait of a nation reduced to 9,000 people spread out in about 10 communities. For centuries, the Algonquin lived on a vast territory that met all their needs. Today they have reached a crossroads....

2000-52, 72 minutes, 2007 This is the dramatic story of the reconciliation between biological and adoptive families. But much more than that, it is the journey of a cross-cultural adoptee who struggles to find balance between families’ different ethnicities and traditions, and to discover how he fits into each world....

2000-51, 24 minutes, 2007 Eugene “Gene Boy” Benedict left home at age 15 to work in construction in New York state and at 17 enlisted in the U.S. Marines. This film is the harrowing and deeply moving story of his two years of service in Vietnam and his long journey...

2000-50, 50 minutes, 2006 This film is a humbling portrait of what it must feel like to be the object of white society’s gaze. Fresh and original, this documentary has that rare ability to educate with wit. Request

2000-49, 12 minutes, 2005; Sigwan tells a touching story of a young girl who is comforted and counselled by the animals of the forest. Written and directed by Alanis O’Bomsawin. Request

2000-48, 54 minutes, 2000; The complex issues like Native identity, politics and racism, then wrap them up with one-liners, guffaws and comedic performances. This film hilariously overturns the conventional notion of the “stoic Indian” and shines a light on an overlooked element of Native culture – humor and its healing...

2000-47, 89 minutes, 2002; Chiefs follows Beaver C’Bearing and his highly talented team members through two seasons of adrenalin-pumping basketball as they strive to bring the state championship back to their Winder River, Wyoming reservation. But beneath the gruelling practices and the excitement of the games lies a poignant story...

2000-46, 49 minutes, NFB, 2004 This is the painful story of what came to be known as Saskatoon’s infamous “freezing deaths” and the schism between a fearful, mistrustful Aboriginal community and a police force that must come to terms with a shocking secret. Request

2000-45, 42 minutes, NFB, 2005 With a lifetime of experience in the ways of the Native spirituality, Mary and Ed Louie are steadfastly committed to the practices that keep them accountable to the spirit world, their people and mother earth. Request