#2000-37, 24 minutes, 1996; This program presents the story of a Native woman and her fight to overcome an abusive and alcoholic family life, the demeaning experience of residential schools, early motherhood and a bout with her own addictions. Finding strength in a return to her roots and a study...
#2000-36, 57 minutes, 1992; In December 1990, 300 Lakota Sioux horseback riders rode 250 miles in two weeks, through bitter sub-zero winter weather, to commemorate the lives lost at the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890. This program relates the story of how the Lakota Nation mourned the loss of their...
2000-35, 105 minutes, National Film Board On August 28, 1990 a convoy of 75 cars left the Mohawk community of Kahnawake and crossed Montreal’s Mercier Bridge – straight into an angry mob that pelted the vehicles with rocks. The targets of this violence were Mohawk women, children and elders...
#3400-2, 29 Minutes, 1999; Hear the story of Esther Shea of the Tongass Bear Clan, a strong community leader whose efforts are widely recognized to be helping the Bear stand up again. Witness her personal struggle to regain her native identity after it was systematically assaulted and forced into many...
#2000-26, 43 minutes; A documentary on cultural revival in Native American & Canadian communities. The film focuses on youth empowerment the value of traditional ceremonies and teachings and the impact these traditions are having on young native people. Request
#2000-25, 51 minutes; This film explores the spiritual and psychological nature of Northwest Coast Native masks. Featuring dramatic, rarely-seen ceremonies as well as interviews with native spiritual leaders, the film traces the meaning of native art and the effects of government policies which saw the banning of mask ceremonies. The...
#2000-24, 24 minutes; Today, the native peoples of North America are living with two different medical and healing systems. This video looks at differences in western medicine and traditional native healing practices. The program is designed to improve understanding between non-native health care workers and native people. This is an...
#2000-23, 87 minutes, 1988, Four Worlds Development Project, six parts Part 1: The Arrival Amy and Jason are excited about spending a week with their grandfather at a youth camp in the mountains. They have invited their friends, Jenny, Buddy and Michael to come with them. Their Uncle George, who...
2000-22, 29 minutes, National Film Board, 1995; Arrested after the armed standoff at Oka in 1990, Kahentiiosta, proud of her centuries-old Mohawk heritage and part of the movement to achieve self-determination, is separated from her children four days longer than the other women. Her crime? The prosecutor representing the Quebec...
#2000-7, 57 minutes; Power of the state. For the Mohawk Nation in Canada, power is having your own land, your language and culture. What is a nation? What is a state? Questions this man answers for his people to survive. Stories from the heart and from one thousand years. Request
