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The Indigenous Studies Collection

Films from the Docuseek2 collection that cover the history, culture, and contemporary experience of indigenous people around the world. Films range from reports of initial contact between Europeans and Africans and South Americans to contemporary challenges of First Nations people to maintain their identity, spiruality and territorial claims.

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The Indigenous Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Hollow Water - imageHollow Water

The members of a tiny Ojibway reserve on the shores of Lake Winnipeg set out to take justice into their own hands and deal with a history of sexual abuse in their community.

National Film Board of Canada | 2000 | 48 minutes
Homecoming - Máhccan - imageHomecoming - Máhccan

The indigenous Saìmis finally get back their stolen ancestral heritage while filmmaker Suvi West recreates the outside image of the Saìmis for the wellbeing of the whole nation.

First Hand Films | 2023 | 76 minutes | College, Adults
Homeland - imageHomeland

Tells the inspiring story of four battles in which Native American activists are fighting to preserve their land, sovereignty, and culture.

Bullfrog Films | 2005 | 88 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Honour of the Crown - imageHonour of the Crown

François Paulette, senior negotiator for the Smith's Landing First Nation, is determined to see the Canadian government honor promises made in an 1899 treaty.

National Film Board of Canada | 2001 | 48 minutes
Hope - imageHope

Follows artist Ken Paquette, his partner Winnie Peters and their five boys through a turbulent year of wrenching family change.

National Film Board of Canada | 2008 | 58 minutes
How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change - imageHow to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change

Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox contemplates our climate-change future by exploring the human qualities that global warming can't destroy.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 127 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
In the Ashes of the Forest (Part 1) - imageIn the Ashes of the Forest (Part 1)

Saga of two colonists in the Amazon rainforest.

Bullfrog Films | 1990 | 55 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
In the Ashes of the Forest (Part 2) - imageIn the Ashes of the Forest (Part 2)

Concludes the Amazon colonists' saga.

Bullfrog Films | 1990 | 57 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
In the Light of Reverence - imageIn the Light of Reverence

Tells the story of three indigenous communities and the land they struggle to protect

Bullfrog Films | 2001 | 73 minutes | Grades 9-12, College, Adult
Is the Crown at War with Us? - imageIs the Crown at War with Us?

Examines the  complex history behind the conflict between the Canadian government and Mi'gmaq fishermen in New Brunswick over traditional fishing rights.

National Film Board of Canada | 2002 | 97 minutes

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