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.
The Indigenous Studies Collection includes the following titles:
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.
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.
Tells the inspiring story of four battles in which Native American activists are fighting to preserve their land, sovereignty, and culture.
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.
Follows artist Ken Paquette, his partner Winnie Peters and their five boys through a turbulent year of wrenching family change.
Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox contemplates our climate-change future by exploring the human qualities that global warming can't destroy.
Saga of two colonists in the Amazon rainforest.
Concludes the Amazon colonists' saga.
Tells the story of three indigenous communities and the land they struggle to protect
Examines the complex history behind the conflict between the Canadian government and Mi'gmaq fishermen in New Brunswick over traditional fishing rights.
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