Indian Memento
A visit to the "Indians of Canada" pavilion at Expo 67, Montréal. Inside there are Indigenous artifacts, but even more arresting are the printed placards that tell the story of the Indigenous peoples in North America, written without rancor but recalling what their contact with European settlers has cost in freedom of movement, in loss of land, and in loss of health of body and spirit.
A visit to the "Indians of Canada" pavilion at Expo 67, Montréal. Inside there are Indigenous artifacts, but even more arresting are the printed placards that tell the story of the Indigenous peoples in North America, written without rancor but recalling what their contact with European settlers has cost in freedom of movement, in loss of land, and in loss of health of body and spirit.
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directorMichel Régnier
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photographyMichel Régnier
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editingMichel Régnier
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producerRobert ForgetAndré Belleau
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musicHervé Brousseau
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soundMichel Hazel
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sound mixerRon AlexanderRoger Lamoureux
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participationJanice Lawrence
Students can list/discuss/critically analyze how Indigenous people are depicted in film (1960s), including language used. Students can research history of Residential Schools, then and now, report to class/written/discussion. Students can research and report history of Indigenous education in Canada, analyze depictions in history textbooks, non-Indigenous vs. Indigenous perspectives. Students can research Alanis Obomsawin’s work (NFB) - report/show clips from various films on Indigenous peoples, perspectives, past and present.
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Indian Memento, Michel Régnier, provided by the National Film Board of Canada