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National Indigenous Peoples Day - secondary

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National Indigenous Peoples Day - secondary
  • Now Is the Time
    Now Is the Time
    Christopher Auchter 2019 16 min

    On the 50th anniversary of the first new totem pole raising on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter steps through history to revisit the day that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit.

  • Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
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    Courtney Montour 2021 34 min

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again  shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act.

  • Red Path
    Red Path
    Thérèse Ottawa 2015 15 min

    This short documentary tells the story of Tony Chachai, a young Indigenous man in search of his identity. Moved by the desire to reconnect with his Atikamekw roots, he delivers a touching testimony on the journey that brought him closer to his family and community. On the verge of becoming a father himself, he becomes increasingly aware of the richness of his heritage and celebrates it by dancing in a powwow.

    This film was produced as part of Tremplin NIKANIK, a competition for francophone First Nations filmmakers in Quebec.

  • Stories Are in Our Bones
    Stories Are in Our Bones
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    Janine Windolph 2019 11 min

    A mother takes her young city-raised sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother)—a powerful form of resistance that rebuilds their connection to their homeland, and to one another.

  • To Wake Up the Nakota Language
    To Wake Up the Nakota Language
    Louise BigEagle 2017 6 min

    “When you don’t know your language or your culture, you don’t know who you are,” says 69-year-old Armand McArthur, one of the last fluent Nakota speakers in Pheasant Rump First Nation, Treaty 4 territory, in southern Saskatchewan. Through the wisdom of his words, Armand is committed to revitalizing his language and culture for his community and future generations.