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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:

Islands of Sanctuary - imageIslands of Sanctuary

Aboriginal Australians and Native Hawaiians reclaim land from the government and the military, and resist the erosion of culture and environment.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 57 minutes | 9-12, College, Adults
Jordan River Anderson Messenger - imageJordan River Anderson Messenger

Alanis Obomsawin's 52rd film tells the story of how the life of Jordan River Anderson initiated a battle for the right of First Nations children to receive the same standard of social, health and educational services as the rest of the Canadian population.

National Film Board of Canada | 2019 | 65 minutes
Jumbo Wild - imageJumbo Wild

A 25-year battle in Canada's iconic Jumbo Valley pits developers of a large ski resort against conservationists, backcountry skiers and First Nations, who revere it as home of the grizzly bear spirit.

Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 60 minutes | 7 - 9, College, Adults
Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance - imageKanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance

Examines the historic confrontation between the Mohawks, Québec police, and the Canadian army that propelled Native issues into the international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience.

National Film Board of Canada | 1993 | 129 minutes
Lake Superior Our Helper - imageLake Superior Our Helper

The film follows Chief Sayers through a series of discussions with community members that explore the underlying social and ecological approaches of Batchewana's fisheries as well as perspectives about its history, current practices, and future directions.

Collective Eye Films | 2022 | 68 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Regopstaan's Dream - imageRegopstaan's Dream
Kalahari Bushmen fight to live on ancestral land in South Africa.
Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 25 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 6 - The Pied Piper of Eyasi - imageLife 6 - The Pied Piper of Eyasi

The Hadza are among Africa's last hunter-gatherers. Should they follow charismatic Baallow into the modern world?

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 24 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 8 - The President's Dilemma - imageLife 8 - The President's Dilemma

In the face of rising sea levels due to climate change, Kiribati President Anote Tong must decide the fate of his people. Should he plan for an orderly evacuation of the islands?

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Meddle - imageMeddle

Meddle captures Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas‘s artistic process and philosophy as he creates a re-purposed, car-hood art for the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, BC

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 7 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Mikmaq Family - imageMikmaq Family
A reflective journey into the extended family of Nova Scotian Mi'kmaq society.
National Film Board of Canada | 1996 | 32 minutes

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