National Indigenous History Month
National Indigenous History Month is celebrated in Canada every June. Here are a variety of resources that we have gathered from the Geoffrey R. Weller Library's collection that feature Indigenous history, life, and culture.
Films:
First Nations Films
Description: "An emotional story of First Nations spirituality told in the first person by a Cree Woman. Visually moving segments highlight the Sweat Lodge and Pipe ceremonies as she explores the timelessness and the meaning of the Wheel that may be at the centre of native spirituality. Shows the significance of one's own personal spiritual journey through life and the teachings within the Medicine Wheel."
Curio
Description: "Stolen Children explores the impact of residential schools on former students and their children and grandchildren. Survivors share their harrowing experiences and discuss the legacy of fear, abuse and suicide being passed down from generation to generation. The words of successive Canadian politicians and bureaucrats are revealed against a backdrop of archival footage, a chilling reminder of the policies and convictions that drove the government of the day to seek 'a final solution to the Indian problem.'"
Description: "Following the work done by the Last Post Fund to honour Indigenous veterans by purchasing and installing gravestones, this documentary travels across the country to meet veterans and their families, to hear their stories of life in the Canadian military."
National Film Board of Canada
Description: "In this time of radical change and essential re-examination, Inconvenient Indian brings to life Thomas King’s brilliant dismantling of North America’s colonial narrative, reframing this history with the powerful voices of those continuing the tradition of Indigenous resistance"
Description: "Our People Will Be Healed, Alanis Obomsawin's 50th film, reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched through the power of education. The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre in Norway House, north of Winnipeg, receives a level of funding that few other Indigenous institutions enjoy. Its teachers help their students to develop their abilities and their sense of pride."
Books:
Kwanlin Dun by
This Place by et al.
Ndè Sii Wet'aà by
Unikkaaqtuat: an Introduction to Inuit Myths and Legends by
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