Colonialism and Racism
The film excerpts in this theme show the devastating effects of European colonialist policies on Aboriginal peoples. They also show acts of racism in which Aboriginal peoples have been victimized in their relations with whites.
Excerpts
Dancing Around the Table, Part One
1
Forgotten Warriors
1
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1
2
Ojigkwanong - Encounter with an Algonquin Sage
1
The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company
1
3
Our Nationhood
4
Riel Country
2
1
Uranium
1
Riel Country
1996, Director: Duckworth, Martin
excerpt 2 4 min 4 s
1. In the play performed by the students, what does the re-enactment reveal about the status Métis people held in early Canadian society?
2. What is ironic about the views that the French and the Natives held regarding the Métis? How did these strongly held views impact on the Métis people?
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